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CAIDA Anonymized Internet Traces Request Form
Anonymized passive traffic traces are available for use by academic researchers and US government agencies. These data are 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.

Please, complete and submit the form below to request access to anonymized passive traffic trace data. It usually takes about two to three business days to process your request. Upon approval you will receive an email with instructions on how to download the data you requested. If you have any questions or problems using this form, please contact data-info@caida.org.

For information about using CAIDA data, please see the CAIDA Data Usage FAQ

* 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. If you already have a password to access CAIDA's anonymized high-speed traces, backscatter, restricted witty worm, telescope, DDoS or DNS root/gTLD RTT datasets, you may skip this step.
Temporary password:
Temporary password (again):
   I already have a password
*Phone Number: 
*Full name of your Institution/Company: 
*Mailing Address: 
*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 datasets are you requesting access access to?
( please check the appropriate box(es) )
CAIDA Anonymized 2012 Internet Traces Dataset (high-speed traces/commercial backbone)
CAIDA Anonymized 2011 IPv6 Day Internet Traces Dataset (high-speed traces/commercial backbone)
CAIDA Anonymized 2011 Internet Traces Dataset (high-speed traces/commercial backbone)
CAIDA Anonymized 2010 Internet Traces Dataset (high-speed traces/commercial backbone)
CAIDA Anonymized 2009 Internet Traces Dataset (high-speed traces/commercial backbone)
CAIDA Anonymized 2008 Internet Traces Dataset (OC192 traces/commercial backbone)

* Please submit a detailed 1-2 paragraph description summarizing your research goals.

How many PhD students will use the data? (if applicable):
How many Masters students will use the data? (if applicable):
How many other students will use the data? (if applicable):

Please read the terms of the following Acceptable Use policy:
  1. The anonymized traffic traces will not be distributed beyond authorized users.
  2. CAIDA will be notified of the names and email addresses of any persons (and their respective affiliations) assisting in research using the anonymized traffic traces. This includes graduate students and interns.
  3. The IP addresses in these traces are all anonymized to preserve the privacy of end users (hosts) and networks monitored in the collection of the data. The anonymization is prefix-preserving; if the original IP addresses had N bits in common, the anonymized addresses will have those same N bits in common. The traces in a dataset are all anonymized with the same key, so one original IP address that appears in multiple traces in a dataset will appear as the same anonymized IP address across those traces.
  4. In so far as possible, privacy of end users (hosts) and networks monitored in the creation of these traces will be respected by the researchers. Researchers will make no attempts to reverse engineer, decrypt, or otherwise identify the original IP addresses collected in the trace. Researchers will also not attempt to extract unanonymized IP addresses from encapsulated headers.
  5. Researchers will make no attempts to connect to, probe, or in any other way initiate contact with a machine or machine administrator identified via the anonymized traffic traces.
  6. At the end of the research, or semi-annually (whichever is less), 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.
  7. All publications (including web pages and papers) using data from anonymized Internet traffic datasets must include a citation for each dataset. For example:
    The CAIDA Anonymized 2009 Internet Traces - <dates used>
    Colby Walsworth, Emile Aben, kc claffy, Dan Andersen,
    http://www.caida.org/data/passive/passive_2009_dataset.xml
    and/or
    The CAIDA Anonymized 2008 Internet Traces - <dates used>
    Colleen Shannon, Emile Aben, kc claffy, Dan Andersen,
    http://www.caida.org/data/passive/passive_2008_dataset.xml
  8. You are encouraged, but not required, to include the following attribution in the acknowledgements section of the document:
    Support for CAIDA's Internet Traces is provided by the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Homeland Security, and CAIDA Members.
  9. 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 (e.g. "The CAIDA Anonymized 2008 Internet Traces" or "The CAIDA Anonymized 2009 Internet Traces") in the presentation. Users are further encouraged, but not required, to include the url for the dataset (e.g. "http://www.caida.org/data/passive/passive_2008_dataset.xml" or "http://www.caida.org/data/passive/passive_2009_dataset.xml") in their presentation.
    *I agree with the terms of this policy

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