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+Network Working Group                          Internet Activities Board
+Request for Comments: 1262                   Vinton G. Cerf/CNRI, Editor
+                                                            October 1991
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+             Guidelines for Internet Measurement Activities
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+Status of this Memo
+
+   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
+   not specify an Internet standard.  Distribution of this memo is
+   unlimited.
+
+Summary
+
+   Measurement of the Internet is critical for future development,
+   evolution and deployment planning.  Internet-wide activities have the
+   potential to interfere with normal operation and must be planned with
+   care and made widely known beforehand.  This document offers guidance
+   to researchers planning Internet measurements.
+
+   This RFC represents IAB guidance for researchers considering
+   measurement experiments on the Internet.  This RFC does not represent
+   a standard for the Internet but the Internet Activities Board
+   strongly urges that Internet users follow the guidelines out of
+   courtesy and professional consideration for the Internet community.
+
+Guidelines
+
+   The Internet has undergone dramatic growth in connectivity, use, and
+   quality of service over the past several years.  As this growth
+   continues and the Internet is used for increasingly diverse and
+   demanding purposes, it is vital to collect data about a range of
+   functions, from low-level packet switching services to considerations
+   for the networking expectations of individual applications.  Such
+   data is vital to research and engineering planning activities, as
+   well as to ensure the continued development of the operational
+   infrastructure.  Yet, it is also important that data collection
+   activities do not interfere with the operational viability and
+   stability of the network, and do not violate considerations regarding
+   privacy, security, and acceptable use policies of the network.  In
+   this light, the Internet Activities Board offers the following basic
+   guidelines for network measurement activities.
+
+   In general, any data collection activity should be undertaken with
+   professional consideration of its impact on the services and users of
+   the network, and activities should be planned to achieve operational
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+Internet Activities Board                                       [Page 1]
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+   or research goals with minimal impact.  In some cases, data may be
+   collected continuously, for example to measure packet counts or the
+   distribution of use of specific applications.  In other cases, the
+   planned investigations will be too demanding to be undertaken
+   continuously, because of the intensity of effort required by the
+   researcher or the traffic load on the underlying network
+   infrastructure.  Any data collection activity should be designed with
+   careful consideration of this type of issue, and should be tested
+   thoroughly before being deployed on the Internet.  Any individual
+   initiating a network measurement activity should alert the relevant
+   service providers using mechanisms such as bulletin boards, mailing
+   lists and individual mail communications.
+
+   Furthermore, the data being collected must not be gathered using
+   break-ins to network systems or other illegal or unethical
+   techniques.  If a measurement activity might be construed as a
+   possible security intrusion, the researcher should make it easy for a
+   system administrator at a remote site to determine that the activity
+   is not a break in attempt, by informing the CERT, making information
+   about the study easily available by anonymous FTP or other means
+   [1,2,3].
+
+   More specifically, an individual attempting a network measurement
+   activity should ensure that the following conditions are met:
+
+     1) the data collected will not violate privacy, security, or
+        acceptable use concerns,
+
+     2) if the aggregated data has a potential for privacy intrusions,
+        the researcher must protect privacy, for example by limiting
+        published statistics in such a fashion that individual users or
+        institutions are not identified,
+
+     3) if the data collection activity may be construed to be a
+        security violation, the researchers are strongly advised to
+        inform the CERT in advance, and, if applicable, request some
+        guidance,
+
+     4) the data collection does not unduly load or otherwise interfere
+        with the network or attached machines, in particular, if at all
+        feasible, non-invasive measurement, like passive monitoring,
+        should be considered as the first choice,
+
+     5) if there is an operational impact, the service providers must be
+        contacted,
+
+     6) the study goals, methodology, and plans are widely available, in
+        a fashion that requires minimal effort to locate and retrieve,
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+        and
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+     7) if the activity would impose undue burden on a remote machine or
+        network, the measurements should not be performed without prior
+        explicit permission.
+
+References
+
+     [1] Internet Activities Board, "Ethics and the Internet", RFC-1087,
+         January 1989.
+
+     [2] Holbrook, P., and J. Reynolds, (Eds.), "Site Security
+         Handbook", RFC-1244, FYI-8, CICnet and USC Information Sciences
+         Institute, July 1991.
+
+     [3] Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC),
+         Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,
+         Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, Internet E-mail:
+         cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu, Telephone: 412-268-7090 24-hour hotline.
+
+Security Considerations
+
+   The body of this memo does discuss security issues related to network
+   measurement, particularly the potential confusion of benign
+   measurement with hostile security attacks.
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+Author's Address
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+   Vinton G. Cerf
+   Chair of the IAB
+   Corporation for National Research Initiatives
+   1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
+   Reston, VA 22091
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+   1-703-620-8990
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+   VCerf@NRI.RESTON.VA.US
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+Internet Activities Board                                       [Page 3]
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