Google announces new network transparency tool: “Measurement Lab”

Google announced the opening of the " Measurement Lab ".
From the site description :

Measurement Laboratory ( M-Lab ) is an open, distributed server platform for researchers designed to deploy measurement tools. The main objective of M-Lab is to expand the study of the network and provide users with useful information about their connection to the Internet. By increasing the transparency of the Internet, M-Lab helps to maintain cleanliness on the Internet.

Here is what M-Lab is rich in:

User Tools

Many researchers are already developing tools that allow users to explore their connection using a server located somewhere on the Internet. The M-Lab platform will assist in the distribution of these tools.

Open platform for researchers

M-Labs helps research scientists by providing distributed servers and opportunities for use in research. For each tool, a resource will be allocated on the M-Lab platform to improve the quality of measurements. Tools for use on servers will be openly licensed and managed, which will allow third parties to develop their own client measurement software.

Open to all

All data collected in the M-Lab will be available to the research community and will expand the research network.

The tools page is now available and working:

• Network Diagnostic Tool
  Connection speed testing tool and detection of speed limiting problems.
• Glasnost
  Testing the availability of BitTorrent services.
• Network Path and Application Diagnosis
  Diagnosing basic network problems.

The idea is very good and correct. I hope she gets a decent development.

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