<s>
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
global	O
,	O
open	O
,	O
distributed	O
Internet	O
measurement	O
platform	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
measurement	O
devices	O
that	O
measure	O
Internet	O
connectivity	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
was	O
established	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
the	O
RIPE	O
Network	O
Coordination	O
Centre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Measurement	O
types	O
:	O
The	O
measurement	O
devices	O
(	O
probes	O
and	O
anchors	O
)	O
perform	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
traceroute	B-Protocol
,	O
ping	B-Protocol
,	O
DNS	B-Protocol
,	O
NTP	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
measurements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anyone	O
can	O
volunteer	O
to	O
host	O
a	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
probe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Probes	O
are	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
low	O
maintenance	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
plugged	O
in	O
behind	O
a	O
home	B-Application
router	I-Application
or	O
in	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organisations	O
that	O
want	O
additional	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
measurements	O
targeting	O
their	O
network	O
can	O
host	O
a	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
anchor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
for	O
visualizing	O
and	O
analyzing	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
measurement	O
data	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
network	O
operators	O
for	O
troubleshooting	O
and	O
network	O
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
source	O
software	O
tools	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
users	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
repository	O
for	O
community	O
contributions	O
on	O
GitHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
hundred	O
individuals	O
also	O
support	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
as	O
"	O
ambassadors	O
"	O
by	O
promoting	O
participation	O
and	O
distributing	O
probes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organizations	O
also	O
support	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
as	O
sponsors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
hackerspaces	O
have	O
installed	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
probes	O
and	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
project	O
about	O
displaying	O
the	O
probes	O
presence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
data	O
collected	O
by	O
RIPE	B-Protocol
Atlas	I-Protocol
is	O
open	O
data	O
and	O
is	O
made	O
publicly	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
wider	O
Internet	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
