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Originally Posted by rryles
Some newer versions of traceroute can do this as well 
traceroute -T -p 80 nodpi.org
traceroute -T -p 443 nodpi.org
This doesn't apply to the windows tracert though.
(It is possible though unlikely that you could trigger some intrusion detection systems on the host you are doing the traceroute to with this) |
For any tech head like me who was thinking trace route apps use ICMP echo packets over IP,
see here
tcptraceroute is a traceroute implementation using TCP packets.
The more traditional traceroute(8) sends out either UDP or ICMP ECHO packets with a TTL of one, and increments the TTL until the destination has been reached. By printing the gateways that generate ICMP time exceeded messages along the way, it is able to determine the path packets are taking to reach the destination.
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By sending out TCP SYN packets instead of UDP or ICMP ECHO packets, tcptraceroute is able to bypass the most common firewall filters.
You learn something new every day. Interesting. That could come in very handy.
