[HN Gopher] The traceroute hand is stealing your data
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The traceroute hand is stealing your data
Author : pjf
Score : 139 points
Date : 2021-09-27 07:09 UTC (15 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
| kragen wrote:
| https://birdsite.xanny.family/outoutxyz/status/1404411770534...
| $ traceroute -6 -m 50 hand.bb0.nl traceroute to
| hand.bb0.nl (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::cafe), 50 hops max, 80 byte
| packets ... 7 MYLOC-
| MANAG.ear3.Amsterdam1.Level3.net (2001:1900:5:2:2:0:8:780a)
| 253.218 ms 251.177 ms 251.017 ms 8
| 2a00:a7c0:e20a:20::1 (2a00:a7c0:e20a:20::1) 250.961 ms 250.912
| ms 250.870 ms 9 2a0e:fd40:1337:1::2
| (2a0e:fd40:1337:1::2) 250.759 ms 250.615 ms 250.390 ms
| 10 speed-ix.bakker-it.eu (2001:7f8:b7::a504:4103:1) 260.648 ms
| 260.656 ms 256.790 ms 11 core.dro.bb.enpls.org
| (2a0e:fd40:1:114::1) 243.415 ms 243.390 ms 242.867 ms
| 12 e19-vlan1-up6.vm2.dro.bb0.nl (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:b::a) 266.776
| ms 291.814 ms 291.755 ms 13
| ____________36936936936936936__________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca01) 291.833 ms 291.741 ms 291.643 ms
| 14 ____________36936936936936936__________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca02) 266.123 ms 256.651 ms 249.852 ms
| 15 ____________369369369369369369_________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca03) 261.516 ms 261.339 ms 258.174 ms
| 16 ___________36936936936936933693________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca04) 241.054 ms 243.898 ms 243.724 ms
| 17 __________3693693693693693693693_______________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca05) 269.403 ms 254.471 ms 261.275 ms
| 18 _________369369369369369369369369______________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca06) 244.441 ms 244.373 ms 244.325 ms
| 19 _________3693693693693693693693699_____________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca07) 263.220 ms 251.262 ms 251.193 ms
| 20 ________3693693693693693693693699369___________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca08) 283.519 ms 273.903 ms 262.867 ms
| 21 _______36936939693693693693693693693693________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca09) 262.790 ms 258.498 ms 258.254 ms
| 22 _____3693693693693693693693693693693636936_____
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca0a) 260.935 ms 260.744 ms 261.780 ms
| 23 ___36936936936936936936936936936___369369369___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca0b) 254.720 ms 257.055 ms 249.360 ms
| 24 __36936___369336936369369369369________36936___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca0c) 249.210 ms 244.177 ms 244.089 ms
| 25 _36936___36936_369369336936936_________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca0d) 238.127 ms 238.067 ms 238.331 ms
| 26 36933___36936__36936___3693636_________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca0e) 259.337 ms 256.708 ms 256.546 ms
| 27 693____36936__36936_____369363_________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca0f) 245.896 ms 245.831 ms 247.166 ms
| 28 ______36936__36936______369369_________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca10) 252.041 ms 252.006 ms 250.902 ms
| 29 _____36936___36936_______36936_________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca11) 259.269 ms 259.277 ms 259.244 ms
| 30 _____36936___36936________36936________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca12) 255.846 ms 255.080 ms 254.934 ms
| 31 _____36936___36936_________36936_______________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca13) 264.530 ms * 264.507 ms 32
| ______369____36936__________369________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca14) 255.705 ms 283.080 ms 282.870 ms
| 33 ______________369______________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca15) 257.068 ms 248.604 ms 255.563 ms
| 34 _______________6_______________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca16) 255.445 ms 251.531 ms 250.614 ms
| 35 _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca17) 249.952 ms 240.459 ms 240.802 ms
| 36 ___00000000000000000000000000000000000000000___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca18) 243.548 ms 242.710 ms 242.676 ms
