Re: [atlas] packet loss seen by probes to labs.ripe.net?

On 02.11.2011 14:35 wrote Robert Kisteleki:

The preliminary answer is that there is ICMP rate limiting close to the Labs servers. The more probes execute ping measurements, the more often they trigger the limiting. Since the network grew continuously in the past weeks (and before), rising failure rates per probe can be expected.

I'll try to confirm this with people who know more about the Labs architecture. But if I'm right (I think I am), then Atlas is measuring precisely what it should... and as a by-product, also its own growth :-)

So, in other words: The Atlas probes themselves are turning into a DDOS botnet? BR Daniel AJ