1. A computer-executable method for measuring the performance of a path in a named-data network, the method comprising: receiving, at a network node, a first Interest generated by a source node that includes a name that corresponds to a route-tracing operation; determining, by the network node, that a received Interest includes a name that corresponds to a route-tracing operation; in response to determining that the first Interest includes the name matching the route-tracing operation, determining one or more outbound interfaces for the route-tracing operation based on the first Interest's name; creating one or more new forwarding information base (FIB) entries for the outbound interfaces, wherein a respective FIB entry maps the first Interest's name to a forwarding rule that includes a corresponding outbound interface; generating a Content Object that includes at least the names of the new FIB entries and trace information that facilitates path performance measurement; returning, to the source node, the Content Object; receiving, at the network node, a second Interest generated by the source node that includes at least one FIB entry name matching a FIB entry name previously returned to the source node from the network node; and performing a lookup in the FIB table with the FIB entry name in the second Interest to determine a next node for forwarding the second Interest; and forwarding the second interest to the next node.