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Information Security Officer Interview Question:
Explain how exactly does traceroute/tracert work at the protocol level?
Submitted by: MuhammadThis is a fairly technical question but it's an important concept to understand. It's not natively a “security” question really, but it shows you whether or not they like to understand how things work, which is crucial for an Infosec professional. If they get it right you can lighten up and offer extra credit for the difference between Linux and Windows versions.
The key point people usually miss is that each packet that's sent out doesn't go to a different place. Many people think that it first sends a packet to the first hop, gets a time. Then it sends a packet to the second hop, gets a time, and keeps going until it gets done. That's incorrect. It actually keeps sending packets to the final destination; the only change is the TTL that's used. The extra credit is the fact that Windows uses ICMP by default while Linux uses UDP.
Submitted by: Muhammad
The key point people usually miss is that each packet that's sent out doesn't go to a different place. Many people think that it first sends a packet to the first hop, gets a time. Then it sends a packet to the second hop, gets a time, and keeps going until it gets done. That's incorrect. It actually keeps sending packets to the final destination; the only change is the TTL that's used. The extra credit is the fact that Windows uses ICMP by default while Linux uses UDP.
Submitted by: Muhammad
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