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CAIDA: Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis

CAIDA Topology Data Request Form

Topology data is available for use by academic researchers and US government agencies. The dataset is also available for corporate entities (including corporate researchers) who participate in CAIDA's membership program. Information on membership levels, services, and rates is found on the CAIDA Sponsorship Information page, or by emailing sponsorship@caida.org.

If you have questions or problems using this form, please send email to data-info+topology@caida.org.

If your research involves:

finding links between Autonomous Systems (AS)

studying the Internet topology, or

obtaining Internet topology data for modeling

then you do not need to fill in the form below. We recommend that you download, without prior approval, pre-computed AS-level graphs derived from skitter/Ark measurements. We distribute these pre-computed graphs to save needless reprocessing of the raw topology data and to make it easier for researchers to use the data.

If you want access to the raw topology data, please complete and submit the following Raw Topology Data Request Form. It usually takes about one week (on average) to process most requests. Upon approval, you will receive an email with instructions on how to download your requested data.

* required field

*Relationship to CAIDA:

   I am an academic researcher / student
   I am a CAIDA sponsor
   I am a U.S. government contractor
   I am from a U.S. government agency
   Other (please specify):

*First (Given) Name:

*Last (Family) Name:

Please enter a one-time-use password in the fields below. You will use this password to initially log in and create a permanent password, so please remember it.

*Temporary password:

*Temporary password (again):

*Full name of your Institution/Company:

*Your email at this Institution/Company:
( an academic email address is required for academic researchers/students )

*Position:

   Professor/Principal investigator
   Student
   Other (please specify):

Advisor's Name (required for students):

URL of your project
(if available):

* Which type of topology data are you requesting?
( please check the appropriate box(es) )

  IPv4 Routed /24 Topology Dataset
  Raw Skitter Topology Data
  Macroscopic Internet Topology Data Kit (ITDK) - April 2003

* Please submit a detailed 1-2 paragraph description summarizing your research goals.
Sample descriptions from other projects can be found at
http://www.caida.org/data/skitter/skitter_data_use.xml

How many Phd students will use the data? (if applicable):
How many Masters students will use the data? (if applicable):
Please read the terms of the following Acceptable Use policy: Macroscopic Topology data will not be distributed beyond authorized users. I will notify CAIDA of the names and email addresses of any persons (and their respective affiliations) assisting me in research using the macroscopic topology data. This includes graduate students and interns. The privacy of end users (hosts) and networks monitored by the IPv4 Routed /24 Topology will be respected by the data users. All publications (papers, web pages, presentations, etc.) will anonymize IP addresses, network names, and domain names. At the end of the research, or semi-annually (which ever is more frequent), a summary of the research and any findings/conclusions will be reported to CAIDA. If any research is described on the WWW, a URL will be provided. This information is primarily used in reports to our funding agencies. In so far as possible, research findings and conclusions using the topology data will be published and/or made publicly available All users who publish a document (including web pages and papers) using data from a backscatter dataset must provide CAIDA with a copy of the publication. All users who publish a document (including web pages, and papers) using data from this dataset must provide CAIDA with a copy of the publication and must cite either: The CAIDA IPv4 Routed /24 Topology Dataset - < dates used >, Young Hyun, Bradley Huffaker, Emile Aben, and Matthew Luckie, http://www.caida.org/data/active/ipv4_routed_24_topology_dataset.xml. or, if skitter macroscopic topology data is also used: The CAIDA Macroscopic Topology Data - < dates used >, http://www.caida.org/projects/macroscopic/. Users are encouraged, but not required, to include the following attribution in the acknowledgments section of their document: Support for the IPv4 Routed /24 Topology Dataset is provided by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Homeland Security, the WIDE Project, Cisco Systems, and CAIDA Members. If skitter data is also used, users are encouraged to also include: The data used in this research was collected as part of CAIDA's skitter initiative, http://www.caida.org. Support for skitter is provided by DARPA, NSF, and CAIDA sponsorship. All users who create a publicly available presentation using data from this dataset must provide CAIDA with a copy of the presentation and must use the full name of the dataset ("The CAIDA IPv4 Routed /24 Topology Dataset" or if skitter data was used, "The CAIDA Macroscopic Topology Data") in the presentation. Users are further encouraged, but not required, to include the URL for the dataset (http://www.caida.org/data/active/ipv4_routed_24_topology_dataset.xml or http://www.caida.org/projects/macroscopic/) in their presentation. *I agree with the terms of this policy
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  Last Modified: Thurs May-29-2008 10:54:9 PDT
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