Wrote up something I've been wanting to put together for a while: a visual guide on how traceroute actually works under the hood. Most people know it "sends packets with increasing TTL" but stop there. The post covers the full picture: how TTL exploitation maps each hop, what the three RTT columns actually tell you, why * * * doesn't always mean a problem, and how load-balanced paths break classic traceroute (and what Paris traceroute does differently). Also built some step-through interactive demos so you can watch the TTL decrement and ICMP responses in real time. If you've ever stared at traceroute output wondering whether hop 7's latency spike is real or just ICMP deprioritization, this should help. https://lnkd.in/eNMxetjK
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