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SC_BDRMAP(1)		     General Commands Manual		    SC_BDRMAP(1)

NAME
     sc_bdrmap -- scamper driver to map first hop border routers of networks

SYNOPSIS
     sc_bdrmap [-6ADi] [-a ip2as-file] [-c allyconf] [-C flowid] [-f firsthop]
	       [-l log-file] [-M ipmap-file] [-o output-file] [-O option]
	       [-p port] [-U unix-local] [-R unix-remote] [-S srcaddr]
	       [-V vpases] [-x ixp-file]

     sc_bdrmap [-6] [-a ip2as-file] [-d dump] [-g delegated-file]
	       [-M ipmap-file] [-n names-file] [-r relationships-file]
	       [-V vpases] [-x ixp-file] [file ...]

     sc_bdrmap [-?v]

DESCRIPTION
     The  sc_bdrmap  utility  provides the ability to connect to a running scam-
     per(1) instance and use it to map the first hop border routers of	networks
     using  the  "bdrmap" technique.  sc_bdrmap uses targeted traceroutes, alias
     resolution techniques, knowledge of traceroute idiosyncrasies, and  codifi-
     cation  of  topologicial constraints in a structured set of constraints, to
     correctly identify interdomain links at the granularity of individual  bor-
     der  routers.   sc_bdrmap	operates in two distinct modes: data collection,
     and data analysis.

     In the data collection mode, sc_bdrmap uses Paris traceroute with ICMP-echo
     probes to trace the paths towards every distinct  address	block,	using  a
     stop-set  to  avoid re-probing portions of paths that do not provide useful
     constraints for the first hop border routers, as well as  alias  resolution
     techniques  (Mercator, Ally, Prefixscan, and the Too-Big-Trick) to collapse
     the interface graph into a router-level topology.	sc_bdrmap will also  use
     probes  with  the record-route and pre-specified timestamp IP-level options
     to collect additional information on the return path from a  router,  where
     the probes are usable.

     In  the  data  analysis  mode, sc_bdrmap uses the collected data to infer a
     router-level topology  of	the  hosting  network  and  the  interconnecting
     routers belonging to the hosting network's neighbors.

     The supported options to sc_bdrmap are as follows:

     -?      prints a list of command line options and a synopsis of each.

     -v      prints the version of sc_bdrmap and exits.

     -6      specifies that sc_bdrmap should infer IPv6 border routers, and that
	     the  input  files	are for the IPv6 topology.  This feature is cur-
	     rently work in progress.

     -a ip2as-file
	     specifies the IP prefix to Autonomous System (AS) mapping file that
	     sc_bdrmap should use when collecting and analysing  topology  data.
	     See the examples section for a description of how this file must be
	     formatted.

     -A      specifies	the AS numbers (ASNs) that sc_bdrmap should collect data
	     towards.  This option is useful for testing and debugging.

     -c allyconf
	     specifies the number of times that sc_bdrmap  should  repeat  pair-
	     wise  alias inferences that were made implying a central shared IP-
	     ID counter.  By default, each pair of aliases is tested five  addi-
	     tional times at 5 minute intervals because two IP addresses belong-
	     ing  to  two  different routers could happen to return IP-ID values
	     that imply a central shared IP-ID counter.

     -C flowid
	     specifies the checksum that scamper should use in ICMP  probes,  or
	     the  source  port	that  scamper  should use in UDP probes, so that
	     traceroutes to the same destination will also use the same  flowid.
	     By default, the flowid is 0x420.

     -d dump
	     specifies	the  dump ID to use to analyze the collected data.  Cur-
	     rently, ID values 1 (routers) and 2 (traces) are valid, which dumps
	     inferred routers and annotated traceroute paths, respectively.

     -D      causes sc_bdrmap to detach and become a daemon.

     -f firsthop
	     specifies the first hop in a traceroute path that sc_bdrmap  should
	     begin  at	when collecting traceroute paths.  If sc_bdrmap is being
	     run behind a NAT router, the private IP address of that  router  is
	     uninteresting, and this option allows that hop to be skipped.

     -g delegated-file
	     specifies	an  IP	address delegations file that can be provided to
	     sc_bdrmap to allow inferences in the analysis phase of who operates
	     unrouted IP address space.

     -i      specifies the IP addresses that sc_bdrmap should collect  data  to-
	     wards.  This option is useful for testing and debugging.

