<div dir="ltr">Agree that there's already a bunch of geolocation based measurement that uses Atlas, which increases the value of having a consistent set of anchor points in subsequent measurement work.<div><br></div><div>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 <a href="https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-software-probe">https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-software-probe</a></div><div><br></div><div>--Will</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 2:23 PM Randy Bush <<a href="mailto:randy@psg.com">randy@psg.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> To expand on the immediate area of research, I'd like to have a distributed<br>
> system where nodes self-identify what location they're in. There are a<br>
> number of situations - be it operator misconfiguration or active attempts<br>
> to misreport where it is more concrete to instead have nodes report their<br>
> location based on time bounding their distance to known locations. The<br>
> atlas looks like a great existing set of known anchor points to base such<br>
> measurements on, but that attestation of location is very difficult to<br>
> construct without additional authenticity.<br>
> <br>
> (Nodes may be behind NATs make it seem difficult to measure outbound from<br>
> atlas probes to them)<br>
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Candela, M., Gregori, E., Luconi, V., Vecchio, A. (2019). Using RIPE<br>
Atlas for geolocating IP infrastructure<br>
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<a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Using-RIPE-Atlas-for-Geolocating-IP-Infrastructure-Candela-Gregori/2bc71c0985d0b531da644335c1430060e3185cc3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Using-RIPE-Atlas-for-Geolocating-IP-Infrastructure-Candela-Gregori/2bc71c0985d0b531da644335c1430060e3185cc3</a><br>
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randy<br>
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