17 Oct
2002
17 Oct
'02
11:51 a.m.
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 08:43:01AM -0700, k claffy wrote:
remark it is also possible for the (forward or reverse) path to change in the middle of the measurement, such that traceroute output would lead you to believe a path that never existed anywhere on the Internet (i.e., one that is not manifested in the current physical Internet) and you would not be able to confirm for sure without asking the contacts for the IP links in question how they're connected.
That's true but only if you have compiled traceroute without "--enable-schroedinger" ;-)) -- Arnold