When Traceroutes Lie: How TTL Jumps Can Give Us a False Impression of the Internet’s Topology

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by APNIC Blog / RIPE Labs / Internet Society / 3GPP at 03 Sept, 12:03 UTC

Traceroute is a powerful tool for uncovering how packets travel across the Internet. However, as we recently discovered, some routers tamper with the TTL values in traceroute's probing packets, giving you a false view of how networks are actually interconnected.

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• T1When Traceroutes Lie: How TTL Jumps Can Give Us a False Impression of the Internet’s TopologyAPNIC Blog / RIPE Labs / Internet Society / 3GPP03 Sept, 12:03