In addition, it provides communication statistics
for each host in the communication path. When you type PathPing Location and press
Enter, you see the complete path for that connection. For example, Figure 11.7 shows the path to the
main server for my ISP. Of course, you don??™t get this information free. PathPing requires considerably
more time to run than other utilities, such as PING.
TRACING TRANSMISSION PATHS WITH THE PATHPING UTILITY 305
Figure 11.7
PathPing provides a
lot of information
about the path between
connections.
Using the PathPing utility can tell you when your communication is taking an unusual route. A
communication disruption and network congestion can cause a message to take an unusual route,
but so can someone using a ???man in the middle??? attack. The man in the middle attack is one in which
a cracker intercepts any communication you make, records the information for future use, and then
passes the information along to the intended recipient so you don??™t suspect what??™s happening.
The PathPing utility can also tell you where communications are breaking down (so you know
whether you need to call your ISP) and can help you diagnose a number of connection problems.
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