[atlas] Easy LG-style ping/traceroute interface?

Hello,

I would like to suggest for RIPE to implement a simple "Looking Glass" style
interface to run one-time measurements (ping and traceroute) on probes.

If anyone doesn't know what Looking Glass is, some examples are
http://lg.he.net/ , http://www.oneasiahost.com/lg/ , http://cl.edis.at/ etc.

Key features of such Atlas interface would be:

- Interface similar to generic "Looking Glasses" as those mentioned above;

- Allow access to general public, not requiring registration or login (maybe
  with some rate-limiting on requests);

- Allow running ping and traceroute from any probe (or maybe only from a
  subset, hosts of which express a desire to participate in this public LG
  subproject), to any arbitrary IPv4/v6/hostname destination;

- One-shot execution only (not scheduled checking over time, like the current
  measurements);

- Real-time returning of the results(!); this might be tricky, it means a RIPE
  server will need to have means to instantly connect to the selected
  probe, ask it to perform a measurement and then retrieve results, all in
  "online" real-time mode. This might exclude probes which are behind a NAT and
  without IPv6 or with strict firewalling.

-- 
With respect,
Roman
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