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RE: icmp echo-requests?

From: "Daniel R. Miessler" <danielrm26 () hotmail com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 06:29:09 -0500

Microsoft traceroute (tracert) uses ICMP Echo-Request packets with a
short TTL.


Yes.  Well, actually, it uses incrementing TTLs for each hop so that you
get information for each node in between.

--danielrm26

Current thread:

icmp echo-requests? JR (Nov 22)
- RE: icmp echo-requests? Timothy M. Lyons (Nov 25)
  - RE: icmp echo-requests? Daniel R. Miessler (Nov 28)
- Re: icmp echo-requests? zhaol (Nov 25)
- Re: icmp echo-requests? Stephane Nasdrovisky (Nov 25)
- RE: icmp echo-requests? Daniel R. Miessler (Nov 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: icmp echo-requests? DE VILLIERS IAN (Nov 25)
- Re: icmp echo-requests? Eric Schroeder (Nov 25)
- RE: icmp echo-requests? smarriott (Nov 26)