| 37 ___0________the_traceroute_hand_is_________0___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca19) 260.059 ms 260.027 ms 253.016 ms
| 38 ___0__________stealing_your_data___________0___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca1a) 252.847 ms 255.637 ms 258.055 ms
| 39 ___0_______________________________________0___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca1b) 241.792 ms 241.658 ms 241.624 ms
| 40 ___00000000000000000000000000000000000000000___
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca1c) 237.356 ms 238.580 ms 238.545 ms
| 41 _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca1d) 247.027 ms 247.011 ms 246.979 ms
| 42 ______________________________________enpls.org
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca1e) 258.079 ms 254.880 ms 256.042 ms
| 43 _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca1f) 256.001 ms 266.648 ms 257.876 ms
| 44 _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca20) 239.803 ms 241.085 ms 241.019 ms
| 45 _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca21) 278.180 ms 278.103 ms 278.055 ms
| 46 * _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca22) 247.076 ms 247.464 ms 47
| ____________well_this_is_the_end.______________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca23) 247.424 ms * 244.341 ms 48
| _______you_can_stop_your_traceroute_here_______
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca24) 248.702 ms 246.836 ms 248.054 ms
| 49 * _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca25) 256.373 ms 255.375 ms 50
| _______________________________________________
| (2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca26) 245.333 ms 245.198 ms 245.186 ms
|
| And, for those who aren't living in 01996, it works in mtr too.
| jerf wrote:
| There's a few more about 30 more hops beyond that, but I'm not
| getting a clean enough scan to post it here.
|
| It was still tracerouting at 255, bouncing around IPv6
| addresses, but I didn't see anymore past that. It was 13 hops
| for me to get to this stuff, so maybe someone closer can see if
| there's a grand finale.
| zamadatix wrote:
| I don't get any name resolutions after 81 through max TTL.
| Here is the printout to that point. 1.
| _gateway 2. 2604:5800:1:c::1 3.
| 2604:5800:1:24::2 4. 2001:438:fffe::31ed 5.
| ae3.mpr1.kcy4.us.zip.zayo.com 6.
| ae9.cs2.dfw2.us.zip.zayo.com 7.
| ae24.er2.dfw2.us.zip.zayo.com 8.
| 2001:438:ffff::407d:de6 9.
| hundredgige0-3-0-0.ashtr2.ashburnva.opentransit.net
| 10. 2001:688:0:2:1::127 11.
| hundredgige0-1-0-19.partr1.paris.opentransit.net 12.
| 2001:688:0:3:8::143 13.
| vlan92.core02.par01.fr.virtua.systems 14.
| vm.par.bb0.nl 15. core.dro.bb.enpls.org 16.
| e19-vlan1-up6.vm2.dro.bb0.nl 17.
| ____________36936936936936936__________________ 18.
| ____________36936936936936936__________________ 19.
| ____________369369369369369369_________________ 20.
| ___________36936936936936933693________________ 21.
| __________3693693693693693693693_______________ 22.
| _________369369369369369369369369______________ 23.
| _________3693693693693693693693699_____________ 24.
| ________3693693693693693693693699369___________ 25.
| _______36936939693693693693693693693693________ 26.
| _____3693693693693693693693693693693636936_____ 27.
| ___36936936936936936936936936936___369369369___ 28.
| __36936___369336936369369369369________36936___ 29.
| _36936___36936_369369336936936_________________ 30.
| 36933___36936__36936___3693636_________________ 31.
| 693____36936__36936_____369363_________________ 32.
| ______36936__36936______369369_________________ 33.
| _____36936___36936_______36936_________________ 34.
| _____36936___36936________36936________________ 35.
| _____36936___36936_________36936_______________ 36.
| ______369____36936__________369________________ 37.
| ______________369______________________________ 38.
| _______________6_______________________________ 39.
| _______________________________________________ 40.
| ___00000000000000000000000000000000000000000___ 41.
| ___0________the_traceroute_hand_is_________0___ 42.
| ___0__________stealing_your_data___________0___ 43.
| ___0_______________________________________0___ 44.
| ___00000000000000000000000000000000000000000___ 45.
| _______________________________________________ 46.
| ______________________________________enpls.org 47.
| _______________________________________________ 48.
