RIPE NCC Services and Projects
The RIPE NCC provides various services and is involved in projects
related to the day-to-day operation of the Internet. A number of our
services and projects support the RIPE community and Local Internet
Registries (LIRs).
Measurements and Analysis
Reports
We use data collected by our services to analyse major Internet and network incidents.
Our Services
Test Traffic Measurements (TTM) measures key parameters of the connectivity between a site
and other points on the Internet (i.e. routing vectors, one-way
delay and packet-loss, IPDV, Bandwidth, with additional measurements
being developed). By utilising dedicated measurement devices, or
"test-boxes", TTM makes it possible to monitor proactively and continuously
the connectivity of networks to other parts of the Internet.
DNSMON provides a comprehensive, objective and up-to-date overview
on the quality of service of the root servers, as well as of some
participating ccTLDs. Its main features are a high number of probes
and its method of presenting data. The service is available to ccTLDs
and the community at large.
Routing Information Service (RIS) collects Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
routing information at several major exchange points in near real
time and store it in a database. An interface similar to a "looking
glass" then provides both multiple views and information about specific
times in the past.
RIPE Database
dbconstat finds the objects with consistencies
not enforced by the database, and provide reports and statistics
for users to help correct them. It also aims at checking for the
necessary protection of objects.
The Early Registration Transfer Project
(ERX) was an RIR coordination activity to ensure that
legacy resources from before the RIR system were registered in the
database of the RIR closest to the registrant. AS Number registrations
were transferred in 2002, followed by registrations from the former
Class B address space (128.0.0.0 - 191.255.255.255). The project
was completed in the first quarter of 2005. More information about
the ERX project is available.
The Routing Registry Consistency
Check (RRCC) project intends to
help identify, correct and keep the routing data in the RIPE Database
up-to-date. A coupling to the RIPE NCC's address assignment activities
is also an objective of this activity.
Security
Within Deployment of Internet Security
Infrastructures (DISI), the RIPE NCC supports the RIPE community in the deployment
of security-relevant technologies in the Internet infrastructure.
The main focus at the moment is on DNSSEC.
Root Name Servers
The RIPE NCC operates k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 Internet
root name servers. The K-root service is provided by a set of distributed
mirror instances using IPv4 anycast. Each mirror instance announces
the 193.0.14.0/24 network in AS25152. A K-root server mirror instance
consists of a cluster of server machines running the NSD nameserver
software.
Resource Certification
The RIPE NCC is currently working with the RIPE community to develop a resource certification system that will issue digital certificates along with the assignment or allocation of Internet number resources.
LISP
As of January 2009, The RIPE NCC is involved in experimental inter-domain routing protocol trials also known as LISP.
Statistics
The RIPE NCC gather other Statistics that can be of an interest for network operators.
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