Hi 😕
I tried to carry out a traceroute on www.answers.microsoft.com and got THIS result:
traceroute -T -p 80 www.answers.microsoft.com
Version 1.4a12+Darwin
Usage: traceroute [-adDeFInrSvx] [-A as_server] [-f first_ttl] [-g gateway] [-i iface]
[-M first_ttl] [-m max_ttl] [-p port] [-P proto] [-q nqueries] [-s src_addr]
[-t tos] [-w waittime] [-z pausemsecs] host [packetlen]
Can anyone explain this result please?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
It doesn’t recognize the -T option. Look for an alternative in those it does recognize or remove it from the command.
(129816)
The -T tag is unnecessary. Same with the -p tag.
By the way, it appears
7 microsoft-gw.customer.alter.net (204.148.29.74) 14.893 ms 14.865 ms 14.905 ms
8 xe-0-1-1-0.nda-96c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (204.152.140.175) 15.742 ms 16.507 ms 15.243 ms
9 xe-2-1-0-0.nyc-96cbe-1a.ntwk.msn.net (204.152.140.128) 22.182 ms * *
10 ae0-0.nyc-96cbe-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.38.113) 23.410 ms 19.486 ms 19.960 ms
11 ae6-0.was02-96cbe-1c.ntwk.msn.net (191.234.84.142) 27.585 ms 29.869 ms 27.408 ms
12 191.234.85.32 (191.234.85.32) 24.959 ms 26.805 ms 25.015 ms
is what I get before I hit all stars.
The last 191 address is in Brazil according to http://www.geektools.com/
Now unless Microsoft is hosting in Brazil, it may have been hacked temporarily!
Thank you, Niel.
It appears, from the response by 'a brody', that all is not straight-forward when trying to pin down the www.answers.microsoft.com site
Did you try a full trace route too?
Wow! What an interesting comment, ' brody'! 😉
Thank you so much for checking.
A friend of mine checked earlier today and found this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aijp4630rwdj2oz/Traceroute%20Photo.JPG?dl=0
Nobody I've asked has yet been able to explain what one can plainly see in this photograph! Have YOU any idea?
If somebody visits www.answers.microsoft.com - and 'signs in' ....
just *HOW* would they know if their computer had become part of a vast VPN? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
*It's a serious question*. I am aware of what CAN happen. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/13/home_router_botnet/
Something to think about!
I wonder if anyone else will respond. <sigh> 😟
I'd really like to know how my friend got this result https://www.dropbox.com/s/aijp4630rwdj2oz/Traceroute%20Photo.JPG?dl=0
Has anyone any suggestions?
Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Sharing lets you control Screen Sharing, and other ports. Screen Sharing is most akin to being part of a VPN. As long as it isn't checked you aren't hosting a VPN. Now mind you, if you use Peer2peer software all bets are off. That opens ports in a manner no other software can use. Only get software from known good sources such as the App Store.
Looks like you have a friend who has a graphical software to do Traceroutes. They are out there, but the one at the Unix command line tells you a lot when you are at the Terminal application. I would not be concerned.
Thank you so much for your further comments 'brody'
The only unusual activity in which I engage is chatting in Usenet groups. In so doing, I believe that I am allowing other servers to connect to my iMac - one example is http://www.eternal-september.org/
Am I right in thinking that just by subscribing to such a news-server, I'm also granting full permission for that server owner to 'visit' my computer?
David B.
I do wish I'd seen this earlier. 😢
I'm now aboard my narrowboat once again ...... ready to further explore England's massive Inland Waterways network...... but I won't have access to an Apple computer again for the next four weeks..
Oh, well! 😉
OK
Thank you! 😎
Using Terminal -Traceroute
