[atlas] Exploring the Idea of RIPE Atlas Virtual Probes

iphones are being used as reliable routers with 4g and wireless sharing failover so having background probe app , like twitter,email auto checking would be great


colin

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> On 29 Dec 2015, at 20:35, Micha Bailey <michabailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I would imagine that having probe apps on mobile devices would be very impractical in terms of battery usage, unreliable connections, the device itself not being on/connected 24/7, etc.
> In addition, I believe it would not be possible on iOS. You can't really have an app like this running full-time in the background. Only certain categories of apps are allowed to do this (e.g. GPS turn-by-turn navigation and audio players), and I can't imagine anything like an Atlas Probe will make it through App Review.
> 
>> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Colin Johnston <colinj at mx5.org.uk> wrote:
>> iphone virtual app probe would be great as well :)
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On 29 Dec 2015, at 19:49, Gil Bahat <gil at magisto.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> We also support the idea of expanding the network. If it's done in a modular fashion, users can pick their desired veracity levels to the task at hand. we'd like to see more information on mobile data as network uses shift a lot to mobile and (for various reasons) it's very hard to get current probes on such networks and ultimately having an ATLAS-like app might be the only realistic way to go about it.
>>> 
>>> integration into open source platforms such as openwrt or the turris omnia would also be most welcome.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Gil Bahat,
>>> DevOps and Network Engineer,
>>> Magisto Ltd.
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Wilfried Woeber <woeber at cc.univie.ac.at> wrote:
>>>> Dear Atlas Community!
>>>> 
>>>> On 2015-12-21 12:02, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
>>>> > Dear colleagues,
>>>> >
>>>> > Some of you have asked about Virtual Probes on this list.
>>>> 
>>>> Indeed :-)
>>>> 
>>>> > Although we don't plan to make virtual probes available in 2016,
>>>> > we do plan to investigate this idea and develop some prototypes.
>>>> 
>>>> Fair enough.
>>>> 
>>>> > Please find more details on RIPE Labs:
>>>> 
>>>> I'll try to put my thoughts into some well-structured words, over there.
>>>> I hope to succeed, but no premature promises yet...
>>>> 
>>>> > https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/exploring-the-idea-of-ripe-atlas-virtual-probes
>>>> >
>>>> > Kind regards,
>>>> > Vesna Manojlovic
>>>> > RIPE NCC
>>>> 
>>>> All the best for (2015)++
>>>> Wilfried
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