Path Analyzer Pro Background Information

This collection of articles, slideshows, and other materials will give you information on the background of traceroute and VOSTROM's layer four traceroute tool, leading into the modern rendition of Path Analyzer Pro.

Presentations on how traceroute works, the genesis of LFT, etc.

Layer Four Traceroute (LFT), WhoB, and Associated Tools

Slideshow, circa 2005
A brief slideshow explaining how "modern" Internet path analysis can be performed. It discusses how the popular traceroute software works, how LFT software (and Path Analyzer Pro) improves path analysis and provides additional valuable information, etc. The slideshow provides an overview of LFT, WhoB, and much of the Prefix WhoIs Project.
 
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