[atlas] Speed tests?

On 06 Jun 2014, at 20:02, Robert Kisteleki <robert at ripe.net> wrote:

> On 2014.06.06. 19:32, Gert Doering wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 12:07:48PM -0400, Brian Rak wrote:
>>> Are there any plans to allow testing download speed from the probes?
>>> I guess this could cause problems for people who have the probes on 
>>> metered bandwidth plans.
>> 
>> only opt-in, please, if at all.
> 
> I'd say that if we do it (do enough people want this?)

Would be nice to have. 

> then it should only be possible to schedule this for your own probe,
> ie. if you're the host. I believe that's stronger than opt-in. .

One more possibility could be that only RIPE runs this test through
the built-in measurements (perhaps a once a day or something). Allowing 
the possibility to run a speed test via a UDM exposes the risk of 
misuse as aforementioned.

> And even then, we need to have a willing server side too (anchors?)

How about M-lab servers? 

Best, Vaibhav

-----------------------------------------------------
Vaibhav Bajpai

Research I, Room 86
Computer Networks and Distributed Systems  (CNDS) Lab
School of Engineering and Sciences
Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

www.vaibhavbajpai.com
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 496 bytes
Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
URL: </ripe/mail/archives/ripe-atlas/attachments/20140606/94b5182e/attachment.sig>