[atlas] Atlas anchors as ping targets

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 01:08:25PM +0100, Robert Kisteleki wrote:
> > Would it be OK to choose the probe target by picking an Atlas anchor at 
> > random? (I have running code for that, but will not post it to github if 
> > there are objections.)
> 
> The anchors are in a full measurement mesh - meaning they ping and trace 
> each other. Also, all anchors are assigned some probes to measure them. 
> You can find these measurements on the anchors' pages.
> 
> This may mean you don't need to set up new measurements. If so, it's 
> always nicer to reuse existing data :-)

The idea here is

 - I have a host in a "home network" that has 2 ISPs, with a global IPv6
   address from each of them

 - one of the ISPs fails, but the host does not know, and keeps using
   the "broken" IPv6 source address

 - by cyclic measurements, Brian's tool will see "nah, that address stopped
   working" and will de-preference it on the host -> host starts using the
   other IPv6 source address -> connectivity restored (over the other ISP)

and the test envisioned would be "ping something willing to be pinged" :-)

Gert Doering
        -- NetMaster
-- 
have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

SpaceNet AG                      Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Michael Emmer
Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14        Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann
D-80807 Muenchen                 HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen)
Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444         USt-IdNr.: DE813185279
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 833 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: </ripe/mail/archives/ripe-atlas/attachments/20230130/0d69774e/attachment.sig>