Measuring and modeling Internet topology

• Two dominant methods for measuring Internet topology

  • BGP routing tables (Route Views project)
  • Active IP path probing (CAIDA)

• Route Views project (http://www.Route Views.org/)

  • Organized by University of Oregon and several companies
  • Free access to data

• CAIDA (Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis http://www.caida.org/ )

  • Homed in San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC)
  • Restricted access to data

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