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Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map

114 points by Jaruzel 10y ago

iamdave 10y ago
Neat. Just curious, why do I need to turn off ublock for this to work?
- stefansundin 10y ago
  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.
  - Florin_Andrei 10y ago
    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.
    - iamdave 10y ago
      You may need to refresh the page after you disable it for this particular site; this was the case for me.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
misframer 10y ago
The following shows up at Fremont but it should be NYC, right? 7 100ge10-1.core1.nyc6.he.net (184.105.64.178) 10.344 ms 9.712 ms 20.411 ms
- forcer 10y ago
  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 suffer from those issues. Stefan - I would be more than happy to donate the API access if you have time to integrate it. Can I email you with details ?
  - Florin_Andrei 10y ago
    > 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.
    - forcer 10y ago
      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 http://www.maplatency.com
      - forcer 10y ago
        Here is more information and demo page> http://www.speedchecker.xyz/server-geolocation.html http://www.speedchecker.xyz/server-geolocation.html
jbschirtzinger 10y ago
Is it possible to make this a local app so you don't have to use the web?
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- genkaos 10y ago
  Xtraceroute is ancient (1998)
- mxfh 10y ago
  just hook up traceroute plus ipinfo.io with MapSCII https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254165
- stefansundin 10y ago
  Kinda.. You can download the HTML file and host it on localhost, but it still relies on ipinfo.io. If you can figure out how to use e.g. the MaxMind GeoIP database in javascript, then it should be simple enough to hook up and run everything locally.
ElijahLynn 10y ago
Love this! "ipinfo.io ratelimit exhausted. Please try again tomorrow, or run the script from your own server." Needs a port to Linux (from .bat).
- stefansundin 10y ago
  There's a bash function in the README: function traceroute-mapper { xdg-open "http://stefansundin.github.io/traceroute-mapper/?trace=$(traceroute http://stefansundin.github.io/traceroute-mapper/?trace=$(tra... -q1 $* | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/%0A/g')" }
dba7dba 10y ago
I remember a Windows tool that used to do this, like 15 years ago. I remember using it and getting quite fascinated.
- naakkupoochi 10y ago
  Visualroute iirc
- JoshGlazebrook 10y ago
  I remember using neotrace myself.
  - ryanschneider 10y ago
    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.
- jahewson 10y ago
  Yep that was NeoTrace, here's a review of it with some screenshots from 2001: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/trace-your-steps-with-neotrace/ http://www.techrepublic.com/article/trace-your-steps-with-ne...
- 45h34jh53k4j 10y ago
  GeoBoy from NGS software!
dlsgha 10y ago
Looks a little buggy when the red line won't cross an ocean. Am I missing something?
contingencies 10y ago
Reminds me of http://pratyeka.org/ctrace/ http://pratyeka.org/ctrace/ which I wrote years ago and which made it to some *BSD ports trees. IIRC it parses a bunch of different traceroute formats as well as implementing its own. The parsing allowed it to interpret the output of different web traceroute gateways which at the time was kind of cool. Probably very little of the code works anymore.
thefalcon 10y ago
Mandatory comment: Be sure to Traceroute bad.horse
- 7ewis 10y ago
  How does that work?
  - robinson-wall 10y ago
    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.
    - AdamJacobMuller 10y ago
      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.
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- garaetjjte 10y ago
  And if you have ipv6, play tetris: https://milek7.pl/tracehack/#traceroute_result https://milek7.pl/tracehack/#traceroute_result
dwarman 10y ago
There's an old iOS App called Vtrace been doing this for years. Interesting to see toures from my home to a destination 10 miles away bouncing all overr the country several times. Not promising for when I need a short round trip time for musical collaborations.
JusticeJuice 10y ago
This is super cool. I've tutored an introduction to internet design course, and we spend quite a while talking about the infrastructure of the internet - I'll totally chuck this in.
stefansundin 10y ago
Sorry about the rate limit issue everyone. I tweeted the ipinfo guys and it seems like they're willing to give me a limit increase, but they haven't yet. You can give them a nudge here: https://twitter.com/ipinfoio/status/861701746158170112 https://twitter.com/ipinfoio/status/861701746158170112 Also, if you want to self-host the website (and thus get your own ipinfo ratelimit quota), it seems like the Google Maps API now requires you to get an API key (it didn't before). Get one here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/...

