Article
Distributed Traceroute Approach to Geographically Locating IP Devices
Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (2003, Lviv, Ukraine)
Abstract
We explore the problem of geographically locating IP addresses. Identifying the location of Web content on the Internet has several applications in the field of homeland security. A solution is proposed that uses the traceroute utility as a tool for collecting network information surrounding the target IP address, and the WHOIS database and hostname analysis are used to extract geographical information from the trace information. The approach is first evaluated as a single solution, traced from one computer, then again as a distributed solution, running multiple geographically and network-diverse traceroutes. The distributed approach reveals an increased certainty in the results.
Meeting Name
2nd IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications, IDAACS 2003 (2003: Sep. 8-10, Lviv, Ukraine)
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
- Computer networks,
- Data acquisition,
- Data mining,
- Internet,
- Internet protocols,
- Location,
- Network protocols,
- Personal computing,
- Terrorism,
- Websites,
- Cities and towns,
- Computer hacking,
- Distributed approaches,
- Distributed solutions,
- Geographical information,
- IP networks,
- Network information,
- Trace information,
- Distributed computer systems,
- Physics computing,
- Protocols,
- Terrorism,
- Web pages
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-0780381384
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2003 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-1-2003
Publication Date
01 Sep 2003
Disciplines
Citation Information
G. Connolly, Anatoly O. Sachenko and George Markowsky. "Distributed Traceroute Approach to Geographically Locating IP Devices" Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (2003, Lviv, Ukraine) (2003) p. 128 - 131 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/george-markowsky/26/