- Donald E. Hester
Star War hidden on the Internet
Here is an old trace route that you could have run to see the Star Wars Episode IV beginning scroll show up in trace route by naming routers. Check it out. Below is the test and a new IP version 6 one.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Donald>tracert -h 100 216.81.59.173 Tracing route to FIN [216.81.59.173] over a maximum of 100 hops: 1 3 ms 4 ms 4 ms homeportal [192.168.1.254] 2 29 ms 27 ms 27 ms 99-7-60-2.lightspeed.oklyca.sbcglobal.net [99.7.60.2] 3 * * * Request timed out. 4 * * * Request timed out. 5 * * * Request timed out. 6 37 ms 32 ms 27 ms 12.83.39.145 7 91 ms 104 ms 32 ms ggr4.sffca.ip.att.net [12.122.86.197] 8 31 ms 31 ms 29 ms ae0.sjc12.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.78.93] 9 100 ms 100 ms 100 ms xe-1-2-0.atl11.ip4.tinet.net [89.149.181.117] 10 103 ms 116 ms 108 ms epik-networks-gw.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.69.158] 11 115 ms 122 ms 115 ms po0-3.dsr2.atl.epikip.net [216.81.59.2] 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 157 ms 153 ms 157 ms Episode.IV [206.214.251.1] 14 154 ms 154 ms 154 ms A.NEW.HOPE [206.214.251.6] 15 * 155 ms 155 ms It.is.a.period.of.civil.war [206.214.251.9] 16 158 ms 156 ms 183 ms Rebel.spaceships [206.214.251.14] 17 * 157 ms 155 ms striking.from.a.hidden.base [206.214.251.17] 18 152 ms 155 ms 163 ms have.won.their.first.victory [206.214.251.22] 19 165 ms 156 ms 158 ms against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire [206.214.251.25] 20 179 ms 151 ms 152 ms During.the.battle [206.214.251.30] 21 156 ms 164 ms 163 ms Rebel.spies.managed [206.214.251.33] 22 152 ms 153 ms 176 ms to.steal.secret.plans [206.214.251.38] 23 159 ms 157 ms 157 ms to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon [206.214.251.41] 24 155 ms 164 ms 155 ms the.DEATH.STAR [206.214.251.46] 25 158 ms 158 ms 178 ms an.armored.space.station [206.214.251.49] 26 158 ms 185 ms 153 ms with.enough.power.to [206.214.251.54] 27 152 ms 153 ms 155 ms destroy.an.entire.planet [206.214.251.57] 28 254 ms 155 ms 160 ms Pursued.by.the.Empires [206.214.251.62] 29 160 ms 165 ms 154 ms sinister.agents [206.214.251.65] 30 154 ms 155 ms 157 ms Princess.Leia.races.home [206.214.251.70] 31 158 ms 154 ms 152 ms aboard.her.starship [206.214.251.73] 32 155 ms 154 ms 153 ms custodian.of.the.stolen.plans [206.214.251.78] 33 158 ms 156 ms 154 ms that.can.save.her [206.214.251.81] 34 153 ms 152 ms 168 ms people.and.restore [206.214.251.86] 35 156 ms 152 ms 161 ms freedom.to.the.galaxy [206.214.251.89] 36 160 ms 165 ms 160 ms 0-------------------0 [206.214.251.94] 37 150 ms 157 ms 158 ms 0------------------0 [206.214.251.97] 38 154 ms 153 ms 159 ms 0-----------------0 [206.214.251.102] 39 157 ms 155 ms 160 ms 0----------------0 [206.214.251.105] 40 158 ms 162 ms 159 ms 0---------------0 [206.214.251.110] 41 154 ms 156 ms 151 ms 0--------------0 [206.214.251.113] 42 158 ms 151 ms 156 ms 0-------------0 [206.214.251.118] 43 157 ms 158 ms 156 ms 0------------0 [206.214.251.121] 44 161 ms 187 ms 157 ms 0-----------0 [206.214.251.126] 45 159 ms 160 ms 155 ms 0----------0 [206.214.251.129] 46 153 ms 156 ms 154 ms 0---------0 [206.214.251.134] 47 163 ms 177 ms * 0--------0 [206.214.251.137] 48 153 ms 157 ms * 0-------0 [206.214.251.142] 49 157 ms 159 ms 163 ms 0------0 [206.214.251.145] 50 167 ms 159 ms 159 ms 0-----0 [206.214.251.150] 51 161 ms 156 ms 158 ms 0----0 [206.214.251.153] 52 158 ms 161 ms 175 ms 0---0 [206.214.251.158] 53 160 ms 156 ms 154 ms 0--0 [206.214.251.161] 54 160 ms 158 ms 157 ms 0-0 [206.214.251.166] 55 163 ms 160 ms 158 ms 00 [206.214.251.169] 56 157 ms 157 ms 172 ms I [206.214.251.174] 57 161 ms 158 ms * By.Ryan.Werber [206.214.251.177] 58 157 ms 156 ms 157 ms When.CCIEs.Get.Bored [206.214.251.182] 59 160 ms 155 ms 154 ms read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net [206.214.251.185] 60 157 ms 183 ms * FIN [216.81.59.173] 61 173 ms 182 ms 164 ms FIN [216.81.59.173] Trace complete. C:\Users\Donald>
And the new version
Linux command:
$ traceroute -6 obiwan.beaglenetworks.net
If it works you'll see something like this snippet:
[...]
14 Jabba.the.Hutt (2001:470:5:c77::19) 108.957 ms
15 Little.does.Luke.know.that.the (2001:470:5:c77::1e) 109.290 ms
16 GALACTIC.EMPIRE.has.secretly (2001:470:5:c77::21) 110.487 ms
17 begun.construction.on.a.new (2001:470:5:c77::26) 107.286 ms
18 armored.space.station.even (2001:470:5:c77::29) 107.061 ms
19 more.powerful.than.the.first (2001:470:5:c77::2e) 107.298 mss
20 dreaded.Death.Star (2001:470:5:c77::31) 111.779 ms
[...]
