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A bored, snowbound network admin has made something lovely: a traceroute that produces the text of the opening crawl to Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Ryan Werber, who blogs at Beagle Networks, says that during Boston's recent blizzards he decided to have some fun with DNS. The result, …

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  1. Kitschcamp
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    Wonderful

    Can I just vaguely remember reading something about us running out of IPV4 addresses? I mean, doing this with a spare /24 in those circumstances would be a waste, wouldn't it?

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    1. stucs201
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      Re: Wonderful

      I find your lack of faith disturbing...

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    2. PyLETS
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      Joke

      Re: Wonderful

      No need to worry about IPV4, he's got another story out on an IPV6 route as well. You mean to say your poxy no-good out of date ISP hasn't given you access to IPV6 yet ?

      rich@mars:~$ traceroute6 -m 100 obiwan.beaglenetworks.net

      traceroute to obiwan.beaglenetworks.net (2001:470:5:c77::babe) from 2001:470:1f08:1ac2::2, 100 hops max, 24 byte packets

      1 2001:470:1f08:1ac2::1 (2001:470:1f08:1ac2::1) 28.117 ms 29.382 ms 27.313 ms

      2 gige-g4-8.core1.lon1.he.net (2001:470:0:67::1) 27.142 ms 24.759 ms 23.985 ms

      3 10gigabitethernet7-4.core1.nyc4.he.net (2001:470:0:128::1) 99.985 ms 92.735 ms 95.722 ms

      4 10gigabitethernet2-3.core1.ash1.he.net (2001:470:0:36::1) 99.846 ms 99.074 ms 97.808 ms

      5 10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.atl1.he.net (2001:470:0:1b5::2) 110.248 ms 110.986 ms 121.191 ms

      6 10gigabitethernet4-1.core1.mia1.he.net (2001:470:0:a6::1) 129.544 ms 144.314 ms 125.302 ms

      7 tserv1.mia1.he.net (2001:470:0:8c::2) 143.382 ms 127.179 ms 128.605 ms

      8 rwerber-1-pt.tunnel.tserv12.mia1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470:4:c77::2) 166.414 ms 166.233 ms 167.021 ms

      9 EPISODE.VI (2001:470:5:c77::1) 167.057 ms 167.607 ms 166.55 ms

      10 Luke.Skywalker.has.returned.to (2001:470:5:c77::6) 166.956 ms 166.406 ms 166.779 ms

      11 his.home.planet.of.Tatooine.in (2001:470:5:c77::9) 190.382 ms 184.109 ms 166.755 ms

      12 an.attempt.to.rescue.his (2001:470:5:c77::e) 171.982 ms 165.507 ms 196.112 ms

      13 friend.Han.Solo.from.the (2001:470:5:c77::11) 166.14 ms 163.673 ms 166.431 ms

      14 clutches.of.the.vile.gangster (2001:470:5:c77::16) 166.496 ms 168.988 ms 164.47 ms

      15 Jabba.the.Hutt (2001:470:5:c77::19) 167.071 ms 168.107 ms 167.839 ms

      16 Little.does.Luke.know.that.the (2001:470:5:c77::1e) 175.477 ms 165.509 ms 166.139 ms

      17 GALACTIC.EMPIRE.has.secretly (2001:470:5:c77::21) 166.459 ms 162.842 ms 213.015 ms

      18 begun.construction.on.a.new (2001:470:5:c77::26) 166.889 ms 164.413 ms 166.804 ms

      19 armored.space.station.even (2001:470:5:c77::29) 166.982 ms 170.249 ms 167.742 ms

      20 more.powerful.than.the.first (2001:470:5:c77::2e) 167.81 ms 191.279 ms 170.408 ms

      21 dreaded.Death.Star (2001:470:5:c77::31) 166.186 ms 166.701 ms 167.349 ms

      22 When.completed.this.ultimate (2001:470:5:c77::36) 166.523 ms 179.404 ms 168.93 ms

      23 weapon.will.spell.certain.doom (2001:470:5:c77::39) 168.003 ms 168.551 ms 166.402 ms

