Hunter

Network tool specialized on anycast IP destination tracking.

Deployment

For building the image and push it to the remote repository you can use build_and_push.sh script or the following commands.

• Build project image

sudo docker build -t strast-upm/hunter:latest .

• Push image to repository

sudo docker tag strast-upm/hunter:latest ghcr.io/strast-upm/hunter:latest
sudo docker push ghcr.io/strast-upm/hunter:latest

• Run project just project container

sudo docker run \
  -p "8000:8000" \
  --name hunter \
  -d strast-upm/hunter:latest

• Start deployment

sudo docker compose up -d

Web browser interfaces

• Hunter Swagger
• Postgres admin console

Build image

./build_and_push.sh latest

Notes

SELECT table_name 
FROM information_schema.tables 
WHERE table_schema = 'public';

SELECT 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "' || tablename || '" CASCADE;'
FROM pg_tables 
WHERE schemaname = 'public';

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ip_addresses CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tracks CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS measurements CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tracks_results CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS pings CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS traceroutes CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS track_disc_intersections_airports CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS airports CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS traceroutes_hops CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS hops_responses CASCADE;

Related publications

• Hugo Pascual, Jose M. del Alamo, David Rodriguez, Juan C. Dueñas, Hunter: Tracing anycast communications to uncover cross-border personal data transfers, Computers & Security, Volume 141, 2024, 103823, ISSN 0167-4048, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2024.103823.

• H. Pascual, J. M. D. Alamo, D. Rodriguez and J. C. Duenas, "Anycast and Third-party Libraries: A Recipe for a Privacy Disaster?," in IEEE Communications Magazine, https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.006.2400576.

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Developed by the research group Sistemas de Tiempo Real y Arquitectura de Sistemas Telemáticos (STRAST) part of Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos (DIT) located in Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (ETSIT) part of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid department (UPM).

Contact

• gi.strast@upm.es
• Web page
• GitHub

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