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Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Re: Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Post by betaby »

nabakin wrote: post #62
betaby wrote: post #40

That's how it's done probably https://github.com/blechschmidt/fakeroute

Except this doesn't have custom text. All the IP addresses correspond to real domain names

Another implementation https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/traceroute-haikus and I've seen many more.

Re: Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Post by notRobot »

gghh wrote: post #26

I recall seeing something similar a while back, you'd traceroute to some IP address and the output was the opening text of a star wars movie https://www.theregister.com/2013/02/15/star_wars_traceroute/

There's also

    telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Re: Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Post by aidenn0 »

pm2222 wrote: post #54

Doesn't work here. ALARM ~ $ tracepath 2001:bc8:3eff:c0::ff 1?: [LOCALHOST] 0.015ms pmtu 1500 ... ... 2: ALPHEUS-COM.edge1.Washington1.Level3.net 15.966ms 3: ae5-3828.edge1.Washington1.Level3.net 4.011ms 4: 2001:1900:2::3:18 77.693ms 5: 2001:1900:5:2:2::4a0a 78.469ms asymm 4 6: 2001:bc8:400:1::8a 78.737ms asymm 7 7: 2001:bc8:400:1::13a 78.635ms asymm 6 8: no reply 9: no reply 10: no reply 11: no reply 12: no reply 13…

I suspect that whatever underlying implementation is used only catches ICMP packets, not UDP packets.

[edit]

Note that "tracepath -m60 bad.horse" works just fine.

Re: Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Post by chatmasta »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #12
di wrote: post #7

Here's what it looks like: $ traceroute cv6.poinsignon.org traceroute to cv6.poinsignon.org (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::ff), 30 hops max, 80 byte packets 1 gateway 0.795 ms 0.789 ms [...] 8 hello (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::1) 1.431 ms 1.202 ms 9 My.name.is.Louis.Poinsignon (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::2) 1.649 ms 1.274 ms 10 I.am.a.network.and.systems.Engineer (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::3) 1.695 ms 2.090 ms 11 This.is.my.resume.over.traceroute (2001:b…

> Cloudflare.NetworkEngineer Ah, that explains a lot. Not that anyone else couldn't do such a thing, but I feel like even amongst more "hacker" types it takes a relatively specialized background to pull a trick like this (at least statistically; I'm sure there are outliers).

It’s because practical experience with technologies like BGP is difficult to acquire without sufficient capital to run a network. You can of course purchase a /24 and dabble (search HN for blog posts describing exactly that). And you can experiment with large deployments in simulators. But network optimization is inherently more of a practical pursuit than a theoretical one, so most broad and consistent learning opportunities are siloed to large organizations where you can accrue daily experience with the stack.

This is really unfortunate, and I mostly blame Cisco and Juniper. They suffocated an entire academic discipline with obfuscated terminology driven more by their business models than anything resembling the OSI model or open standards. That’s why WireGuard feels like such a breath of fresh air after 20 years of L2TP/IPSec.

I applaud companies like Cloudflare and Fly.io for their openness in sharing techniques and open sourcing so much of their code. It goes a long way toward lowering the barriers to self-teaching and experimenting with the latest networking software. And I’m sure HR is happy about the increasingly large applicant pool of qualified networking engineers – even if some hires do eventually leave by advertising their resume to anyone who sends them an IPv6 trace-route :)

Re: Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Post by amenod »

Exuma wrote: post #59
readthenotes1 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bet if he can do this trace route thing, he can get all those emails going to his own domain regardless of who they are addressed to

I would presume a better way would be to not make people feel unsure of what it is, and just pick something thats super clear.

Or it's a filter. No need to send anything if you are unsure.

Re: Engineer distributes resume via IPv6 traceroute

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Post by munk-a »

silasdavis wrote: post #41
di wrote: post #7

Here's what it looks like: $ traceroute cv6.poinsignon.org traceroute to cv6.poinsignon.org (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::ff), 30 hops max, 80 byte packets 1 gateway 0.795 ms 0.789 ms [...] 8 hello (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::1) 1.431 ms 1.202 ms 9 My.name.is.Louis.Poinsignon (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::2) 1.649 ms 1.274 ms 10 I.am.a.network.and.systems.Engineer (2001:bc8:3eff:c0::3) 1.695 ms 2.090 ms 11 This.is.my.resume.over.traceroute (2001:b…

Oh noes you just doxxed their email address on the https

It's probably more accurate to "Oh noes this HN post is going to get this guy a few dozen really lucrative job offers".

Doxxing usually implies ill intent but having your personal information broadcast to HN is likely only to result in a few of the hiring managers that haunt here sending a cold offer.

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