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[atlas] Proposal for public HTTP measurements
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Jared Mauch
jared at puck.nether.net
Wed Jan 7 06:01:27 CET 2015
I would be interested in letting us start measurements against ourselves from probes globally. One could publish a DNS record similar to how Google validates domains for receiving requests to authorize the traffic. Jared Mauch > On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:59 AM, Robert Kisteleki <robert at ripe.net> wrote: > > > Dear RIPE Atlas users, > > The topic of publicly available HTTP measurements in RIPE Atlas comes up > from time to time. There were a number of discussions about pros and cons > for this feature over the years (including exposing probe hosts to > unnecessary risks of other users "measuring" just about any kind of HTTP > content out there), with no firm outcome. > > While we understand that this feature would come handy for some of our > users, it does not benefit everyone. Therefore our proposal is the following: > > 1. We'll enable HTTP measurements to be performed by all atlas users, from > any probes. > > 2. The targets of such measurements can only be RIPE Atlas anchors (these > already run HTTP servers, see https://atlas.ripe.net/docs/anchors/). > > 3. Parameters like costs, minimum frequency, maximum number of probes > involved, etc. will be set by the development team, just as with the other > measurements. > > 4. The RIPE NCC will still be able to support other, vetted HTTP > measurements as long as it benefits the community, as well as other HTTP > measurements that we deem operationally useful. These will be evaluated on a > case by case basis. > > > Please speak up at the MAT working group list (mat-wg at ripe.net) if you > support / don't support this proposal, of if you have any other opinion > about it. > > Regards, > Robert Kisteleki > RIPE NCC R&D manager, for the RIPE Atlas team
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