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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: bgp geopolitical analysis (warning: zero operational content. or so.)
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Pickett, Mclean wrote: : : How about mapping BGP info to Per Capita Income. I imagine you might :see a better correlation there. Bill Cheswick did some work in mapping ASN's to countries, (among other things) particularly with his work monitoring BGP tables during the Kosovo troubles. I can't find the link to it, but I thoughtit was on CAIDA somewhere. I'm sure he's on the list and could provide the link, assuming he reads this message. I tried to assemble something like this (ASN to country mapping) a couple of years ago when I was looking into the feasabililty of data sanctions against different countries. I decided that it was feasable, and promptly neglected to follow up on actually doing the data corelation. (also known as the 'science' of it in hindsight...) The data that started this thread provides some interesting insight into that very problem. As the major players online converge, we aren't so much seeing a crystalizing effect (like telcom networks) as we are a congealing of networks into geopolitical clots. As wars are fought using sanctions and attacks on infrastructure, our understanding of geography is changing from geopolitical to what could best be described as "geocorporative". -- batz
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