Topology Tools Taxonomy
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This section concerns tools for visualizing and analyzing Internet topology. A summary is
provided along with web page pointers
to more detailed information. Review comments are also included when available.
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Input |
Measurement |
Output |
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| Jaspvi |
BGP4(ipv4) and BGP4+ (ipv6) routing table |
passive |
shows BGP routing topology |
Graph of BGP connections displayed on Java Applet. |
| GASP |
IP address, local route server and routing table dumps
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active |
logical BGP routing topology with geographic and expected latency details,
AS path from multiple networks to a selected target network.
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realtime generated webpage |
| Route Explorer |
passive, listen only BGP peering |
passive |
BGP RIB visualization, full BGP event history, before and after RIB comparison, Event stream root cause analysis in tabular and animation |
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Measurement |
Output |
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| ally |
pairs of IP addresses that might represent interfaces on the
same router |
active |
discovers which IP addresses belong to interfaces on the same router |
text |
| iffinder |
list of interface addresses |
active |
discovers which IP addresses belong to interfaces on the same router |
text |
| Route Explorer |
passive, listen only BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, RFC 2547 BGP extended
communities |
passive |
BGP RIB visualization, full BGP event history, before and after RIB comparison, Event stream root cause analysis in tabular and animation |
GUI |
| skitter |
monitor traces |
active |
logical, geographical, semi-geographical topology |
various |
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| otter |
set of nodes, links, or paths |
passive |
various |
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Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)