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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-05 17:40:16 +0000
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+* It seems that `-l' and `-g' will not work correctly together (IPv6).
+
+ Wait for "flow label" API to be appeared in kernel-headers and
+ think about it immediately after that... :)
+
+
+* The "final hop" issue.
+
+ All methods, usable when firewalls are present in the network path,
+ normally use some particular destination port. Most often it is a port
+ of an already running application.
+
+ It requires that the packet sent should be correct for such an application
+ (for example, for tracing with udp to port 53, it should be correct DNS
+ request), and the application normally should answer something on it.
+ (TCP has no such an issue, as there are just syn to, and ack or reset from).
+
+ In general, we should fill the packet's data depending on the dest port
+ and protocol. It seems not a task for traceroute itself, it could be
+ some cmdline option or even external hook...
+
+
+* Think about SCTP method.
+
+
+* Think about "multicast tracerouting" (mrouted(8) and other).
+ The idea is to increase the room in the mtrace packet step-by-step
+ (as well as we increase ttl). It seems that if there is no more space
+ in the probe's room, the mrouted(8) daemon answers immediately, the same
+ way as if it is a final hop.
+
+ For IPv6 mtrace, there is an RFC draft for this already...
+