[atlas] Identifying widespread outages using atlas?

On 20/07/16 14:46, Rafal.Jankowski at thomsonreuters.com wrote:
> Hi I’m wondering if there is any good statistic tool that helps
> identyfing any widespread Internet outages using ripe atlas probes such
> as ISP issues (like todays
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36844712), cable cuts, etc.
> Normally I select probe and look into public measurements but it does
> not seem to be very effective.

yes, this is still an active topic of research.

we've made some inroads into anomaly detection and RIPE Atlas
traceroutes (http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.04784), and there is work in
progress on making data from that available near-realtime.

we do have a live-stream of probe connect/disconnect events (docs at:
https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/result-streaming/ ), and are also working on
detecting outage-type signals from that.

and we do one-off analysis of events, examples:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/internet-access-disruption-in-turkey
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/does-the-internet-route-around-damage

that said, we can help investigate particular events, if we expect the
outcome to yield interesting data/insight to our community.

cheers,
Emile Aben