Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 17:15:59 -0700 From: Dragos Ruiu <dr@dursec.com> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tracerouting switches, routers and hosts ... Message-ID: <0005311717574I.15569@kyxbot.zorg> In-Reply-To: <39358740.AF0FEB9B@nisser.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005311437320.474-100000@thelab.hub.org> <39358740.AF0FEB9B@nisser.com>
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On Wed, 31 May 2000, Roelof Osinga wrote: > The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > myhost->switcha->porta-router->portb-router->switchb->remote host > > I only see the IPs for porta-router and remote host, but it misses > > everything in between ... > > They're probably ignoring ICMP requests. Operating in stealth mode > so to speak. > Traceroute works by modifying the Time To Live (TTL) field. Switches typically wouldn't affect the TTL or show up in traceroutes as anything other than latency. cheers, --dr -- dursec.com ltd. / kyx.net - we're from the future http://www.dursec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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