Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

1 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This server will die ! by bigmouth_strikes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If he's mapping the whole Internet in a day he should be able to stand up to a little Slashdotting, shouldn't he ?

    --
    Oh, I can't help quoting you because everything that you said rings true