World-Wide Mapping of Reverse traceroute and looking glass Servers
Wilfred Dittmer
Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
URL: https://www.caida.org/research/routing/reversetrace
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World-Wide Mapping of Reverse traceroute and looking glass Servers Wilfred Dittmer
Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
URL: https://www.caida.org/research/routing/reversetrace
Visualization Thumbnail Credits / Contact Info Authors:
Perl scripts by Wilfred Dittmer Maps by VisualRoute NetGeo by CAIDA GeoPlot by CAIDA Contact Info:
For further information, send email to:
info @ caida.org
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World-Wide Mapping of Reverse traceroute and looking glass Servers Wilfred Dittmer
Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
URL: https://www.caida.org/research/routing/reversetrace
Visualization Thumbnail Data Data Sources:
(Source1): URL's and names of looking glass servers found on the web
(Source2): URL's and names of traceroute servers found on the web
(Source3): NetGeo database Data Specification:
(Data1): NetGeo output {CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, LAT, LONG} (Data2): GeoPlot maps (Example)
World-Wide Mapping of Reverse traceroute and looking glass Servers Wilfred Dittmer
Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
URL: https://www.caida.org/research/routing/reversetrace
Visualization Thumbnail Evaluation Strengths:
(Strength1): Useful for debugging routes (Are packets taking the best paths). (Strength2): Useful for investigating topologies. Issues:
(Issue1): Additional services may be available depending on local configurations.
(Issue2): Links may change over time and must be periodically checked.
World-Wide Mapping of Reverse traceroute and looking glass Servers Wilfred Dittmer
Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
URL: https://www.caida.org/research/routing/reversetrace
Visualization Thumbnail About the Visualization Visualization Techniques:
(Technique1): Plot lat/long points using GeoPlot. Key Visualization Mappings:
(Mapping1): Point color shows the availability of looking glass and traceroute servers in that region. Green = Traceroute server only Blue = Looking glass server only Red = Both traceroute and looking glass servers Visualization Tools: