On Sat, 22 Sep 2012, wes wrote:

> ... see if your distro's package repository includes a utility named
> tcptraceroute, which will more closely resemble the real traffic your web
> browser generates and be more likely to represent the path that traffic
> takes.

Wes,

   There's only /usr/doc/traceroute-2.0.14/wrappers/tcptraceroute which is a
shell wrapper. Slackbuilds.org does not have a package for tcptraceroute.

> 12.122.81.137 is also an AT&T IP, so there's no real useful data here.
> this would be more useful if compared to a traceroute from a working
> machine. if you provided the bank's URL, more of us could try it and see
> how our results compare to yours.

   I'm sure it will work for others: https://www.key.com/

> in my experience AT&T is very unlikely to respond. you may also try
> contacting your ISP's support. also unlikely to help.

   Well, it worked until yesterday afternoon.

> one other possible idea would be to proxy your traffic through somewhere
> else. there are many anonymizing proxies available out there. the downside
> of this approach is that the owners of such proxies would then be privy to
> your banking info. if you know how, you can proxy through your own server
> if you have one. I have a virtual server at SliceHost and use it for this
> purpose when needed.

   A long time ago I had a proxy set up here; don't know if it's still there.
If so, probably well out of date.

Thanks,

Rich

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