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Date:      Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:48:00 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
To:        Woodchuck <djv@bedford.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: traceroute
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981014144707.29253A-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
In-Reply-To: <199810140942.FAA20848@castor.chuck>

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but as I have seen from the manual of traceroute
man traceroute
it says that traceroute works with ICMP time-exceeded
messages, if somebody closes the time-exceeded messages
it should not work anyway, right?

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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Woodchuck wrote:

> Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> > hello,
> > is there a way to understand where a machine is connected
> > from (which isp) if they have closed tracroute icmp packet
> > transmission from their router? also how can somebody who is
> > connected from that isp know where s/he is connected from ?
> > (not the isp itself the next service provider which the isp
> > is taking service from?)
> > thanks
> > 
> 
> Consider using the -p portnum  option to traceroute. Usually only
> a range of ports is closed.
> 
> D.
> -- 
>        Will hack for cabbages!  Every day is Groundhog Day!
> 


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