A real world example of using countertrace to project the illusion of three imaginary hops, each introducing 10ms of latency. First, a traceroute without countertrace running, to establish a baseline: [mct@unix5 ~]$ traceroute antarctica.netisland.net traceroute to antarctica.netisland.net (207.106.130.88), 30 hops max 1 207.8.186.254 (207.8.186.254) 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 core1-int-gige-1.cnsh.phl.netaxs.net (207.106.32.13) 3 ms 6 ms 4 ms 3 core1-sdfc-gige-1.sdfc.phl.netaxs.net (207.106.0.9) 4 ms 4 ms 6 ms 4 core1-mfn3-oc3.mfn3.phl.netaxs.net (207.106.2.126) 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 5 core1-main1-100M.mfn3.phl.netaxs.com (207.106.127.177) 5 ms 3 ms 5 ms 6 mct-too-r.netaxs.net (207.106.3.254) 11 ms 10 ms 12 ms 7 antarctica.netisland.net (207.106.130.88) 10 ms 12 ms 11 ms Second, a traceroute from the same source, after starting countertrace on the target with the "example-hops-configuration" configuration file: [mct@unix5 ~]$ traceroute antarctica.netisland.net traceroute to antarctica.netisland.net (207.106.130.88), 30 hops max 1 207.8.186.254 (207.8.186.254) 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 core1-int-gige-1.cnsh.phl.netaxs.net (207.106.32.13) 6 ms 4 ms 4 ms 3 core1-sdfc-gige-1.sdfc.phl.netaxs.net (207.106.0.9) 4 ms 4 ms 5 ms 4 core1-mfn3-oc3.mfn3.phl.netaxs.net (207.106.2.126) 4 ms 6 ms 4 ms 5 core1-main1-100M.mfn3.phl.netaxs.com (207.106.127.177) 6 ms 7 ms 4 ms 6 mct-too-r.netaxs.net (207.106.3.254) 10 ms 10 ms 12 ms 7 10.1.1.1 (10.1.1.1) 26 ms 22 ms 20 ms 8 10.2.2.2 (10.2.2.2) 34 ms 33 ms 37 ms 9 10.3.3.3 (10.3.3.3) 39 ms 46 ms 46 ms 10 antarctica.netisland.net (207.106.130.88) 50 ms 45 ms 40 ms Finally, the information logged by countertrace as a result of the second traceroute: Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 1, UDP, 58335 -> 33453 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 1, UDP, 58335 -> 33454 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 1, UDP, 58335 -> 33455 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 2, UDP, 58335 -> 33456 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 2, UDP, 58335 -> 33457 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 2, UDP, 58335 -> 33458 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 3, UDP, 58335 -> 33459 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 3, UDP, 58335 -> 33460 Queueing fake time-exceeded to 207.8.186.7, ttl 3, UDP, 58335 -> 33461 -mct, Mon Jul 29 01:59:22 EDT 2002