Visualization of the Internet - BGP Paths visualization using Gephi + dataset available

Visualization of the Internet - BGP Paths visualization using Gephi + dataset available

Digging into my various BGP datasets, I decided to create a GraphViz dot files with all the unique AS path in BGP for Internet as of Today. The dot file is available at the following location: http://www.foo.be/internet-dot/BGP-ASN-Paths-20120403.dot (! 44MB) and a quick overview of the dataset with Gephi: http://www.foo.be/internet-dot/Top-ASN-20120403.png. You can directly see the ASN 3356 (Level 3), one of the most connected providers. I used the "Radial Axis" layout that is well suited for such kind of dataset. The internet view (from this BGP router) contains 40898 ASN representing a majority of the ISP on the Internet.

The dataset can be used to experiment Gephi or other tools to handle large graphs with a lot of connections. The dataset will be updated at a regular interval. If you have any ideas, feedback... let me know.