[atlas] Feature request for Validated Timestamps

On 2021/04/06 17:04 , Will wrote:
> I'm not sure if there's a process for this sort of feature request 
> beyond this mailing list. Would it help if I propose a more concrete PR 
> against https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-software-probe 
> <https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-software-probe>

To the extend that you would like secure geolocation in presence of a 
malicious probe, it would make sense to me to start with documenting the 
protocol you would like to use.

The current way of geolocating probes works by having to probe report 
round trip times to a number locations. Obviously, a malicious probe 
could report any rtt value.

I'm sure we can come up with a protocol if we have a sufficient number 
of trusted servers. However, such a protocol would need to be documented 
and deployed on those servers.

Philip