ISP question [ was traceroute , pls ]

[Bruce Marshall]

On Saturday 18 October 2008, Collins Richey wrote:
> Hmm, my system is debian sid with traceroute-2.0.12-1, and here's the
> extract from 'man traceroute'.
>
>   tcp        -T
>        Well-known modern method, intended to bypass firewalls.
>        Uses the constant destination port (default is 80, http).
>
> tcptraceroute is just a link (via alternatives) to traceroute, and
> 'man tcptraceroute' just points to the manpage for traceroute.

Hmmm

On Gutsy tcptraceroute goes like this:

traceroute6 equivalents to traceroute -6
       tracert equivalents to traceroute -I
       tcptraceroute equivalents to traceroute -T

but on Hardy,  tcptraceroute is all new and stands by itself.

with no -T option