The document summarizes a RIPE NCC country report on Moldova from May 2022. It provides an overview of internet infrastructure in Moldova, including the number of subscribers, local internet registries (LIRs), autonomous systems, IPv4 addresses held, and IPv6 deployment. Charts show growth in these areas. The report also describes Moldova's external connectivity, noting reliance on providers in other countries, and analyzes domestic traffic paths and use of DNS servers.

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The RIPE NCC View
Moldova Country
Report

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What is RIPE NCC
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One of the
world's
fi
ve
Regional
Internet
Registries.

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RIPE NCC Functions
• The Registry
- Registration of IP Addresses and ASNs, maintaining the RIPE Database, providing the
Resource Certi
fi
cation (RPKI)
• Information Services
- DNS: K-Root Operations, DNS Services
- Internet measurements: RIPE Atlas, RIPE RIS, RIPEstat
- Reports: RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports
• External Engagement and Community
- Events: RIPE Meetings/Regional Meetings, Members Lunches…
- Publishing platform: RIPE Labs
- Training Services & RIPE Academy

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Country reports: Moldova
• Published in May, 2022
- https://labs.ripe.net/documents/292/
RIPE_NCC_Internet_Country_Report_Bulgaria_Moldova_Romania_May_2022_zpa3
pqG.pdf (EN)
- https://labs.ripe.net/documents/309/RIPENCC-
Country_Report_2022_Bulgaria_Moldova_Romania-Romanian_
fi
nal.pdf (RO)
• Covers three countries: Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria
• Our own data and instruments were primarily used

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Fixed and mobile subscribers
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demand emerged

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Number of LIRs
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own infrastructure
growth started

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Autonomous systems evolution
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own infrastructure
growth started

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Amount of IPv4 held
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own infrastructure
growth started

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IPv6 deployment
9

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IPv6 deployment
10
• Early adoption stage
- Typical for xSU countries
- Lower than the world avg

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External connectivity of Moldova
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Connectivity in Moldova
• ITNS (AS35346)
- Strongly depends on Cogent (AS174)
• Moldtelecom (AS41221 and
AS8926)
- Depends on Cogent (AS174) and Orange
Romania Communications (AS9050)
• Orange Moldova (AS25454)
- Strongly depends on Orange Romania
(AS8953)
• Arax-Impex (AS15836)
- Depends on Cogent (AS174)

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Paths of the domestic traf
fi
c
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• Most of the domestic traf
fi
c
stays inside the country
• Some paths take a detour
via Munich (IXP)
• Some of the traf
fi
c goes
through Bucharest
- While not ideal, the distance is much
shorter than diverting traf
fi
c to major
IXPs in Western Europe

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K-Root DNS servers used in Moldova
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• Moldova DOES NOT host own K-
root DNS servers
• Most preferable ones are in
Bucharest
- However, RTT is good enough

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