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

I have tried Netmap (netmap.sourceforge.net) and have been
mucking about with Graphviz (graphviz.org) in general.
However, the problem of building a map from traceroute data
(with graphviz anyway) is sorting out the unique paths. Technically
possible, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel if I don't have to.

Tulip (tulip-software.org) is a framework that something like this
could be written in, as is any other viz tool (opendx.org, etc...)
The tools from Opte (opte.org) aren't available yet.

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?

Thanks,

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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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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.

I have tried Netmap (netmap.sourceforge.net) and have been
mucking about with Graphviz (graphviz.org) in general.
However, the problem of building a map from traceroute data
(with graphviz anyway) is sorting out the unique paths. Technically
possible, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel if I don't have to.

Tulip (tulip-software.org) is a framework that something like this
could be written in, as is any other viz tool (opendx.org, etc...)
The tools from Opte (opte.org) aren't available yet.

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?

You might want to try VisualRoute, www.visualroute.com.

Chris

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