On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:24:17 +0530
Glen Kent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The outgoing packets from traceroute are sent towards the destination
using UDP and very high port numbers, typically in the range of 32,768
and higher. This is because no one is gernally expected to run UDP
services up
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 07:56:53AM -0500, John Kristoff wrote:
Also, why do we increase the UDP port number with each subsequent
traceroute packet that is sent?
I don't know definitively, but I have an of educated guess
From /usr/src/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.c:
/*
* Notes
* -
On 13 Aug 2008, at 08:56, John Kristoff wrote:
For further information I
sugguest consulting Stevens TCP/IP Illustrated chapter 8, dated, but
still an indispensable resource.
... or the comments in Van's traceroute.c, which are pleasantly
educational.
Joe
/*
* traceroute host - trace
On 8/13/2008 at 6:13 AM, Jeff Aitken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 07:56:53AM -0500, John Kristoff wrote:
Also, why do we increase the UDP port number with each subsequent
traceroute packet that is sent?
I don't know definitively, but I have an of educated guess
From
Hi,
The outgoing packets from traceroute are sent towards the destination
using UDP and very high port numbers, typically in the range of 32,768
and higher. This is because no one is gernally expected to run UDP
services up there, so when the packet finally reaches the destination,
traceroute can
On Aug 12, 2008, at 7:54 PM, Glen Kent wrote:
The outgoing packets from traceroute are sent towards the destination
using UDP and very high port numbers, typically in the range of 32,768
and higher. This is because no one is gernally expected to run UDP
services up there, so when the packet
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