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Latest Maps of the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-wait-and-see dept.

mnmonte writes "Yesterday morning Opte.org announced that they have successfully mapped the entire internet. They are currently compiling a LGL map for all to see. Currently they have a LGL map that has 'over 5 million edges and has an estimated 50 million hop count'. Also only took them 252.68 hours to complete."

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  1. Re:Mapping engine status: Stalled by Space+cowboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    [grin] It sort of guesses wrong on purpose if it doesn't know - my theory is that people are more likely to correct it if it's wildly wrong than slightly wrong :-)

    I'm working on the lat/long stuff this weekend, then there's a bunch of networks that can be automatically located. With this map of the net, I can start intelligently looking at IP's as well, rather than probing random ones that might not exist :-)

    Tx for the correction :-))

    Simon

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    Physicists get Hadrons!
  2. Uh.. by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The internet is 1-dimensional? They must be describing it metaphorically. Because it sure as hell has a geometry, and an N-dimensional geometry at that (where N is larger than 1, even if I don't know the exact value).

    For example, I've experimenting with networks that have a regular geometry, where every router might have 6 links to other routers, arranged in a 3d grid type of geometry. In the logical sense, a router is certainly "to the right" of another, or "above" another. In such a network, it's easy to see that it has 3 dimensions. With the internet, the geometry is very irregular, even 'organic'.

    All that said, should I Subject this post with "Fr0st t3chn1cal p0ts" ? Even an hour later, everything seems to be lame kiddy banter....

  3. Re:uh... by rjbrown99 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You miss the point - the system will be able to map the entire net within one 24 hour period. It will create one map per day. None of them will be very outdated. Lots can be done with this - you can check historical patterns, route changes, etc. For instance, the automated system will take the data out of the database, use a new color scheme, and show major route changes or additions each day. I think that's pretty damn cool.

    Also, the smallest BGP route is a /24, so your new /26 wouldn't show up in the map anyway. He's just tracerouting to each /24 on the network and stopping there.

    Lastly, the system is using traceroute right now but will upgrade to Dan Kaminski's packetto which is much MUCH faster. Given the distributed nature of packetto, it may end up being an almost-realtime system.

    I don't know about you, but I certainly see a lot more value in that than "look what I did."