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Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Re: Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Post by ryanschneider »

JoshGlazebrook wrote: post #18
dba7dba wrote: post #7

I remember a Windows tool that used to do this, like 15 years ago. I remember using it and getting quite fascinated.

I remember using neotrace myself.

I remember supporting NeoTrace, via landline no less. And stuffing envelopes with floppies for the purchased version (it was shareware). And writing some of the code too.

Re: Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Post by jahewson »

dba7dba wrote: post #7

I remember a Windows tool that used to do this, like 15 years ago. I remember using it and getting quite fascinated.

Yep that was NeoTrace, here's a review of it with some screenshots from 2001:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/trace-your-steps-with-ne...

Re: Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Post by forcer »

Florin_Andrei wrote: post #20
forcer wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes this is the disadvantage of traditional IP geolocation databases. They work mostly by sourcing information from RIRs and ISPs. Unfortunately for a lot of larger organizations which typically exist in internet backbone that is very inaccurate. This skews the traceroute mapping significantly. I don't want to shamelessly plug-in stuff here but we have geolocation API which uses latency triangulation and does not suf…

> we have geolocation API which uses latency triangulation and does not suffer from those issues Who is "we"? I'd like to test drive a service like that.

You can send me email to janusz@speedchecker.xyz or through contact us page on www.speedchecker.xyz

We operate large scale testing platform which can ping from many locations so we can triangulate better, demo here - http://www.maplatency.com

Re: Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Post by iamdave »

Florin_Andrei wrote: post #19
stefansundin wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Dave. Because of overzealous filters, unfortunately. The "EasyPrivacy" seems to block the whole ipinfo.io domain if it's included as a third-party request.

I'm using Adblock Plus on Chrome. Even if I configure it to stay disabled on your domain, I still get the "Request not sent to ipinfo.io. Are you using an adblocker?" Not sure what's going on.

You may need to refresh the page after you disable it for this particular site; this was the case for me.

Re: Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Post by robinson-wall »

7ewis wrote: post #28
thefalcon wrote: post #26

Mandatory comment: Be sure to Traceroute bad.horse

How does that work?

Someone has set up the routing to 162.252.205.157 so that it passes through many other address which they control (162.252.205.130 through to .157) the reverse DNS for, and customised them in the appropriate order:

    $ dig -x 162.252.205.142 +short
    a.murder.would.be.nice.of.course.

Re: Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

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Post by AdamJacobMuller »

robinson-wall wrote: post #29
7ewis wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does that work?

Someone has set up the routing to 162.252.205.157 so that it passes through many other address which they control (162.252.205.130 through to .157) the reverse DNS for, and customised them in the appropriate order: $ dig -x 162.252.205.142 +short a.murder.would.be.nice.of.course.

Possible that its done entirely in software too, you could write something in golang or perhaps even just iptables that would do this in a few hours.
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