[atlas] What is 'iwantbcp38compliancetesting' user tag?

On 10.01.16 6:17 , Emile Aben wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As for the origin of the tag: I set this on my probe as an experiment to
> see if one could do a poll among probe hosts. Apparently the hosts of 21
> other probes already found the tag without it every being advertised.
> 
> Now that it is more widely known it would probably be interesting for
> proponents of BCP38 compliance-testing to set that probe-tag, and for
> opponents to set the 'idontwantbcp38compliancetesting' probe-tag.

In general I like creative use of the RIPE Atlas system. I could see the
use of a "SourceAddressSpoofOK" tag that says it would be OK to spoof
source addresses when sending traffic from this probe. This kind of
opt-in statement has meaning. It would also be a constructive way to get
around the risks associated with source address spoofing from probes of
unsuspecting hosts.

However doing a poll by setting probe tags which are meant to convey
attributes of the probe and not opinions of the host is not really
useful. This is aggravated by the lack of a clear definition for the
meaning of this tag.

Daniel