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Map the Internet... In One Day?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the graph-paper dept.

rjbrown99 writes "There have been numerous stories over the past few years on Bill Cheswick's Internet Mapping Project. The Lumeta folks even created a company out of it. Well, now there is a competitor. A single guy with a single computer is working to accomplish the same feat - within ONE DAY and using open-source tools to do it. The new project is called Opte and can be found at www.opte.org." He's made some progress and is looking for volunteers.

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  1. He needs more bandwidth by defMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am in serious need of more bandwidth and hardware power. If anyone has a Co-Located system on a nice network to donate to this project for a few months, I would be very happy!

    Slashdotting was never easier!

    1. Re:He needs more bandwidth by DukeyToo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Its an evil plot to map slashdot users. He's probably logging all the IPs of the people who hit his website today!

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      Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use - Mark Twain
  2. Turn left at the third router... by bcolflesh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go past the burnt-out Cray and then right at the Commodore64 Contiki server - you'll see my drive lights.

  3. Ok heres my part... by GoofyBoy · · Score: 5, Funny


    IP Address: 127.0.0.1
    Computer: The one from Microsoft with the Start button in the bottom left hand corner.
    Location: my bedroom.

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    The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
  4. His Map Is Wrong by DoctorMabuse · · Score: 5, Funny

    SCO IPs are in the Mordor address space.

  5. Slashdotted ! by Goody · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, there's one less server to map...

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    Tired of being "punished" by the Slashdot $rtbl since 2002. I'm now over at http://soylentnews.org/ .
  6. Re:It has to be asked.... by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forgive me if I'm wrong, but if we need the internet to tell us when a major disaster or war happens in a certain part of the world something is wrong.

  7. It's too easy... by Fux+the+Penguin · · Score: 5, Funny

    A single guy with a single computer...

    He's mapping the Internet. Why am I not surprised he's single?

  8. Dude. by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please explain how one pings a web page. Is this a feature of AOL?

    Web pages are NOT internet hosts.

    Web servers are relatively few compared with other types of hosts on the internet.

    The World Wide Web is NOT the internet.

    The World Wide Web is NOT the internet.

    The World Wide Web is NOT the internet.

    The World Wide Web is NOT the internet.