114 points by Jaruzel 10y ago

iamdave 10y ago

Neat. Just curious, why do I need to turn off ublock for this to work?

stefansundin 10y ago
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.
- Florin_Andrei 10y ago
  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.
  - iamdave 10y ago
    You may need to refresh the page after you disable it for this particular site; this was the case for me.
deleted 10y ago
[deleted]

misframer 10y ago

The following shows up at Fremont but it should be NYC, right? 7 100ge10-1.core1.nyc6.he.net (184.105.64.178) 10.344 ms 9.712 ms 20.411 ms

forcer 10y ago
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 suffer from those issues. Stefan - I would be more than happy to donate the API access if you have time to integrate it. Can I email you with details ?
- Florin_Andrei 10y ago
  > 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.
  - forcer 10y ago
    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 http://www.maplatency.com
    - forcer 10y ago
      Here is more information and demo page> http://www.speedchecker.xyz/server-geolocation.html http://www.speedchecker.xyz/server-geolocation.html

jbschirtzinger 10y ago

Is it possible to make this a local app so you don't have to use the web?

deleted 10y ago
[deleted]
genkaos 10y ago
Xtraceroute is ancient (1998)
mxfh 10y ago
just hook up traceroute plus ipinfo.io with MapSCII https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254165
stefansundin 10y ago
Kinda.. You can download the HTML file and host it on localhost, but it still relies on ipinfo.io. If you can figure out how to use e.g. the MaxMind GeoIP database in javascript, then it should be simple enough to hook up and run everything locally.

ElijahLynn 10y ago

Love this! "ipinfo.io ratelimit exhausted. Please try again tomorrow, or run the script from your own server." Needs a port to Linux (from .bat).

stefansundin 10y ago
There's a bash function in the README: function traceroute-mapper { xdg-open "http://stefansundin.github.io/traceroute-mapper/?trace=$(traceroute http://stefansundin.github.io/traceroute-mapper/?trace=$(tra... -q1 $* | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/%0A/g')" }

dba7dba 10y ago

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

naakkupoochi 10y ago
Visualroute iirc
JoshGlazebrook 10y ago
I remember using neotrace myself.
- ryanschneider 10y ago
  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.
jahewson 10y ago
Yep that was NeoTrace, here's a review of it with some screenshots from 2001: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/trace-your-steps-with-neotrace/ http://www.techrepublic.com/article/trace-your-steps-with-ne...
45h34jh53k4j 10y ago
GeoBoy from NGS software!

dlsgha 10y ago

Looks a little buggy when the red line won't cross an ocean. Am I missing something?

contingencies 10y ago

Reminds me of http://pratyeka.org/ctrace/ http://pratyeka.org/ctrace/ which I wrote years ago and which made it to some *BSD ports trees. IIRC it parses a bunch of different traceroute formats as well as implementing its own. The parsing allowed it to interpret the output of different web traceroute gateways which at the time was kind of cool. Probably very little of the code works anymore.

thefalcon 10y ago

Mandatory comment: Be sure to Traceroute bad.horse

7ewis 10y ago
How does that work?
- robinson-wall 10y ago
  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.
  - AdamJacobMuller 10y ago
    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.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
deleted 10y ago
[deleted]
garaetjjte 10y ago
And if you have ipv6, play tetris: https://milek7.pl/tracehack/#traceroute_result https://milek7.pl/tracehack/#traceroute_result

dwarman 10y ago

There's an old iOS App called Vtrace been doing this for years. Interesting to see toures from my home to a destination 10 miles away bouncing all overr the country several times. Not promising for when I need a short round trip time for musical collaborations.

JusticeJuice 10y ago

This is super cool. I've tutored an introduction to internet design course, and we spend quite a while talking about the infrastructure of the internet - I'll totally chuck this in.

stefansundin 10y ago

Sorry about the rate limit issue everyone. I tweeted the ipinfo guys and it seems like they're willing to give me a limit increase, but they haven't yet. You can give them a nudge here: https://twitter.com/ipinfoio/status/861701746158170112 https://twitter.com/ipinfoio/status/861701746158170112 Also, if you want to self-host the website (and thus get your own ipinfo ratelimit quota), it seems like the Google Maps API now requires you to get an API key (it didn't before). Get one here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/...