Introduction to Cyber Security

Datagrams on the move

We're going to explore the routes taken by datagrams, as they travel across the internet, using a
tool called Visual Traceroute. The link to this tool is provided in the text below. When you visit the
web page, there's a text box into which you can type the address of the computer we're going to try
to send the datagram to. We're going to try to send a datagram to the University of Sydney web
server, www.usyd.edu.au.
Clicking the Start Test button will initiate connections from three different locations, in the USA,
Europe, and Asia, to this web server. We can zoom and move the map to get a clearer picture of
the route taken by the datagram if it is sent from a machine in the United States. Clicking on the
Europe tab, located underneath the map, displays the route taken by the datagram when it's sent
from a machine in Europe. You can try out some other destination addresses. Does the route
taken by the datagram match your expectations?