Re: [atlas] Atlas anchors as ping targets

2023-01-30 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 31-Jan-23 01:15, Robert Kisteleki wrote: 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

Re: [atlas] Atlas anchors as ping targets

2023-01-30 Thread Robert Kisteleki
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

Re: [atlas] Atlas anchors as ping targets

2023-01-30 Thread Gert Doering
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

Re: [atlas] Atlas anchors as ping targets

2023-01-30 Thread Robert Kisteleki
Hi, On 2023-01-28 02:24, Brian E Carpenter wrote: TL;DR: Is it OK to use Atlas anchors as random ping targets? RIPE Atlas anchors are known and willing targets for measurements - so I'd say yes, definitely! Would it be OK to choose the probe target by picking an Atlas anchor at random?