[104227] in Cypherpunks
Re: question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nym 2)
Tue Oct 13 18:58:20 1998
Date: 13 Oct 1998 22:45:40 -0000
From: Nym 2 <nym2@dongco.hyperreal.art.pl>
To: "Bernie B. Terrado" <bbt@peak-two.uplb.edu.ph>
Cc: cypherpunks@sirius.infonex.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981007180419.18061B-100000@peak-two.uplb.edu.ph>
Reply-To: Nym 2 <nym2@dongco.hyperreal.art.pl>
"Bernie B. Terrado" <bbt@peak-two.uplb.edu.ph> wrote:
> traceroute, is it effective as ping or finger.
> what other info would I have to know about it
ping just tells you that a host is reachable. finger gives you information
on who is logged in, which real name is associated to an address etc.
traceroute gives you a list of hosts that are used to connect from your
site to the other host. you can use traceroute and whois to figure out
where a host is located, who is their isp, etc.