      24 for.the.small.band.of.rebels (2001:470:5:c77::3e) 167.77 ms 185.671 ms 171.789 ms

      25 struggling.to.restore.freedom (2001:470:5:c77::41) 181.803 ms 166.683 ms 165.435 ms

      26 to.the.galaxy (2001:470:5:c77::46) 167.822 ms 178.81 ms 166.63 ms

      27 0-------------------0 (2001:470:5:c77::49) 166.282 ms 172.291 ms 174.944 ms

      28 And.Now.For.Something.Completely.Different (2001:470:5:c77::4e) 171.665 ms 169.412 ms 170.131 ms

      29 Now.this.is.the.story.all.about.how (2001:470:5:c77::51) 171.827 ms 166.828 ms 171.978 ms

      30 My.life.got.flipped.turned.upside.down (2001:470:5:c77::56) 166.723 ms 167.615 ms 166.224 ms

      31 And.Id.like.to.take.a.minute.just.sit.right.there (2001:470:5:c77::59) 167.417 ms 171.167 ms 167.473 ms

      32 Ill.tell.you.how.I.became.the.prince.of.a.town.called.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::5e) 166.365 ms 168.675 ms 171.33 ms

      33 In.west.Philadelphia.born.and.raised (2001:470:5:c77::61) 166.328 ms 169.031 ms 165.674 ms

      34 On.the.playground.where.I.spent.most.of.my.days (2001:470:5:c77::66) 166.966 ms 177.483 ms 170.921 ms

      35 Chilling.out.maxing.relaxing.all.cool (2001:470:5:c77::69) 166.349 ms 171.002 ms 167.515 ms

      36 And.all.shooting.some.b-ball.outside.of.the.school (2001:470:5:c77::6e) 166.613 ms 169.564 ms 170.651 ms

      37 When.a.couple.of.guys.they.were.up.to.no.good (2001:470:5:c77::71) 165.96 ms 166.223 ms 165.851 ms

      38 Started.making.trouble.in.my.neighbourhood (2001:470:5:c77::76) 167.062 ms 191.81 ms 170.934 ms

      39 I.got.in.one.little.fight.and.my.mom.got.scared (2001:470:5:c77::79) 210.863 ms 170.602 ms 168.717 ms

      40 And.said.Youre.moving.with.your.auntie.and.uncle.in.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::7e) 167.467 ms 167.686 ms 165.443 ms

      41 I.whistled.for.a.cab.and.when.it.came.near.the (2001:470:5:c77::81) 166.605 ms 167.603 ms 165.738 ms

      42 License.plate.said.CCIE.and.had.a.dice.in.the.mirror (2001:470:5:c77::86) 176.611 ms 167.648 ms 166.236 ms

      43 If.anything.I.could.say.that.this.cab.was.rare (2001:470:5:c77::89) 178.11 ms 176.832 ms 170.678 ms

      44 But.I.thought.nah.forget.it.yo.homes.to.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::8e) 172.071 ms 170.85 ms 166.906 ms

      45 I.pulled.up.to.a.house.about.seven.or.eight (2001:470:5:c77::91) 171.307 ms 169.199 ms 171.147 ms

      46 And.I.yelled.to.the.cabby.Yo.homes.smell.you.later (2001:470:5:c77::96) 166.437 ms 167.096 ms 172.061 ms

      47 Looked.at.my.kingdom.I.was.finally.there (2001:470:5:c77::99) 171.245 ms 170.879 ms 168.108 ms

      48 To.sit.on.my.throne.as.the.prince.of.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::9e) 171.664 ms 169.919 ms 166.902 ms

      49 By.Ryan.Werber.Beaglenetworks.net (2001:470:5:c77::a1) 171.382 ms 169.609 ms 171.465 ms

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      1. JayBizzle
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        Trollface

        Re: Wonderful

        he's missed a verse of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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          1. Anonymous Coward
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            Facepalm

            Re: he's missed a verse of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

            but.. it's a...

            never mind

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          2. Phil W
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            Joke

            Re: he's missed a verse of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

            He might be the CCIE Prince of Bel Air but I'm the CCAr King!

