Cyclops is a system that collects and displays information of AS-level connectivity between different networks extracted from looking glasses, route-servers and BGP tables+updates of hundreds of routers across the Internet (check IRL Topology Collection for more details).
From an operational standpoint, Cyclops provides ISPs a view of how their connectivity is perceived from the outside, enabling a comparison between their observed connectivity and their intended connectivity.
ISPs can easily use the tool to detect BGP misconfigurations, route leakages or false AS-link hijacks.
Currently the tool provides two modules: a web interface and a visualizer. Cyclops was presented at NANOG 40.
This page is maintained by Ricardo Oliveira (rveloso at cs.ucla.edu)
