[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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