Omar Loudghiri. A Topological Evaluation Of Load Balancers, Master's Thesis, Case Western Reserve University, August 2024.
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Abstract:

This thesis examines the use of load balancers in Internet-routing, focusing on their presence on various Internet paths. Data collection took place from November 2023 to April 2024, using Paris Traceroute with the Multipath Detection Algorithm (MDA) to analyze paths. Our fndings show that load balancers are present on 71.9% of paths to popular websites and 52.3% of paths to a broader, randomly selected set of sites. The study observes load balancers changing often, staying for about one month on popular site paths and about two weeks on paths to random sites. A case study involving Internet2 helps in validating measurements and highlights areas for future focus. This research improves our understanding of the topology of load balancers and points to areas for future research to enhance detection and measurement methods.

BibTeX:

@MastersThesis{Lou24,
    author = "Omar Loudghiri",
    title  = "{A Topological Evaluation Of Load Balancers}",
    school = "Case Western Reserve University",
    year   = 2024,
    month  = aug,
}