How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute

Wouter Bastiaan de Vries; José Jair Cardoso de Santanna; Anna Sperotto; Aiko Pras

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20034-7_12

How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute

Wouter Bastiaan de Vries, José Jair Cardoso de Santanna, Anna Sperotto, Aiko Pras

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Abstract

A network path is a path that a packet takes to reach its target. However, determining the network path that a host uses to reach it's target from the viewpoint of the latter is less trivial than it appears. Tools such as Traceroute allow the user to determine the path towards a target (i.e. the forward path), but not the path from the target to the source (i.e. the reverse path) due to routing asymmetry. Routing asymmetry means that the network path between two hosts may be different in opposite directions. Although previous studies have shown that this asymmetry is widespread, a more detailed characterization is lacking. In this paper routing asymmetry is investigated in depth using large scale measurements with 4.000 probes distributed world wide. The main goal of this paper is to provide characteristics about Internet asymmetry based on recent large scale measurements. Our findings contribute to a conclusive overview of Internet asymmetry, which assist researchers and engineers in making valid assumptions about routing asymmetry.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Intelligent Mechanisms for Network Configuration and Security, Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2015
Editors	Steven Latré, Marinos Charalambides, Jerome François, Corinna Schmitt, Burkhard Stiller
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	113-125
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-20033-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20034-7_12
Publication status	Published - Jun 2015

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Volume	9122
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Keywords

EWI-26164
Large scale measurements
IR-98041
Asymmetry
METIS-314924
Internet

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de Vries, W. B., Cardoso de Santanna, J. J., Sperotto, A., & Pras, A. (2015). How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute. In S. Latré, M. Charalambides, J. François, C. Schmitt, & B. Stiller (Eds.), Intelligent Mechanisms for Network Configuration and Security, Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2015 (pp. 113-125). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9122). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20034-7_12

de Vries, Wouter Bastiaan ; Cardoso de Santanna, José Jair ; Sperotto, Anna ; Pras, Aiko. / How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute. Intelligent Mechanisms for Network Configuration and Security, Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2015. editor / Steven Latré ; Marinos Charalambides ; Jerome François ; Corinna Schmitt ; Burkhard Stiller. Switzerland : Springer, 2015. pp. 113-125 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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de Vries, WB, Cardoso de Santanna, JJ , Sperotto, A & Pras, A 2015, How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute. in S Latré, M Charalambides, J François, C Schmitt & B Stiller (eds), Intelligent Mechanisms for Network Configuration and Security, Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9122, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20034-7_12

How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute. / de Vries, Wouter Bastiaan; Cardoso de Santanna, José Jair ; Sperotto, Anna ; Pras, Aiko.

Intelligent Mechanisms for Network Configuration and Security, Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2015. ed. / Steven Latré; Marinos Charalambides; Jerome François; Corinna Schmitt; Burkhard Stiller. Switzerland : Springer, 2015. p. 113-125 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9122).

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de Vries WB, Cardoso de Santanna JJ , Sperotto A , Pras A. How asymmetric is the Internet? A Study to Support the use of Traceroute. In Latré S, Charalambides M, François J, Schmitt C, Stiller B, editors, Intelligent Mechanisms for Network Configuration and Security, Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2015. Switzerland: Springer. 2015. p. 113-125. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20034-7_12