Traceroute Beacon #5

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opened 2026-03-14 03:49:37 +03:00 by soffee · 0 comments

soffee commented

2026-03-14 03:49:37 +03:00

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traceroute beacon will try completing successful traceroute to the list of specified nodes in a time frame.
like:
time frame = 6 hours
then in the beginning of the time frame we're initiating traceroute to the nodes of interest
then we wait some timeout and if we did not received response, we try again.
increasing timeout exponentially with every retry.
when max retries reached mark as unreachable node in current time frame.
if we have successful traceroute, don't bother tracerouting this node until the next time frame.

so basically our goal is to get one successful and full traceroute for every node on each time frame.

traceroute beacon will try completing successful traceroute to the list of specified nodes in a time frame. like: time frame = 6 hours then in the beginning of the time frame we're initiating traceroute to the nodes of interest then we wait some timeout and if we did not received response, we try again. increasing timeout exponentially with every retry. when max retries reached mark as unreachable node in current time frame. if we have successful traceroute, don't bother tracerouting this node until the next time frame. so basically our goal is to get one successful and full traceroute for every node on each time frame.