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Network Working Group Internet Activities
Request for Comments: 1262 Vinton G. Cerf/CNRI,
October 1991
Guidelines for Internet Measurement
Status of this
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It
not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo
unlimited
Measurement of the Internet is critical for future development
evolution and deployment planning. Internet-wide activities have
potential to interfere with normal operation and must be planned
care and made widely known beforehand. This document offers
to researchers planning Internet measurements
This RFC represents IAB guidance for researchers
measurement experiments on the Internet. This RFC does not
a standard for the Internet but the Internet Activities
strongly urges that Internet users follow the guidelines out
courtesy and professional consideration for the Internet community
The Internet has undergone dramatic growth in connectivity, use,
quality of service over the past several years. As this
continues and the Internet is used for increasingly diverse
demanding purposes, it is vital to collect data about a range
functions, from low-level packet switching services to
for the networking expectations of individual applications.
data is vital to research and engineering planning activities,
well as to ensure the continued development of the
infrastructure. Yet, it is also important that data
activities do not interfere with the operational viability
stability of the network, and do not violate considerations
privacy, security, and acceptable use policies of the network.
this light, the Internet Activities Board offers the following
guidelines for network measurement activities
In general, any data collection activity should be undertaken
professional consideration of its impact on the services and users
the network, and activities should be planned to achieve
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or research goals with minimal impact. In some cases, data may
collected continuously, for example to measure packet counts or
distribution of use of specific applications. In other cases,
planned investigations will be too demanding to be
continuously, because of the intensity of effort required by
researcher or the traffic load on the underlying
infrastructure. Any data collection activity should be designed
careful consideration of this type of issue, and should be
thoroughly before being deployed on the Internet. Any
initiating a network measurement activity should alert the
service providers using mechanisms such as bulletin boards,
lists and individual mail communications
Furthermore, the data being collected must not be gathered
break-ins to network systems or other illegal or
techniques. If a measurement activity might be construed as
possible security intrusion, the researcher should make it easy for
system administrator at a remote site to determine that the
is not a break in attempt, by informing the CERT, making
about the study easily available by anonymous FTP or other
[1,2,3].
More specifically, an individual attempting a network
activity should ensure that the following conditions are met
1) the data collected will not violate privacy, security,
acceptable use concerns
2) if the aggregated data has a potential for privacy intrusions
the researcher must protect privacy, for example by
published statistics in such a fashion that individual users
institutions are not identified
3) if the data collection activity may be construed to be
security violation, the researchers are strongly advised
inform the CERT in advance, and, if applicable, request
guidance
4) the data collection does not unduly load or otherwise
with the network or attached machines, in particular, if at
feasible, non-invasive measurement, like passive monitoring
should be considered as the first choice
5) if there is an operational impact, the service providers must
contacted
6) the study goals, methodology, and plans are widely available,
a fashion that requires minimal effort to locate and retrieve
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7) if the activity would impose undue burden on a remote machine
network, the measurements should not be performed without
explicit permission
[1] Internet Activities Board, "Ethics and the Internet", RFC-1087,
January 1989.
[2] Holbrook, P., and J. Reynolds, (Eds.), "Site
Handbook", RFC-1244, FYI-8, CICnet and USC Information
Institute, July 1991.
[3] Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC),
Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, Internet E-mail
cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu, Telephone: 412-268-7090 24-hour hotline
Security
The body of this memo does discuss security issues related to
measurement, particularly the potential confusion of
measurement with hostile security attacks
Author's
Vinton G.
Chair of the
Corporation for National Research
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091
1-703-620-8990
VCerf@NRI.RESTON.VA.
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