On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 01:31:33AM +0000, Luca Filipozzi wrote: > "With your help, the RIPE NCC is building the largest Internet measurement > network ever made. RIPE Atlas employs a global network of probes that measure > Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an unprecedented > understanding of the state of the Internet in real time." [1] > > Hi, > > In [2], I asked whether any DD would be distributing RIPE Atlas probes at DC14. > Since the answer appeared to be 'none', I took it upon myself to become a RIPE > Atlas Ambassador [3]. At DC14, there will be fourteen RIPE Atlas probes v3 [8] > available for distribution. As a probe host [9], you would deploy the probe at > your home or place of work (get permission!): USB power and an Etherent port is > all that's needed. Three of the fourteen probes are spoken for. Off to a good start. But we can do better! Please reply indicating that you'll host a probe. > In exchange for hosting a probe, you earn 'credits' [5] that you can spend on > custom measurements. For example, with the credits I earn from my one probe, I > measure ping to planet.debian.org from 20 other probes around the world, giving > me a sense of latency to that website by users in different parts of the world. > My DSA colleagues (Martin, Peter and Tollef) like this so much that they've > become (or are in the process of becoming) probe hosts, too! > > Ideally, these fourteen probes would find homes on autonomous systems [4] that > have no active probes, thereby maximizing their benefit to the RIPE Atlas > project. If you are willing to host a probe, please send me a reply indicating > your AS number [6]. If I get more than 14 replies, I'll rank the requests by > count of probes on the AS as determined by querying the RIPE Atlas data [7]. > > Thanks, > > Luca > > [1]: https://atlas.ripe.net/ > [2]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/05/msg00711.html > [3]: That's "His Excellency" to you! :) > [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_System_%28Internet%29 > [5]: Full disclosure: as an Ambassador, I don't receive any additional credits > for probes that I distribute. > [6]: Visit http://bgp.he.net/ from a machine on the network where the probe > would live to determine the AS number. > [7]: https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/network-coverage/ > [8]: http://probev3.ripe.net/ > [9]: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-a-host/ > > -- > Luca Filipozzi > http://www.crowdrise.com/SupportDebian -- Luca Filipozzi http://www.crowdrise.com/SupportDebian
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