Pretty nifty. One of the things traceroute also does is to deal with broken routers that don't send the proper replies, as well as a number of other edge cases,

Pretty nifty. One of the things traceroute also does is to deal with broken routers that don't send the proper replies, as well as a number of other edge cases, but this is a cool toy and will probably work in most average cases. see also: http://cluepon.net/ras/traceroute.pdf http://cluepon.net/ras/traceroute.pdf and http://blog.cachefly.com/2012/02/15/understanding-traceroute/ http://blog.cachefly.com/2012/02/15/understanding-traceroute...