| _______________________________________________ 49.
| _______________________________________________ 50.
| _______________________________________________ 51.
| ____________well_this_is_the_end.______________ 52.
| _______you_can_stop_your_traceroute_here_______ 53.
| _______________________________________________ 54.
| _______________________________________________ 55.
| _______________________________________________ 56.
| _______________________________________________ 57.
| _______________________________________________ 58.
| 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca2a 59. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca2b
| 60. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca2c 61. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca2d
| 62. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca2e 63. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca2f
| 64. ____wtf_are_you_still_doing_here_______________
| 65. _______________________________________________
| 66. _______________________________________________
| 67. _______________________________________________
| 68. ____________________________mmmmmmmmh__________
| 69. _______________________________________________
| 70. _______________________________________________
| 71. _______________________________________________
| 72. _____i_will_stop_writing_this_reverse__________
| 73. _______________________________________________
| 74. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca3a 75. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca3b
| 76. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca3c 77. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca3d
| 78. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca3e 79. 2a0e:fd45:2a0a:2::ca3f
| 80. _______________________________________________
| 81. ________________________42_____________________
| robin_reala wrote:
| I've done too much JavaScript and started trying to work out
| what 1996 was in octal.
| tempodox wrote:
| Syntax error, since octal digits are only [0-7] .
| thamer wrote:
| Command to run it on macOS: traceroute6 -m 40
| hand.bb0.nl
| jsemicolonprice wrote:
| what is this?
| klyrs wrote:
| A shitpost showing an IPv6 route that produces ascii art when
| traced.
| anthony_r wrote:
| I would classify it under "art" rather than "shitpost", but
| yeah.
| klyrs wrote:
| I said art! And fwiw, shitposting itself is considered an
| art, to some.
| pfraze wrote:
| Of course it is! The equivalence between art and comedy
| is the importance of context to its meaning and value
| amelius wrote:
| What does it have to do with stealing of data?
| drewzero1 wrote:
| That part appears to be a joke in the vein of the old cat
| memes[1] like "i'm in ur browser, stealin ur cookies"
|
| [1] https://i.redd.it/v5cingisv6p01.jpg
| Jwarder wrote:
| Looks like someone setup a network where each hop deeper into
| the network has a name setup to display a line of ascii art.
| sixothree wrote:
| It's going to get old quick is what it is.
| p1mrx wrote:
| Just increase the TTL.
| TobTobXX wrote:
| Why does this work with traceroute but not with tracepath?
| creshal wrote:
| Can't steal my data if our ISP is _still_ too incompetent to
| provide IPv6!
|
| ...
|
| _sigh_
| makeworld wrote:
| Don't you see? It's not incompetence, it's a security measure!
| jjoonathan wrote:
| Ugh, I am still salty that we let NAT steal the federated
| internet from us. It just happened to double as the laziest
| possible way to throw up something that resembles a security
| perimeter and now that assumption is baked so deeply into
| multiple industries (social networks, consumer electronics,
| even the networking and security industries themselves) that
| it will take decades to back it out, if we ever do.
| robbedpeter wrote:
| Airgapped ipv6!
| IshKebab wrote:
| It can't steal your data anyway, unless I'm missing something.
| jacobmischka wrote:
| This post has reminded me to re-enable it in my router. I can't
| even remember what it was now (I think ruby bundle, or
| something?), but something simply _would not_ work with it
| enabled, with extremely opaque errors.
|
| Hopefully that's either been fixed or I don't use whatever it
| was anymore.
| egberts1 wrote:
| What is missing is the long arm (of the law).
|
| - End of dry sardonic quip (or equivalent of a dead-cat-bounce).
| omoikane wrote:
| See also:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13122389
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5192656
|
| The second one doesn't seem to work anymore. There is probably a
| nontrivial cost to maintaining something like this.
| garaetjjte wrote:
| Tetris: traceroute -I -q 1 -m 60
| trh.milek7.pl
|
| Append wasd command to subdomain. eg. tracerouting
| wwddds.trh.milek7.pl rotates 2x, moves right 3x and drops
| piece. After dropping traceroute without commands to get
| another piece.
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