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Guidelines for Performing Safe Measurement on the Internet
draft-irtf-pearg-safe-internet-measurement-08

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Document Type
This is an older version of an Internet-Draft whose latest revision state is "Active".
Expired & archived
Authors Iain R. Learmonth , Gurshabad Grover , Mallory Knodel
Last updated 2024-01-11 (Latest revision 2023-07-10)
Replaces draft-learmonth-pearg-safe-internet-measurement
RFC stream Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
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Document shepherd Shivan Kaul Sahib
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Abstract

Internet measurement is important to researchers from industry, academia and civil society. While measurement of the internet can give insight into the functioning and usage of the Internet, it can present risks to user privacy. This document describes briefly those risks and proposes guidelines for ensuring that internet measurements can be carried out safely, with examples.

Authors

Iain R. Learmonth
Gurshabad Grover
Mallory Knodel

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