The document discusses how the online gaming company Mbappe uses RIPE Atlas to monitor network performance and minimize latency issues for their global users. It recommends strategically deploying RIPE Atlas probes, continuously monitoring measurements, and setting up alerts to quickly detect anomalies. When issues are found, the recommended actions are to identify network problems swiftly, debug issues to maintain low latency, and showcase network performance to impress customers. Installing probes in specific autonomous systems and networks could help identify parts of the network with high latency that are important to address.

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The World Outside is Dark
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2. MINIMISING IMPACT
When Incidents Occur With RIPE Atlas
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RIPE Atlas
• RIPE Atlas is a global active measurements platform, funded by RIPE
NCC members and sponsors
• Goal: view your Internet reachability from outside
• Probes hosted by volunteers, using a credits system
• Data is publicly available
atlas.ripe.net
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RIPE Atlas
Type of measurements
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PING
TRACEROUTE
DNS
HTTP (anchors)
SSL/TLS
NTP
GUI
API
CLI TOOL
Accessible via

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Run RIPE Atlas tests
More than 12000 probes connected globally

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How do you minimize impact
Escape Action
Gear up

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• High latency - Impatient gamers
• Gamers from different networks
• Realtime application, unpredictable
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Some Problems
Mbappe
Online gaming company
Runs own LAN
Users from around the world

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How do you minimize impact
Gear Up
• Strategic Deployment: Install RIPE Atlas probes strategically
• Continuous Monitoring: Conduct ongoing measurements
• Abnormality Alerts: Set up alerts for deviations from normal measurements
Action
• Anomaly Detection: Identify network issues swiftly.
• Latency Assurance: Debug and maintain low latency.
• Performance Showcase: Impress customers with network performance.

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Issues spotted!
High latency
Identified
Lower latency after debugging
Talk to your peers, ISP or any that can help improve RTT

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Hooray Moments!
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Improve Performance
Shorter path is selected, better latency, reliability & security
Control & Flexibility
Repeat tests as much as you need!
Service desks RIPE Atlas ❤ GUI
To validate findings

11. A view into
South Africa and Kenya

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Probes in AFRICA
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South Africa
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86 probes connected
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https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/n
etwork-
coverage/?filter=South+Africa+(za)

14. Tools to check your Network Performance
(Prototype)

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https://observablehq.com/@ripencc/atlas-latency-worldmap
Latency AS37457
South Africa
MinRTT

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https://observablehq.com/@ripencc/atlas-latency-worldmap
MinRTT
Latency AS33771
Kenya

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https://observablehq.com/@ripencc/atlas-latency-worldmap
MinRTT
Latency AS30985
Mali

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MinRTT
Your network neighbourhood as seen through RIPE Atlas
Try your probe here
https://observablehq.com/
@ripencc/atlas-probe-
neighbourhood?
Are these networks with
high latency important to you?

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3. Finding anomalies in Min. RTT explorer
Observed by Probe 22471 in AS9299
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Jump in latency

20. Country IXP Jedi
Keeping traffic Local

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3. Finding anomalies in Country IXP JEDI
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South Africa
AS9299
https://jedi.ripe.net/latest/PH/ixpcountry/index.html?ASNS=all&ipv=v4
Kenya

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We’d like to install
probes in these ASNs

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More reasons to love RIPE Atlas
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12,000 Probes
Safe & Secure
Trusted Source
Open Data
Community Driven
Fair Use/
NON Monetary
Global Coverage
Regular third-party security review
Non-profit organization
Volunteers: End Users
Measurement results open to all
From the community & RIPE NCC
for the community

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What do you do now? Redeem This Voucher
AIS23JB
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Create RIPE NCC Access ACCOUNT
INSTALL RIPE Atlas probe strategically
Start testing, MONITOR your network performance
Got a disconnected probe? Reconnect!
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How do you minimize impact
Gear Up
• Strategic Deployment: Install RIPE Atlas probes strategically
• Continuous Monitoring: Conduct ongoing measurements
• Abnormality Alerts: Set up alerts for deviations from normal measurements
Action
• Anomaly Detection: Identify network issues swiftly.
• Latency Assurance: Debug and maintain low latency.
• Performance Showcase: Impress customers with network performance.

26. Questions ?
lhestina@ripe.net
atlas@ripe.net

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We’d like to install
probes in these ASNs

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We’d like to install
probes in these ASNs

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We’d like to install
probes in these ASNs

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Use Cases
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Detecting DNS root manipulation
https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-
lone/detecting-dns-root-manipulation/
DNS vulnerability, configuration
errors that can cause DDoS
https://labs.ripe.net/author/giovane_moura/dns-
vulnerability-configuration-errors-that-can-
cause-ddos/
The Kazakhstan outage
as seen from RIPE Atlas
https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/the-
kazakhstan-outage-as-seen-from-ripe-atlas/
A distributed view of the Internet
https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/ripe-
atlas-a-distributed-view-of-the-internet/