network mapping and data viz.

Fri Jan 23 14:21:07 UTC 2004

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Jamie Reid wrote:

> I have been looking for a tool that will visualize traceroute data in
> a graph. Skitter looks ideal, but its availability is quite limited.

> Is there a tool that you are currently using to represent large
> traceroute graphs that is available under a gpl/bsd/open license?
> Even something based on Dot or Neato?

For the RIS, we use dot, see:

 http://www.ris.ripe.net/cgi-bin/risas.cgi?as=3333&action=Search&startDay=20040123&startHour=00&startMin=00&startSec=00&endDay=20040123&endHour=14&endMin=7&endSec=35&rrcb=all&peer=all&type=U&outype=plot&sortby=stime&arrow=east&rank=100&plotsize=A4&.cgifields=type

for an example, or select your own AS and graphical output in

 http://www.ris.ripe.net/cgi-bin/risas.cgi

It is based on dot, plus about 2 pages of perl to pull the data from a DB.
The nice thing about dot is that it does most of the work for you,
including merging common parts of the paths and minimizing the number of
crossing lines.

Henk

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