isp backbone
RSS isp backboneAnalysis of a Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack
White Paper In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this technique, they have analyzed the packet traffic data collected at the routers in two sites: a university department network (16,800,000 packets/hr) and an ISP... [30 Jun 2009]
Impact of Hot-Potato Routing Changes in IP Networks
White Paper To characterize the influence of hot-potato routing, they propose a technique for associating BGP routing changes with events visible in the intradomain protocol, and apply their algorithm to a tier-1 ISP... [29 May 2009]
Measuring ISP Topologies With Rocketfuel
White Paper They include the use of BGP routing tables to focus the measurements, exploiting properties of IP routing to eliminate redundant measurements, better alias resolution, and the use of DNS to divide each map into POPs and... [03 Dec 2008]
Uncovering Performance Differences Among Backbone ISPs With Netdiff
White Paper Netdiff has been measuring eighteen backbone ISPs since February 2007. This paper designs and implements Netdiff, a system that enables detailed performance comparisons among ISP networks. It helps... [29 Nov 2008]
Why DDos attack didn't bring down the net
News An attack in early February on key parts of the backbone of the internet had little effect thanks to new protection technology, according to a report. The root DNS servers sit at the top of the DNS hierarchy and only get... [12 Mar 2007]
Hackers strike at the heart of the internet
News There are signs hackers attacked key parts of the backbone of the internet yesterday but no damage seems to have been done, experts said. These root servers get queried only if other DNS servers, such as those at an... [07 Feb 2007]
Feud erupts between network firms
News Two major internet backbone companies are feuding, potentially cutting off significant swaths of the internet for some of each other's customers. At home, I have Road Runner as an ISP, and wasn't even... [06 Oct 2005]
Final IPv4 to IPv6 Transition Cookbook for Organisational/ISP (NREN) and Backbone Networks
White Paper This paper describes the IPv6 transition mechanisms available to the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) who are part of the 6NET project. The mechanisms need to operate to complement those that provide an IPv6 service to... [16 Mar 2005]
5 years ago: Barclays.net goes live
News BT is providing the telephony backbone, while Excite provides the portal service. 07.05.99 Barclays Bank's free internet service provider (ISP) service has gone live this week with 24,000 customers... [07 May 2004]
Wanadoo ready to push VoIP and battle BT
News Wanadoo also has visions of a residential gateway for all, with TV on-demand over DSL and phone-to-phone VoIP forming the backbone of the cash cow. Parent company France Telecom is burying the hippy-flavoured... [27 Apr 2004]
Q&A: Vint Cerf on VoIP
Comment Verizon is also doing a lot of IP backbone building. We'll be able to operate a single backbone rather than a bunch of different networks. We want to get 25 per cent of our calls over an IP... [12 Sep 2003]
Will the future see a two-tier internet?
News These seven companies' combined networks will then provide the backbone for the business-quality internet. BT has already moved to provide some differentiated internet access products, with the launch of its... [22 Jul 2002]
PSINet sells the kitchen sink to pay off creditors
News It's in the process of shutting its corporate campus at George Washington University, and sold its customer base, backbone network and associated equipment and intellectual property rights for only $10m to Cogent... [19 Apr 2002]
Pipex defends BT in Freeserve ADSL spat
News Supplying broadband requires significant advance planning - it takes three months to order backbone network capacity from BT, so ISPs have to predict demand three months in advance. Britain's second-largest broadband... [04 Apr 2002]
BT suffers Colossal failure
News A failure in BT's Colossus IP backbone was responsible, but there is no information as yet about what caused it. Ian Buckley, marketing manager of ISP Zen Internet, said: "Every ADSL user in the country... [20 Nov 2001]
