network cartographer (nec)

Abstract

The study of the Internet topology allows us to discover properties that can be beneficial to the performances of network protocols and applications. Thus, Internet mapping is very useful to simulation software focusing on network protocols. Unfortunately Internet mapping has two major drawbacks. First it takes a lot of time to be carried out and second it is often incomplete. To solve these two problems, we have developed a fast mapping software whose aim is to map the heart of the Internet as fast as possible with the highest attainable precision.

Description

nec is a router level Internet mapping software. nec is an open source software written in C and C++ and freely available for download. To create a map of the Internet (with aliases unresolved) type the command ./nec test.process at the prompt.

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Participants

Mickaël Hoerdt
Marc Jaeger
Anthony James
Damien Magoni
Jeanne Maillard
Deborah Malka
Pascal Merindol


Last updated: August 16, 2004.