This project was created to make a visual representation of a space that is very much one-dimensional, a metaphysical universe. The data represented and collected here serves a multitude of purposes: Modeling the Internet, analyzing wasted IP space, IP space distribution, detecting the result of natural disasters, weather, war, and esthetics/art. This project is free and represents a lot of donated time, please enjoy.
Current News
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Prolexic Technologies has used Opte to image the images of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). We will be posting more of these images here shortly. |
Sunday, January 16, 2005
With the new route code I ran into some limits with the current database deisgn. I'm in the middle of re-writing the client/server code to make the new images look more detailed than anything seen before. Some samples were posted over this last week at 10% and 30% just to give an idea of what the new stuff will look like. More to come! |
Sunday, January 2, 2005
The database is populated with the new route data, I am testing a new color coding system before I release any images. It could take some time to generate the new color database. The database (that lives on this web server) is really busy, so opte page loads may be a little slow. It should be done by the 3rd. |
Friday, December 31, 2004
I just published a short Philosophy paper on the project; "Opte is Art", it's online in the downloads area. |
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
We started the Opte 2005 image, it should be online the first week of January! |
Sunday, September 5, 2004
Sorry the new image got delayed, I just moved to South Florida directly into the path of the Hurricane. Between bodysurfing in these great hurricane generated waves and fighting the power surges, it has delayed the image. I just started processing the new image, we should have something soon. -Barrett |
Saturday, August 21, 2004
We completed the DDoS attack database, when the 2005 image is ready we will post both the DDoS highlighted image and the 2005 image. |
Sunday, July 25, 2004
I posted the all of the Opte php source on the downloads page. Don't use the 03b code, the best code to pay with will be the 02b. -Barrett |
Monday, December 8, 2003
Something fun and new, we created a very _simple_
test movie to sample some of the things we can do
with the data from the project. Click on
maps and then the link for
movie4.mpeg. |
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Opte in the news
Jan 1 2004, The Sacramento Bee "Mapping the Internet"
Dec 8 2003, JB Online "Um micro e 24 horas mapeiam a internet" (.br)
Dec 2 2003, index.hu "Elkészült az internet térképe"(.hu)
Dec 1 2003, Benchmakr.pl "Mapa Internetu" (.pl)
Dec 1 2003, Hardwire.no "Lager kart over Internett" (.no)
Nov 29 2003, New Scientist "Internet mapping project weaves colourful web"
Nov 29 2003, Slashdot.jp "Latest Maps of the Internet"(Japanese)
Nov 28 2003, p2pnet "Around the Net in a day"
Nov 27 2003, Slashdot.org "Latest Maps of the Internet"
Nov 21 2003, LocalAreaSecurity.com article quickly talked about Opte: "There were many different presentations and tools at Comdex that were very interesting but to numerous for me to mention here. For my pick as the 'Coolest Tool' of Comdex 2003 would have to be the one illustrated by Robert Lee of ISECOM. The tool is part of what is being developed for The Opte Project, which intends to map the internet in one day."
Nov 17 2003, The Italian Repubblica - "Una mappa di Internet per bloccare i virus" (.it)
Nov 14 2003, TaoSecurity - "Mapping the Internet on a Dare"
Nov 14 2003, Slashdot - "Map the Internet... In One Day?"
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