1. A computer-executable method for measuring the performance of a path in a named-data network, the method comprising: determining, by a network node, that a received Interest includes a name that corresponds to a route-tracing operation; determining one or more outbound interfaces for the route-tracing operation based on the Interest's name; creating one or more new forwarding information base (FIB) entries for the outbound interfaces, wherein a respective FIB entry maps the Interest's name to a forwarding rule that includes a corresponding outbound interface; and returning a Content Object that satisfies the Interest, wherein the Content Object includes at least the names of the new FIB entries.