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    3. BillG
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      Boffin

      Re: Wonderful

      Search your DNS tables, you know it to be true.

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  2. crtc

    Obi Wan...

    "The command line. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as random or clumsy as a GUI, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age."...

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    1. Ian Yates
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      Coat

      Re: Obi Wan...

      Does that mean the Light side and Dark side argue about using Vim or Emacs? I'll let you decide which is which ;)

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      1. breakfast Silver badge
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        Re: Obi Wan...

        Obligatory XKCD reference: http://xkcd.com/297/

        Strongly implies the Jedi would use Emacs.

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      2. Oninoshiko
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        Big Brother

        Re: Obi Wan...

        The darkside is vi.

        :wq

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    2. The Serpent
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      Re: Obi Wan...

      Hokey operating systems and ancient interfaces are no match for a good mouse at your side, kid

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      1. Keep Refrigerated
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        Re: Obi Wan...

        Luke, I am your PPID.

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    3. Fatman
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      Re: Obi Wan...

      A slight change:

      "The command line. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight seasoned BOFH.

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  3. stucs201

    Unable to make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs

    If you want to read the whole thing you might need to increase the maximum number of hops beyond the default.

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    1. TXITMAN
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      Re: Unable to make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs

      Or use a real server.

      @comfort:/var...# traceroute6 -m 100 obiwan.beaglenetworks.net

      traceroute to obiwan.beaglenetworks.net (2001:470:5:c77::babe) from 2001:470:.....:bcd:21e:c9ff:feaf:68c8, 100 hops max, 16 byte packets

      1 2001:470:....:bcd::1 (2001:470:....1:bcd::1) 0.614 ms 0.168 ms 0.233 ms

      2 kerr.....-1.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470:1f10:bcd::1) 56.246 ms 55.042 ms 56.235 ms

      3 gige-g3-4.core1.chi1.he.net (2001:470:0:6e::1) 56.544 ms 55.63 ms 52.193 ms

      4 10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.ash1.he.net (2001:470:0:286::2) 67.218 ms 70.64 ms 68.032 ms

      5 10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.atl1.he.net (2001:470:0:1b5::2) 79.459 ms 87.629 ms 79.084 ms

      6 10gigabitethernet4-1.core1.mia1.he.net (2001:470:0:a6::1) 94.825 ms 95.135 ms 99.594 ms

      7 tserv1.mia1.he.net (2001:470:0:8c::2) 96.839 ms 95.775 ms 96.403 ms

      8 rwerber-1-pt.tunnel.tserv12.mia1.ipv6.he.net (2001:470:4:c77::2) 149.241 ms 136.128 ms 138.208 ms

      9 EPISODE.VI (2001:470:5:c77::1) 145.374 ms 138.322 ms 137.771 ms

      10 Luke.Skywalker.has.returned.to (2001:470:5:c77::6) 138.811 ms 135.74 ms 136.654 ms

      11 his.home.planet.of.Tatooine.in (2001:470:5:c77::9) 137.687 ms 137.809 ms 139.579 ms

      12 an.attempt.to.rescue.his (2001:470:5:c77::e) 137.919 ms 135.737 ms 136.201 ms

      13 friend.Han.Solo.from.the (2001:470:5:c77::11) 141.178 ms 150.387 ms 173.657 ms

      14 clutches.of.the.vile.gangster (2001:470:5:c77::16) 138.489 ms 136.907 ms 134.493 ms

      15 Jabba.the.Hutt (2001:470:5:c77::19) 144.388 ms 136.732 ms 137.81 ms

      16 Little.does.Luke.know.that.the (2001:470:5:c77::1e) 141.025 ms 135.543 ms 137.328 ms

      17 GALACTIC.EMPIRE.has.secretly (2001:470:5:c77::21) 140.384 ms 137.817 ms 137.434 ms

      18 begun.construction.on.a.new (2001:470:5:c77::26) 142.649 ms 135.286 ms 136.254 ms

