Atlas at Hackerspaces
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RIPE Atlas is a network of over 3,600 active probes in over 100 countries that measure the Internet infrastructure in real-time. The probes conduct built-in measurements like pings and traceroutes that are publicly available, as well as custom measurements scheduled by users. A new generation of RIPE Atlas probes has been introduced that are smaller and have more storage and processing capabilities. The RIPE Atlas community has grown and many new features have been added, including improved visualizations and APIs.
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• Probe hosts and RIPE NCC members perform
customised (user defined) measurements (UDM)
using the targets of their choice and desired
frequency
– 5 million / day
• Anchoring measurements coming soon
– Each probe will measure 4-5 “anchors” as a regional
baseline
– RIPE Atlas anchors placed at IXPs and big operators
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![BecHa, OHM2013
[...continued]
• Credits system introduced to ensure fairness and
protect system from overload
• Extra credits can be earned by:
– Being a RIPE NCC member
– Hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor
– Sponsoring multiple probes
• More details: https://atlas.ripe.net/doc/credits
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Atlas at Hackerspaces
- 1. BecHa, OHM2013 1 1Friday, August 2, 2013
- 2. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas https://atlas.ripe.net RIPE Atlas: a network of active probes measuring the Internet infrastructure in real-time, since 2010 2 2Friday, August 2, 2013
- 3. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas: July 2013 • 3,600+ probes up and active 5000+ distributed • 7,700+ registered users • Data of built-in measurements is public and available to everyone – Maps, tables, public probes data and API to download raw data • Four types of customised measurements available to probe hosts and RIPE NCC members: ping, traceroute, DNS, SSL 3 3Friday, August 2, 2013
- 4. BecHa, OHM2013 4 4Friday, August 2, 2013
- 5. BecHa, OHM2013 New RIPE Atlas Probe: Third Generation – TP-Link TL-MR3020 powered from USB port (500mA) – 32 MB RAM, 4 MB flash built-in, 4GB flash on USB stick, firmware is updated remotely – Runs OpenWRT (deep down) – 400 MHz MIPS CPU with MMU • Does not work as a wireless router! • Same functionality as the old probe! – Please keep your old probe connected – If you want a new one, must use it in another network 5 5Friday, August 2, 2013
- 6. BecHa, OHM2013 Many More New Features • Published source code for probe software – https://github.com/RIPE-Atlas-Community • One-off measurements • REST API available for creating measurements • Probe sharing with LIR colleagues • New visualisations (UDMs, countries...) • New front page, content and navigation • Personal dashboard view for logged-in users 6 6Friday, August 2, 2013
- 7. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas - Security aspects • Probes have hardwired trust material (registration server addresses / keys) • The probes don’t have any open ports, they only initiate connections – This works fine with NATs too • Measurements are scheduled by centralized “command servers” • via reverse ssh tunnels • Probes don’t listen to local traffic, there are no passive measurements running – There’s no snooping around 16 7Friday, August 2, 2013
- 8. BecHa, OHM2013 Community News • Roadmap has a permanent home • GitHub Community Repository • New community pages (top ten users, photos, ...) • Seven new sponsors in 2013 • RIPE Atlas Ambassadors program • Established cooperation with interested parties: – regulators, researchers, operators 8 8Friday, August 2, 2013
- 9. BecHa, OHM2013 New Arrivals to the Community 9 https://atlas.ripe.net/atlas/community 9Friday, August 2, 2013
- 10. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas Contact • https://atlas.ripe.net • Get a probe: https://atlas.ripe.net/apply • Mailing list for active users: ripe-atlas@ripe.net • Articles & updated on RIPE Labs – https://labs.ripe.net/atlas • Questions: atlas@ripe.net • Twitter: #RIPEAtlas and @RIPE_Atlas • Community Builder, Vesna Manojlovic: @Ms_Measurements 10 10Friday, August 2, 2013
- 11. BecHa, OHM2013 Call to actions! • Get more probes to hackerspaces! – http://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/RIPE_Atlas_probes_at_hackerspaces – http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/RIPE_Atlas • Take part in RIPE Atlas community – be an ambassador: help us distribute more probes – be a sponsor: get more probes, customise probes, get extra benefits – contribute code to analyse data • Work on use cases: net neutrality, SSL observatory, traffic anomalies... or come up with new uses! 11 11Friday, August 2, 2013
- 12. BecHa, OHM2013 12 12Friday, August 2, 2013
- 13. BecHa, OHM2013 Extra: News from RIPE66 • Open-source WG created!! • CeroWrt - low-latency openWrt version that does IPv6 properly – http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt • Multipath TCP – https://ripe66.ripe.net/presentations/93-MultipathTCP-RIPE.pdf – & http://www.tracebox.org/ - middelboxes-detection tool – & http://www.change-project.eu/events/bootcamp.html 17-28.7. in .be • SDN - can it be used for wireless mesh networks? – https://ripe66.ripe.net/archives/video/8/ • RIPE Atlas source code published o/ 13 13Friday, August 2, 2013
