On 16 Aug 2006 11:13:32 -0700, "cyberquest"
<alexccy7570@gmail.com> wrote:

>After the attacker run tracert on a destination server ... how does he
>know what is the device in between - whether is it a switch, hub or
>router? How can he differentiate it?

Easy. If you see it, it's a router.
If you don't see it, its either a switch, a hub or a plain cable
:-)

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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok