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'TraceProto' sends packets with a modified time-to-live (ttl)
field. As the packets move toward the destination, each hop decrements
the time-to-live. If the ttl reaches 0 before the packet reaches its
destination (in normal network traffic it is unusual for the ttl to
reach 0 before the packet reaches it destination), the hop that did
the final decrement sends back an icmp packet informing the source
that the packet expired before reaching its destination. TraceProto
uses a series of packets with smaller ttl values, so that each hop
between the source and the destination responds.
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| Source languages | C |
| Related programs | Traceroute, Tcptraceroute, Xtraceroute |
| License verified by | Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2004-07-27 |
| Entry compiled by | Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> |
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