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Reverse traceroute: Internet Atlas Gallery

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
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Authors:
Contact Info:
For further information, send email to:
info @ caida.org
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Internet Atlas Gallery

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)
(Data3): Table containing {CITY, LINK/NAME, TYPE, LAT, LONG} (Example)
Data Aggregation:
Group and plot reverse tracreoute and looking glass servers on maps according to their latitude and longitude.
Data Filters:
None.
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Internet Atlas Gallery

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.
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Internet Atlas Gallery

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:
(Tool1) GeoPlot visualization tool by CAIDA
(Tool2) NetGeo utilities by CAIDA
(Tool3) Maps provided by VisualRoute
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