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Avoiding traceroute anomalies with Paris traceroute

Authors:

Brice Augustin,

Xavier Cuvellier,

Benjamin Orgogozo,

Timur Friedman,

Matthieu Latapy,

Clémence Magnien, and

Renata TeixeiraAuthors Info & Claims

IMC '06: Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement

October 2006

Pages 153 - 158

https://doi.org/10.1145/1177080.1177100

Published: 25 October 2006 Publication History

Abstract

Traceroute is widely used, from the diagnosis of network problems to the assemblage of internet maps. However, there are a few serious problems with this tool, in particular due to the presence of load balancing routers in the network. This paper describes a number of anomalies that arise in nearly all traceroute-based measurements. We categorize them as "loops", "cycles", and "diamonds". We provide a new publicly-available traceroute, called Paris traceroute, which controls packet header contents to obtain a more precise picture of the actual routes that packets follow. This new tool allows us to find conclusive explanations for some of the anomalies, and to suggest possible causes for others.

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DOI:10.1145/1177080

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