      19 armored.space.station.even (2001:470:5:c77::29) 140.938 ms 137.306 ms 139.274 ms

      20 more.powerful.than.the.first (2001:470:5:c77::2e) 137.135 ms 137.118 ms 155.177 ms

      21 dreaded.Death.Star (2001:470:5:c77::31) 166.999 ms 135.971 ms 148.772 ms

      22 When.completed.this.ultimate (2001:470:5:c77::36) 135.609 ms 140.492 ms 143.079 ms

      23 weapon.will.spell.certain.doom (2001:470:5:c77::39) 150.946 ms 137.497 ms 137.609 ms

      24 for.the.small.band.of.rebels (2001:470:5:c77::3e) 136.778 ms 135.124 ms 142.747 ms

      25 struggling.to.restore.freedom (2001:470:5:c77::41) 136.211 ms 136.759 ms 145.593 ms

      26 to.the.galaxy (2001:470:5:c77::46) 139.775 ms 146.629 ms 143.801 ms

      27 0-------------------0 (2001:470:5:c77::49) 141.377 ms 144.73 ms 151.559 ms

      28 And.Now.For.Something.Completely.Different (2001:470:5:c77::4e) 138.804 ms 137.992 ms 142.719 ms

      29 Now.this.is.the.story.all.about.how (2001:470:5:c77::51) 144.338 ms 135.772 ms 136.968 ms

      30 My.life.got.flipped.turned.upside.down (2001:470:5:c77::56) 140.21 ms 140.895 ms 136.39 ms

      31 And.Id.like.to.take.a.minute.just.sit.right.there (2001:470:5:c77::59) 136.686 ms 137.168 ms 137.38 ms

      32 Ill.tell.you.how.I.became.the.prince.of.a.town.called.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::5e) 139.9 ms 143.666 ms 137.713 ms

      33 In.west.Philadelphia.born.and.raised (2001:470:5:c77::61) 139.215 ms 134.077 ms 144.235 ms

      34 On.the.playground.where.I.spent.most.of.my.days (2001:470:5:c77::66) 140.698 ms 139.112 ms 140.022 ms

      35 Chilling.out.maxing.relaxing.all.cool (2001:470:5:c77::69) 141.371 ms 145.216 ms 136.673 ms

      36 And.all.shooting.some.b-ball.outside.of.the.school (2001:470:5:c77::6e) 147.365 ms 177.482 ms 159.107 ms

      37 When.a.couple.of.guys.they.were.up.to.no.good (2001:470:5:c77::71) 209.743 ms 262.814 ms 206.976 ms

      38 Started.making.trouble.in.my.neighbourhood (2001:470:5:c77::76) 246.824 ms 232.213 ms 150.761 ms

      39 I.got.in.one.little.fight.and.my.mom.got.scared (2001:470:5:c77::79) 140.571 ms 135.741 ms 149.839 ms

      40 And.said.Youre.moving.with.your.auntie.and.uncle.in.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::7e) 140.057 ms 138.029 ms 139.449 ms

      41 I.whistled.for.a.cab.and.when.it.came.near.the (2001:470:5:c77::81) 135.389 ms 139.806 ms 138.435 ms

      42 License.plate.said.CCIE.and.had.a.dice.in.the.mirror (2001:470:5:c77::86) 141.337 ms 140.329 ms 138.88 ms

      43 If.anything.I.could.say.that.this.cab.was.rare (2001:470:5:c77::89) 152.09 ms 138.44 ms 138.302 ms

      44 But.I.thought.nah.forget.it.yo.homes.to.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::8e) 138.831 ms 135.606 ms 137.648 ms

