Topology inference from BGP routing dynamics

  • Authors:
  • David G. Andersen;Nick Feamster;Steve Bauer;Hari Balakrishnan

  • Affiliations:
  • MIT Laboratory for Computer Science;MIT Laboratory for Computer Science;MIT Laboratory for Computer Science;MIT Laboratory for Computer Science

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Internet measurment
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This paper describes a method of inferring logical relationships between network prefixes within an Autonomous System (AS) using only passive monitoring of BGP messages. By clustering these prefixes based upon similarities between their update times, we create a hierarchy linking the prefixes within the larger AS. We can frequently identify groups of prefixes routed to the same ISP Point of Presence (POP), despite the lack of identifying information in the BGP messages. Similarly, we observe disparate prefixes under common organizational control, or with long shared network paths. In addition to discovering interesting network characteristics, our passive method facilitates topology discovery by potentially reducing the number of active probes required in traditional traceroute-based Internet mapping mechanisms.