Active Measurements
• Topology probing related:
– rfc1918 or other non-routed addresses for intermediaries
– IP addresses of interfaces, not routers
– different interfaces (inbound/outbound) may respond to
TTL exceed depending on vendor (contrary to RFC)
– primary path followed, may not see backup paths
– straight topology says nothing about importance, usage,
or capacity
– some methodologies completely discard prefix-based
routing policy
– resulting graph is a “time smear” over entire collection
interval
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