On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 08:43:01AM -0700, k claffy wrote: > > remark it is also possible for the (forward or reverse) > path to change in the middle of the measurement, > such that traceroute output would lead you > to believe a path that never existed anywhere > on the Internet (i.e., one that is not manifested > in the current physical Internet) > and you would not be able to confirm for sure > without asking the contacts for the IP links > in question how they're connected. >
That's true but only if you have compiled traceroute without "--enable-schroedinger" ;-)) -- Arnold