[atlas] [mat-wg] RIPE Atlas testing of reserved IPv4 addresses

> In short, supporting this request is going to take only a tiny bit of
> time to support.

don't forget to include the time to read all the email discussion about
it. :)

> I just did a small experiment with the probe firmware. Allowing
> 240.0.0.0/4 and 0.0.0.0/8 is a two line change. I tested this on V3
> and V4 probes and on CentOS 7. In all 3 cases, the linux kernel does
> support 240.0.0.0/4 and does not support 0.0.0.0/8.

so, what experiment(s) do you think would be useful once some capable
probes deploy?

> We are not going to releasing new firmware for V1 and V2 (except to
> address security issues).

i can not get to my v1 probes during covid lockdown even if you shipped
replacements to me :(  < snif >

will you upgrade soft probes?  or send instructions?

randy