Short Description of the Project

The Swiss Internet will be analyzed from a technical point of view, focusing on two domains:

• Type, distribution and usage of the different Internet resources (domains, name server, web server, mail server, etc.)
• Network performance (based on a statistical analysis of TCP connection parameters)

The raw data and logs will be collected from the Internet and parsed by tools which have to be programmed.

Time period: 2 months; September 6 – October 28, 2002

Goals of this Diploma Thesis

• Representative overview of the Swiss Internet in 2002
• Statistical data allowing fine tuning of routers, servers and operating systems (for example the Linux/FreeBSD kernel IP stack)
• Results and all tools will be released publicly

For detailed technical information please take a look at the PDF documents from the download area.