> On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Wilfried Woeber <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jon! > > On 2015-10-19 05:00, Jonathan Brewer wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I've run into a few probes marked private, and when I've found & asked the >> owners, >> they didn't realise they'd done anything restrictive or harmful to >> researchers by >> marking their probes private. >> >> Intrigued at this phenomena, I had a look at the probe metadata. Right now I >> think >> there are 1,534 Atlas probes that are active and connected to the network, >> but >> marked private. >> >> What's the point of having private probes in the network? Do their hosts >> still" >> earn credits they can use on public probes? Should they be? Are private probe >> hosts helping the project? > > IIRC, we did have quite a bit on the topic of labelling probes as "private", > but > I would have to do some digging to find the references to that discussion.. > > But before chiming in ith my personal point of view, may I ask the Atlas Team > to summarize what the effects of "private" are. I seem to remember that > private > probes *do* participate in the built-in measurements. I may be wron, though. > >> The FAQ says nothing about private probes, so I thought I would ask here. > > I think it is pretty useful to have another look at that setting. > >> Thanks, >> >> Jon > > Cheers, > Wilfried > My understanding is that my private probe participates in built-in measurements but is not open to the world. My small network is not designed to serve as a target for the world.
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