      45 I.pulled.up.to.a.house.about.seven.or.eight (2001:470:5:c77::91) 138.764 ms 140.904 ms 141.682 ms

      46 And.I.yelled.to.the.cabby.Yo.homes.smell.you.later (2001:470:5:c77::96) 139.204 ms 140.183 ms 143.552 ms

      47 Looked.at.my.kingdom.I.was.finally.there (2001:470:5:c77::99) 137.513 ms 140.437 ms 145.356 ms

      48 To.sit.on.my.throne.as.the.prince.of.Bel-air (2001:470:5:c77::9e) 141.32 ms 138.345 ms 136.962 ms

      49 By.Ryan.Werber.Beaglenetworks.net (2001:470:5:c77::a1) 137.035 ms 140.033 ms 138.015 ms

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  4. Mayday
    Go

    Nice to see

    That someone is putting their CCIE to a better use than what I am!

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  5. ravenviz Silver badge
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    Decwars!

    DEC wars

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    1. Frumious Bandersnatch
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      Re: Decwars!

      Was never much of a fan of [Dec] Wars. [Vax] Trek was more my thing.

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  6. mIRCat
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    Episode IV - A NEW HOP.

    A few packets ago on a network far, far away....

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    1. Simon_Sharwood_Reg_APAC_Editor (Written by Reg staff)
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      Happy

      Re: Episode IV - A NEW HOP.

      Very good. Buy this man a cigar.

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  7. Allan George Dyer
    Childcatcher

    <rant>An unused /24?!

    DOESN'T THIS RYAN WERBER KNOW THERE ARE DEPRIVED PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT /24? A /24 CAN PROVIDE 254 CHINESE PEASANTS WITH A VITAL CONNECTION TO POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE PARTS OF THE WORLD, OR IT CAN BE SPLIT INTO /29s AND PROVIDE VALUABLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO THIRTY TWO SMALL/MEDIUM ENTERPRISES STRUGGLING TO SEND OUT LOTTERY WIN NOTIFICATIONS AND LINKS TO FAKE BANK WEBSITES</rant>... oh, forget it...

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    1. wowfood
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      Re: <rant>An unused /24?!

      STOP SHOUTING!

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      1. Ian Yates
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        Re: <rant>An unused /24?!

        wowfood has a point.

        Given the <rant> tag, I would assume some kind of transform declaration would handle the uppercase. In CSS terms, something like "text-transform: uppercase".

        What's that? Oh, don't worry; it's not that cold out.

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        1. TeeCee Gold badge
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          Re: <rant>An unused /24?!

          Do you know, you could almost believe that worked?

          As HTML doesn't work in titles, that would explain why the title is still in mixed case. Unfortunately there is a giveaway in the lower-case "s" after "/29".

          Who's taking the requirement for a "<rant>" tag to the W3C?

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          1. Allan George Dyer
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            Re: <rant>An unused /24?!

            Definitely, the internet needs a "<rant>" tag! I <rant>NEED</rant> a "<rant>" tag.

            Incidentally, is there a style guide that specifies how to pluralise /29 while shouting?

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            1. Ian Yates
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              Re: <rant>An unused /24?!

              I guess it's: ?"(

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  8. Mayday
    Alert

    Yes the IPv4 space is running on vapour.

    And I know of quite a few businesses who have their own public IPs which are being used for internal PC use. One in particular even uses their own /8 for desktop PCs (if I said what the /8 was then you would be able to find out who the organisation was - but a hint is they spell it "organization")

    Do I approve? Hardly... but I cant see ANY business which has such a valuable commodity surrendering it because someone else is asking for it or feels a little sad they don't have such a resource to waste.

    Having said this, it further solidifies the need for IPv6 to be released on a wide scale in my view. Then no one will care about all these poxy 8-24 bit address ranges that people might be pilfering. One anti-IPv6 view is who is going to budget for the labour and kit to implement it within the enterprise - although this is another discussion entirely.

    What is most likely to happen with the subject's /24 is his employer will require it for some kind of deployment in the near future and naturally this fun little exercise will cease when that happens. Until then just enjoy the humorous side of it and/or get over it.

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    1. rwerber
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      Re: Yes the IPv4 space is running on vapour.

