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Using Terminal -Traceroute

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)

Posted on Jul 6, 2015 2:07 PM

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Jul 6, 2015 2:12 PM in response to HunterBD

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!

Jul 6, 2015 3:22 PM in response to a brody

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!

Jul 9, 2015 8:16 AM in response to HunterBD

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.

Jul 9, 2015 3:02 PM in response to a brody

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.

Using Terminal -Traceroute

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