     -l log-file
	     specifies	the name of a file to log progress output from sc_bdrmap
	     generated at run time.

     -M ipmap-file
	     specifies the name of a file containing individual  IP  address  to
	     ASN mappings, which override heuristics inferring if the IP address
	     is from a reserved address, or an IXP address.

     -n names-file
	     specifies	the  name of a file containing IP address to domain name
	     system names.

     -o output-file
	     specifies the name of the output file to be written during the data
	     collection phase.	The output file will use the warts(5) format.

     -O option
	     allows the behavior of sc_bdrmap to be further tailored.  The  cur-
	     rent choices for this option are:
	       -  dumpborders:	only  dump  inferred  border routers, not all VP
		  routers.
	       -  dumponedsts: further annotate routers that were only	observed
		  towards one AS.
	       -  dumptracesets:  dump the traceroutes observed towards networks
		  where no topology was observed to be routed by a neighbor net-
		  work.
	       -  impatient: probe the destination ASes in order  of  number  of
		  address blocks, so that the probing will complete fastest.
	       -  noalias:  do	not  do  alias resolution probes when collecting
		  topology data.
	       -  nogss: do not use a global stop set when  collecting	topology
		  data.
	       -  noipopts:  do  not probe with IP record route and IP prespeci-
		  fied timestamp options.
	       -  nomerge: do not analytically merge IP  interfaces  to  routers
		  based on common adjacent neighbor routers.
	       -  noself:  do  not report links to other routers operated by the
		  network hosting the vantage point.
	       -  randomdst: probe a  random  address  in  each  address  block,
		  rather than the first.
	       -  udp: probe using UDP traceroute probes.

     -p port
	     specifies	the port on the local host where scamper(1) is accepting
	     control socket connections.

     -r relationships-file
	     specifies the AS relationships file which is used in  the	analysis
	     phase  to	reason about who owns each router in the observed topol-
	     ogy.

     -R unix-remote
	     specifies the name of a unix domain socket  where	a  remote  scam-
	     per(1)  instance  is  accepting  remote control socket connections.
	     The unix-remote parameter can either be a unix domain socket for  a
	     single remote scamper(1) instance, or be a sc_remoted(1) mux socket
	     with the name of the remote VP encoded after a trailing slash.

     -S srcaddr
	     specifies the source address that scamper(1) should use in probes.

     -U unix-local
	     specifies the name of a unix domain socket where a local scamper(1)
	     instance is accepting control socket connections.

     -V vpases
	     specifies the name of a file, or a list of ASes, that represent the
	     network hosting the vantage point.

     -x ixp-file
	     specifies	the name of a file that contains a list of prefixes used
	     by an IXP to enable interconnection at their facilities.

EXAMPLES
     Given a set of prefixes with origin AS in a file named ip2as.txt, a list of
     VP ases in vpases.txt, a list of IXP prefixes in ixp.txt, and a  scamper(1)
     instance  listening  on  port  31337 configured to probe at 100 packets per
     second started as follows:

	   scamper -P 31337 -p 100

     the following command will collect raw topology data to  support  inference
     of  border  routers  for the network hosting the vantage point, storing raw
     data into bdrmap.warts, and logging run-time information into logfile1.txt:

	   sc_bdrmap -p 31337 -o bdrmap.warts -l logfile1.txt  -a  ip2as.txt  -V
	   vpases.txt -x ixp.txt

     To infer border routers from the collected data, using the same input files
     as  above, with a set of AS relationships contained in asrel.txt, and a set
     of prefix delegations assembled from the Regional Internet  Registry  (RIR)
     Statistics files in delegated.txt:

	   sc_bdrmap  -d  routers  -a ip2as.txt -g delegated.txt -r asrel.txt -V
	   vpases.txt -x ixp.txt bdrmap.warts >bdrmap.routers.txt

     To view annotated traceroutes stored in bdrmap.warts with IP to  DNS  names
     information stored in names.txt:

	   sc_bdrmap  -d  traces  -a  ip2as.txt  -V  vpases.txt  -x  ixp.txt  -n
	   names.txt bdrmap.wart >bdrmap.traces.txt

SEE ALSO
     scamper(1), sc_ally(1), sc_speedtrap(1), sc_wartsdump(1), sc_warts2text(1),
     sc_warts2json(1)

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AUTHOR
     sc_bdrmap was written by Matthew Luckie <mjl@luckie.org.nz>.

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