Hackers Challenge

INLS187

AARON SHAH

I used two tools from the original command line of the Microsoft windows do demonstrate my hackers challenge project which is the comparison and contrast of the ping feature and the trace route feature. The main differences in the two features is that ping tells you how many hops it takes to get to its destination and if it has to time out because it does not reach its destination.

Trace route shows you the exact places where it stops and identifies each which makes trace route the more effective tool. Ping only checks computers that are connected to the internet by sending what is called packets in an effort to receive a response called an echo. If a timeout is received a reason could be that the computer that you are trying to reach is disconnected from the internet connection. Ping also gets an immediate response.

The computer that the internet protocol address has been imputed is called a host and that IP address is just as valid as the computer name and vise versa. Trace route on the other hand when imputed traces each step that it takes in an attempt to find its destination. Trace route only checks computers that are connected to the internet. I went to www.google.com and asked for an internet protocol address and received 66.249.64.47 , then I opened the command prompt and put it in and received responses of how many bites of information was transmitting and it did not time out.

I then asked the command prompt to trace the route of the internet protocol address and it showed each stop that the address took and then rerouted and showed each stop that was taken in its return. I learned from this task how to look for computers and to find out what other computers they have a relationship with on the internet. I also attempted to test this internet protocol address against IMAP and was unsuccessful in my attempt.