If you’re not a geek you probably won’t appreciate this ..

A Sysadmin who obviously likes Star Wars and had a bit of free time has put together a pretty neat hack which you can see via traceroute:

traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173
traceroute to 216.81.59.173 (216.81.59.173), 100 hops max, 60 byte packets
1  202-194.ge0-0-2.acc-r01.bk2.39122.as (78.153.202.194)  82.493 ms  284.208 ms  695.494 ms
9  hurricane-ic-138358-atl-bb1.c.telia.net (213.248.71.66)  103.359 ms  103.892 ms  103.654 ms
10  216.66.0.26 (216.66.0.26)  107.260 ms  103.822 ms  103.844 ms
11  * * *
12  Episode.IV (206.214.251.1)  140.095 ms  142.366 ms  139.556 ms
13  A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6)  141.891 ms  137.230 ms  138.256 ms
14  It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9)  147.082 ms  146.807 ms  143.668 ms
15  Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14)  145.486 ms  145.542 ms  143.660 ms
16  striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17)  145.245 ms  144.731 ms  143.452 ms
17  have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22)  143.474 ms  143.712 ms  146.301 ms
18  against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25)  142.142 ms  140.102 ms  138.969 ms
19  During.the.battle (206.214.251.30)  139.789 ms  140.028 ms  142.557 ms
20  Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33)  140.729 ms *  141.011 ms
21  to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38)  147.727 ms  149.318 ms  143.857 ms
22  to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41)  143.627 ms  143.605 ms  145.456 ms
23  the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46)  142.093 ms  142.887 ms  141.005 ms
24  an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49)  144.370 ms  138.979 ms  138.397 ms
25  with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54)  146.493 ms  144.900 ms  145.400 ms
26  destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57)  142.580 ms  141.259 ms  135.914 ms
27  Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62)  142.146 ms  137.226 ms  141.192 ms
28  sinister.agents (206.214.251.65)  142.945 ms  143.259 ms  144.110 ms
29  Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70)  141.218 ms  141.751 ms  144.871 ms
30  aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73)  138.705 ms  144.585 ms  142.537 ms
31  custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78)  139.089 ms  140.679 ms  149.725 ms
32  that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81)  149.190 ms  143.762 ms  149.968 ms
33  people.and.restore (206.214.251.86)  147.170 ms  146.310 ms  147.828 ms
34  freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89)  146.388 ms  148.241 ms  149.319 ms
35  0-------------------0 (206.214.251.94)  141.163 ms  152.902 ms  147.206 ms
36  0------------------0 (206.214.251.97)  150.823 ms  151.557 ms  147.248 ms
37  0-----------------0 (206.214.251.102)  152.201 ms  152.420 ms  150.863 ms
38  0----------------0 (206.214.251.105)  153.725 ms  157.719 ms  161.706 ms
39  0---------------0 (206.214.251.110)  149.929 ms  147.622 ms  148.219 ms
40  0--------------0 (206.214.251.113)  154.639 ms  157.011 ms  157.011 ms
41  0-------------0 (206.214.251.118)  152.046 ms  146.261 ms  148.926 ms
42  0------------0 (206.214.251.121)  140.751 ms  141.932 ms  148.448 ms
43  0-----------0 (206.214.251.126)  146.684 ms  144.220 ms  144.574 ms
44  0----------0 (206.214.251.129)  145.818 ms  148.487 ms  144.365 ms
45  0---------0 (206.214.251.134)  145.598 ms  149.500 ms  150.282 ms
46  0--------0 (206.214.251.137)  145.075 ms  147.915 ms  142.461 ms
47  0-------0 (206.214.251.142)  144.305 ms  145.593 ms  159.140 ms
48  0------0 (206.214.251.145)  155.532 ms  157.799 ms  152.386 ms
49  0-----0 (206.214.251.150)  148.459 ms  146.383 ms  145.357 ms
50  0----0 (206.214.251.153)  141.016 ms  150.182 ms  148.555 ms
51  0---0 (206.214.251.158)  147.275 ms  144.374 ms  146.520 ms
52  0--0 (206.214.251.161)  149.606 ms  154.016 ms  154.814 ms
53  0-0 (206.214.251.166)  152.765 ms  151.948 ms  145.210 ms
54  00 (206.214.251.169)  146.312 ms  135.352 ms  144.752 ms
55  I (206.214.251.174)  147.558 ms  147.342 ms  147.527 ms
56  By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177)  150.182 ms  148.909 ms  146.566 ms
57  When.CCIEs.Get.Bored (206.214.251.182)  146.038 ms  145.510 ms  147.900 ms
58  read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.185)  140.237 ms  146.507 ms  145.160 ms
59  FIN (206.214.251.190)  146.642 ms * *

You can see the output for yourself by simply running the traceroute from the command line:

traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173

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About the Author: Michele Neylon
Michele is founder and managing director of domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. He blogs mostly over on michele.blog
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