      The donor of the /24 is an ISP. it is one of their unused blocks which will be consumed most likely in the next 6 months. It doesnt actually use the IPs, it just uses the reverse DNS records.

      ISP's get a /20 at a time (16 /24's) and there are times when some are not used.

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Yes the IPv4 space is running on vapour.

      A few years ago IANA asked all of the /8 holders (several of which are US universities) to "trade-in" their address allocations for smaller blocks, allowing IANA to gain more addresses and buy a bit more time before IPv4 was exhausted. All of them (with one exception) refused.

      Says a lot that does.

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    3. AVee
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      Re: Yes the IPv4 space is running on vapour.

      "And I know of quite a few businesses who have their own public IPs which are being used for internal PC use."

      As in, using IP addresses the way the internet was intended?

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  9. ElReg!comments!Pierre

    Rather amusing result?

    It would be rather more amusing if your traceroute presented the results in a more civilized manner.

    For the poor souls unable to get their hands on a real machine:

    10 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 94.504 ms 89.281 ms 88.483 ms

    11 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 88.696 ms 97.793 ms 96.447 ms

    12 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 81.160 ms 80.384 ms 84.499 ms

    13 Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 73.969 ms 77.264 ms 83.163 ms

    14 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 86.083 ms 79.081 ms 81.519 ms

    15 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 84.520 ms 79.735 ms 85.686 ms

    16 against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25) 86.103 ms 87.797 ms 85.189 ms

    17 During.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 92.026 ms 94.525 ms 95.315 ms

    18 Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 86.278 ms 90.951 ms 80.816 ms

    19 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 89.398 ms 87.976 ms 77.482 ms

    20 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 85.232 ms 83.784 ms 81.638 ms

    21 the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46) 82.016 ms 79.823 ms 88.794 ms

    22 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 88.333 ms 89.604 ms 85.701 ms

    23 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 91.673 ms 91.219 ms 86.865 ms

    24 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 74.739 ms 83.246 ms 82.971 ms

    25 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 75.581 ms 82.458 ms 85.756 ms

    26 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 83.561 ms 81.955 ms 86.489 ms

    27 Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 87.341 ms 91.137 ms 94.531 ms

    28 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 93.274 ms 95.313 ms 97.448 ms

    29 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 97.823 ms 80.401 ms 86.990 ms

    30 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 86.710 ms 82.553 ms 89.645 ms

    31 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 93.327 ms 91.365 ms 85.288 ms

    32 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 86.546 ms 95.534 ms 92.901 ms

    33 0-------------------0 (206.214.251.94) 93.657 ms 96.636 ms 95.635 ms

    34 0------------------0 (206.214.251.97) 95.998 ms 98.693 ms 75.227 ms

    35 0-----------------0 (206.214.251.102) 84.989 ms 85.909 ms 79.472 ms

    36 0----------------0 (206.214.251.105) 84.533 ms 82.324 ms 86.147 ms

    37 0---------------0 (206.214.251.110) 85.247 ms 94.674 ms 97.176 ms

    38 0--------------0 (206.214.251.113) 93.953 ms 88.564 ms 91.396 ms

    39 0-------------0 (206.214.251.118) 94.096 ms 91.079 ms 96.546 ms

    40 0------------0 (206.214.251.121) 77.409 ms 83.731 ms 82.427 ms

    41 0-----------0 (206.214.251.126) 80.867 ms 87.531 ms 90.112 ms

    42 0----------0 (206.214.251.129) 91.591 ms 85.747 ms 88.709 ms

    43 0---------0 (206.214.251.134) 93.784 ms 95.922 ms 92.855 ms

    44 0--------0 (206.214.251.137) 90.986 ms 94.511 ms 88.741 ms

    45 0-------0 (206.214.251.142) 90.158 ms 73.978 ms 80.759 ms

    46 0------0 (206.214.251.145) 79.025 ms 77.294 ms 83.660 ms

    47 0-----0 (206.214.251.150) 86.608 ms 91.295 ms 88.665 ms

    48 0----0 (206.214.251.153) 88.185 ms 86.044 ms 90.736 ms

    49 0---0 (206.214.251.158) 94.240 ms 97.500 ms 96.600 ms

    50 0--0 (206.214.251.161) 93.564 ms 91.398 ms 79.103 ms

    51 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 84.263 ms 84.652 ms 79.042 ms

