Tracing Internet Path Transparency

Mirja Kuehlewind; Michael Walter; Iain Learmonth; Brian Trammell

Tracing Internet Path Transparency

Mirja Kuehlewind, Michael Walter, Iain Learmonth, Brian Trammell

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Abstract

Investigating Internet Path Transparency means measuring if a network path between two endhosts is impaired by in-network functions on the path. A path is considered transparent if it provides connectivity and the same performance independent of the protocol or protocol stack that is used for the transmission. Unfortunately this is not always the case. Simple firewalls that block e.g. UDP, are an example. Of course such in-network functions are often valuable, like firewalls. However, these middleboxes also, sometimes unintentionally, make assumptions about the traffic passing through them that restricts innovation in the Internet on the higher layers, e.g. the deployment of new UDP-based protocols such as QUIC, to stick with the previous example.

Original language	English
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018
Event	Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference 2018 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 26 Jun 2018 → 29 Jun 2018 https://tma.ifip.org/2018/

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Conference	Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference 2018
Abbreviated title	TMA CONFERENCE 2018
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	26/06/18 → 29/06/18
Internet address	https://tma.ifip.org/2018/

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