ISP question [ was traceroute , pls ]

[Vu Pham]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> 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
> 

I guess because tcptraceroute already means -T :)

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Vu