[Linux-aus] bigpond now uses proxy servers to spy on 'us'

[Brendan O'Dea]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 02:10:41AM +0930, Rohan M. wrote:
>I'm curious to know what happens if you were to traceroute to
>optusnet.com.au, do you hop over an akamai server as well like I do?

Nope.

>traceroute to www.bigpond.com (144.135.18.32), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
> 1  172.18.113.5 (172.18.113.5)  43.937 ms  44.211 ms  44.067 ms
> 2  172.18.72.10 (172.18.72.10)  43.987 ms  43.014 ms  43.080 ms
> 3  a-61-9-225-200.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (61.9.225.200)  43.319 ms 43.981 ms  43.084 ms
> 4  GigabitEthernet3-4.way21.Adelaide.telstra.net (165.228.106.13)  44.547 ms  43.503 ms  44.802 ms
> 5  GigabitEthernet3-0.way-core4.Adelaide.telstra.net (203.50.120.4) 44.575 ms  43.758 ms  42.826 ms
> 6  Pos0-4-1-0.exi-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net (203.50.6.189)  58.604 ms 59.545 ms  59.326 ms
> 7  bundle-POS1.chw-core2.Sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.13)  77.093 ms 157.351 ms  92.605 ms
> 8  TenGigabitEthernet8-1.pit2.Sydney.telstra.net (203.50.20.184)  72.395 ms  72.590 ms  72.895 ms
> 9  pitt-tcom-r02 (139.130.41.70)  72.644 ms  73.078 ms  73.143 ms
>10  * * *

This actually looks more like an incorrect reverse than an actual Akamai
server.

I checked with a friend who works at Telstra who tells me that

 "61.9.225.200 is 'way-core6506-2', which probably means it's an edge
  router".

which is consistent with the location in your traceroute.

--bod