CAIDA publishes latest 'net topology kit

CAIDA's expanding network of Archipelago monitors has delivered the organisation's latest Internet maps. The August 2015 Internet Topology Data Kit, announced at the end of last week, is a tool for 'net researchers to try and untangle the dizzying maze of routes that deliver our data. CAIDA used 94 Ark monitors in 36 …

[Your alien overlord - fear me]

That's a very flat world. I wonder if there is a large turtle underneath it? We'll need some volunteers to go over the side with a probe.

[That one over there]

Crivens!

Perhaps a probe with lots of legs?

[Brian Miller]

Why not use BOINC?

The BOINC project could do this for them for free, instead of an astronomical $8,000, based on a hideous price of $68 per unit.

[Raithmir]

RIPE Atlas Project

94 probes in 36 countries? They're a long way off the RIPE Atlas Project then.

Atlas is currently showing 9007 probes connected across 176 countries. You can get your own probe to host for free. https://atlas.ripe.net/

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: RIPE Atlas Project

Thanks for the heads up on the Atlas Project. Applying now.

Cheers

Jon