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Mapping the Internet Evolution
Shire writes "Science magazine is running a story on the DIMES project, which has ventured to map the structure and evolution of the Internet (PDF) using open source distributed clients in the style of SETI@Home and such. DIMES has already collected more than 40 Millions measurements which resulted in some nice pictures and several scientific presentations. Those who use traceroute may find it a useful (and colorful) alternative."
They aren't the first to pursue mapping the internet. If I remember correctly there was a story on slashdot about a month ago that talked about Denial of Service attacks which mentioned that a young guy who is a consultant for thwarting such attacks also has a project that is mapping the internet. So it would seem that its up for debate and research to figure out who started first and is doing a better job.
Hi guys, hopefully I'm not shooting my self in the foot here, but here are some screenshots of how traceroutes look from our agent: by ISP, by country and here's another one. You are all welcomed to try our agent out. Linux version will be coming soon.
does it works on Linux?
The answer is: it may work, after all is java based. But since it is bundled inside a Windows-only installer we may never know!
What's the point of writing a Java application, that's supposed to be cross-platform, if you bundle it inside a Windows-only installer!?!?!?
I looked at the site, to download the darn thing... but couldn't find an more OS agnostic installer, or package! Can anyone point me one?
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