An architecture for large scale Internet measurement
Paxson, V.
Mahdavi, J.
Adams, A.
Mathis, M.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA;
This paper appears in: Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publication Date: Aug 1998
Volume: 36,
Issue: 8
On page(s): 48-54
ISSN: 0163-6804
References Cited: 14
CODEN: ICOMD9
INSPEC Accession Number: 6013895
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/35.707817
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
Historically, the Internet has been woefully under-measured and
under-instrumented. The problem is only getting worse with the network's
ever-increasing size. We discuss the goals and requirements for building
a “measurement infrastructure” for the Internet, in which a
collection of measurement “platforms” cooperatively measure
the properties of Internet paths and clouds by exchanging test traffic
among themselves. The key emphasis of the architecture, which forms the
underpinnings of the National Internet Measurement Infrastructure (NIMI)
project, is on tackling problems related to scale. Consequently, the
architecture emphasizes decentralized control of measurements; strong
authentication and security; mechanisms for both maintaining tight
administrative control over who can perform what measurements using
which platforms, and delegation of some forms of measurement as a site's
measurement policy permits; and simple configuration and maintenance of
platforms
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