Section: New Software and Platforms

Fathom

Fathom - browser-based network measurement platform

Keywords: Internet access - Performance measure - Network monitoring

Functional Description

Fathom is a Firefox browser extension that explores the browser as a platform for network measurement and troubleshooting. It provides a wide range of networking primitives directly to in-page JavaScript including raw TCP/UDP sockets, higher-level protocol APIs such as DNS, HTTP, and UPnP, and ready-made functionality such as pings and traceroutes.

• Participants: Anna-Kaisa Pietilainen and Stephane Archer

• Contact: Anna-Kaisa Pietilainen

• URL: https://muse.inria.fr/fathom/