- 14. Extra: How RIPE Atlas Works 14Friday, August 2, 2013
- 15. BecHa, OHM2013 Hardware Devices: Probes • For accurate maps we need many vantage points – Small probes, easily deployable, no maintenance – USB powered, 24 x 365 capable • Hosted and sponsored by organisations and end users – ISPs, Internet Exchange Points, individuals... – Free of charge for volunteers who host individual probes 15 15Friday, August 2, 2013
- 16. BecHa, OHM2013 Home-page: Before you Log-in 16 16Friday, August 2, 2013
- 17. BecHa, OHM2013 How to Apply for a Probe • Apply, and we will ship the probe to you 1.Create RIPE NCC Access account 2.Fill in application form: atlas.ripe.net/apply 3.Wait for the shipment to arrive 4.Plug-in the probe - enjoy measurements! • Receive a probe from an “ambassador”/sponsor 1.Create RIPE NCC Access account 2.Register your probe (MAC address + email/account) 3.Plug-in the probe - enjoy measurements! 17 17Friday, August 2, 2013
- 18. BecHa, OHM2013 Dashboard: for the Logged-in Users 18 18Friday, August 2, 2013
- 19. BecHa, OHM2013 Who Can Perform Which Measurements? • RIPE NCC is performing “built-in” measurements – From all the probes, towards root name servers and our infrastructure – Periodically: few times a day (55 million / day) – Pings, traceroutes and DNS queries – Data stored on Hbase/Hadoop clusters – Results available to everyone! – https://atlas.ripe.net/results/ 19 19Friday, August 2, 2013
- 20. BecHa, OHM2013 [...continued] • Probe hosts and RIPE NCC members perform customised (user defined) measurements (UDM) using the targets of their choice and desired frequency – 5 million / day • Anchoring measurements coming soon – Each probe will measure 4-5 “anchors” as a regional baseline – RIPE Atlas anchors placed at IXPs and big operators 20 20Friday, August 2, 2013
- 21. BecHa, OHM2013 How to Schedule a Measurement • Log in to atlas.ripe.net • Go to “My Atlas” -> “My Measurements” • Choose “New Measurement” or “One-off” – most measurements are periodic & last long time – choose: type, target, frequency, # of probes, region... – you will spend credits (next slides) • To see results: “My Measurements” • More details: https://atlas.ripe.net/doc/udm 21 21Friday, August 2, 2013
- 22. BecHa, OHM2013 Credit System • By hosting a probe, each host earns credits – As a reward for making probe available to other users, for performing measurements from that probe towards any target – Hosts earn 21,000+ credits per day, as long as the probe is connected • In order to schedule customised measurements, users spend credits – Ping costs 10 credits, traceroute 20, etc. – Daily limit applies 22 22Friday, August 2, 2013
- 23. BecHa, OHM2013 [...continued] • Credits system introduced to ensure fairness and protect system from overload • Extra credits can be earned by: – Being a RIPE NCC member – Hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor – Sponsoring multiple probes • More details: https://atlas.ripe.net/doc/credits 23 23Friday, August 2, 2013
- 24. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas Anchors • Anchors are well-known targets and powerful probes – Pilot started in September 2012 – Currently 13 anchors deployed – Goal: ~50 deployed in 2013 – Benefit: regional baseline & “future history” 24 24Friday, August 2, 2013
- 25. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas Coverage • Probes deployed in 108 countries • Network coverage criteria for distribution: varied ASNs and IP prefixes • https://atlas.ripe.net/contrib/coverage.html 25 0 125 250 375 500 DE RU NL UA IT PL AT AU ES FI IE GR HU CA 21242427283232334044454545565759646466 80 113 188193 209221 245 436 25Friday, August 2, 2013
- 26. BecHa, OHM2013 Success Story: Measuring Hurricane Sandy • Most RIPE Atlas probes in affected area unavailable during Hurricane Sandy • Traffic partially shifted away from NYC as a transit hub 26 https://labs.ripe.net/sandy-2012 26Friday, August 2, 2013
- 27. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPEstat: Probes Per ASN, IP Prefix or Country 27 27Friday, August 2, 2013
- 28. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas: for LIRs/ RIPE NCC members • Quick Look measurements • One-click measurement "Test your IPv6" • Get 1,000,000 credits • Apply for the probe via LIR Portal 28 28Friday, August 2, 2013
- 29. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas 2013 Sponsors 29 29Friday, August 2, 2013
- 30. BecHa, OHM2013 RIPE Atlas Maps: Comparing DNS Root Servers RTT 30 30Friday, August 2, 2013
- 31. BecHa, OHM2013 Which AnyCast Instance is Each Probe Querying? 31 31Friday, August 2, 2013
- 32. BecHa, OHM2013 Where is D-Root? 32 32Friday, August 2, 2013
- 33. BecHa, OHM2013 Details of Customised Measurements 33 33Friday, August 2, 2013
- 34. BecHa, OHM2013 Case Studies of RIPE Atlas Usage • Testing an occasional operational issue to verify DNS responses from a number of widely distributed measurement points • /48 Filtering • IPv6 reachability testing before and during World IPv6 Launch • Correlating Routing Configuration Changes with Forwarding Changes • ...and more at labs.ripe.net/atlas and https://atlas.ripe.net/analyses 34 34Friday, August 2, 2013
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