hey all, got a tricky one for yeah! let me know if this is possible! - PS - the names are fake..lol (espz.net)
 
It's nothing urgent, but it's always been bugging me.
 
Anyone who does a TRACERT to a server / computer / ip will quickly
see a clear route to it; e.g.
 

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 3 ms 2 ms 2 ms 6*.*.*.*
3 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 19*.*.*
4 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms jhg51-h-fcs01.espz.net [21*.*.*]
5 36 ms 322 ms 5 ms jhg52-h-fcs01.espz.net [21*.*.*]
6 4 ms 4 ms 14 ms 4*.3*.*0-21*.espz.net[21*.*.*]
7 4 ms 6 ms 4 ms 13*.*.2*-21*.espz.net [21*.*.*]
 
Trace complete.
 
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And all the espz.net stuff at the end leaves me a little queasy, as BAM - a wanna be hacker now knows the IP of that system.
 
the espz.net names are obviously names of the core equipment and can not be changed.
 
 
Here's what I'm wondering:
 
 
there must be some 'technology'(As opposed to using a router [which is in place] to simply end a ping or tracert - is there another way....) to make a TRACERT respond with
a somewhat (how shall I say) misleading answer. Something
which would put hackers and such off the trail.
 
Since there is nothing that can be done with the espz.net stuff, I'd imagine
there would be some software / utility that would give
 
the following as a response to the same TRACERT:
 

 
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 3 ms 2 ms 2 ms 6*.*.*.*
3 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 19*.*.*
4 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms jhg51-h-fcs01.espz.net [21*.*.*]
5 36 ms 322 ms 5 ms jhg52-h-fcs01.espz.net [21*.*.*]
6 4 ms 4 ms 14 ms 4*.3*.*0-21*.espz.net[21*.*.*]
7 4 ms 6 ms 4 ms 13*.*.2*-21*.espz.net [21*.*.*]
7 4 ms 6 ms 4 ms here.not.really.net. [216.*.*.*]
8 6 ms 34 ms 9 ms roses.are.red.net [216.*.*.*]
9 14 ms 22 ms 8 ms see.me.ping.net [121.222.32.555]
 
Trace complete.
 
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Where we can determine/set the false names and IPs of everything
after the last real address (which a server, running this
clever utility).