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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi Daniel!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In my case I don't even look at probe description. I create my measurements mostly via REST API so I use 'asn_v4' and 'asn_v6' to get probes from network(s) that I need. For probes which have set 'asn_v6' I can also verify
system tag 'system-ipv6-works' to see if it really works. Web interface also allow you to get probes from given 'asn_v4' and 'asn_v6' and to include only probes with specific system tag. Good thing about these values is that they are generated and updated
automatically by RIPE Atlas infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">AFAIK probe description field is only for probe owner to make it easier for him/her to manage probes. Notice that a lot of probes have generic format "Probe #12345" as many people have only one probe so there is no need
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Grzegorz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Daniel AJ Sokolov <listclient@sokolov.eu.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday 2018-06-03 at 11:37<br>
<b>To: </b>"ripe-atlas@ripe.net" <ripe-atlas@ripe.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[atlas] Probe name rules<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to suggest a naming convention for probes that excludes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">names referring to features or networks which are not present/supported.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For example, I see a probe that contains in its name a large network,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">although the probe is actually connected to competitor networks. (I<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">assume the probe's host changed their ISP and forgot to update the<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">probe's name.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Such naming is misleading for Atlas users, but also opens a can of worms<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">in relation to trade mark law.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Similarly, a prove with "IPv6" in its name that doesn't support IPv6<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">could be confusing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">BR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Daniel AJ<o:p></o:p></p>
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