How does traceroute work?

traceroute is one interesting tool enabled by ICMP. And the way that it works also illustrates an interesting feature of the IP packet header—​the time to live (TTL) field.

Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).

Part of the https://www.internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.

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