How Did I Get Here?
How Did I Get Here?
A cool-as-shit dynamic traceroute powered by custom software, married with an informative article about how the BGP routing protocol works and guides the shape of the Internet.
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Very interesting. So the VPN that comes with Google one is useless lol. The first time I connected it routed me through Google (like it's supposed to), then through an ad network (!), then on my way. Switching it on and off half a dozen times for additional tests, it just didn't bother routing through Google at all, just straight through my wireless carrier and showing the same user IP each time. So neat.
This is cool!
It's just a reverse traceroute:
My claim that this websiteâs traceroute was the path your packets took to reach my server was a bit of a white lie. To calculate that, I wouldâve had to be able to run a traceroute to my server from your computer. Instead, I ran the traceroute from my server to your computer and just reversed it. Thatâs also why the traceroute at the top seemingly loads in reverse order.
If I run traceroute to this server I get totally different results, ips are similar, but always different.
To run traceroute on *nix:
traceroute how-did-i-get-here.netYou may have to install the
traceroutepackageOn windows:
tracert how-did-i-get-here.netI need what-am-i-doing-here.net