    52 00 (206.214.251.169) 87.126 ms 84.519 ms 85.306 ms

    53 I (206.214.251.174) 97.280 ms 95.550 ms 92.924 ms

    54 By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177) 91.650 ms 93.334 ms 96.675 ms

    55 When.CCIEs.Get.Bored (206.214.251.182) 97.928 ms 99.182 ms 95.551 ms

    56 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.185) 80.004 ms 85.447 ms 85.823 ms

    57 FIN (206.214.251.190) 82.474 ms * *

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  10. rwerber

    A few corrections

    Hello; I am Ryan Werber the author of the traceroute.

    If you use tracert -h 100 216.81.59.173 on windows, you will get the full result. On linux, its traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173. Macs do not need any extra parameters.

    The IP is still blocked from a few ISPs because of the massive Denial of Service attack that was launched on the IP address on Sunday afternoon which forced it down. You can read more about it at my website

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    1. Mayday
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      Re: A few corrections

      Nice work mate! Keep it up :)

      #22386

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    2. JonW
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      Re: A few corrections

      Very well done, my dear sir.

      May I propose that you give it a few hours to get around the intertubes, then change to something along the lines of

      never.going.to.give

      you.up.never.going.

      to.let.you.down

      etc...

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      1. Morphius
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        Re: A few corrections

        evil..... but funny....

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      2. Daniel B.
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        Re: A few corrections

        hahaha ... it's already rick rolling us!

        5 10gigabitethernet3-1.core1.dal1.he.net (206.223.118.37) 8.000 ms 4.000 ms 4.000 ms

        6 10gigabitethernet5-4.core1.atl1.he.net (184.105.213.114) 24.000 ms 24.000 ms 28.001 ms

        7 216.66.0.26 (216.66.0.26) 20.001 ms 20.001 ms 20.001 ms

        8 * * *

        9 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 72.001 ms

        10 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 68.001 ms 76.001 ms 64.001 ms

        11 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 68.001 ms 72.001 ms 72.001 ms

        12 Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 72.001 ms 68.001 ms 64.001 ms

        13 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        14 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        15 against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        16 During.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 60.001 ms

        17 Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        18 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 64.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        19 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        20 the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        21 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 64.001 ms 60.001 ms 64.001 ms

        22 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 64.001 ms

        23 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 64.001 ms

        24 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 64.001 ms

        25 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 60.001 ms

        26 Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 64.001 ms

        27 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        28 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        29 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 64.001 ms

        30 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 64.001 ms 60.001 ms 60.001 ms

        31 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 64.001 ms

        32 0-----I-------I-----0 (206.214.251.94) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        33 0------------------0 (206.214.251.97) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 64.001 ms

        34 0-----------------0 (206.214.251.102) 60.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        35 0----------------0 (206.214.251.105) 64.001 ms 60.001 ms 64.001 ms

        36 0---------------0 (206.214.251.110) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        37 0--------------0 (206.214.251.113) 64.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        38 0-------------0 (206.214.251.118) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        39 0------------0 (206.214.251.121) 64.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        40 0-----------0 (206.214.251.126) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        41 0----------0 (206.214.251.129) 64.001 ms 68.001 ms 64.001 ms

        42 0---------0 (206.214.251.134) 64.001 ms 68.001 ms 64.000 ms

        43 0--------0 (206.214.251.137) 64.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        44 0-------0 (206.214.251.142) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        45 0------0 (206.214.251.145) 64.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        46 0-----0 (206.214.251.150) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 64.001 ms

        47 0----0 (206.214.251.153) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 72.001 ms

        48 0---0 (206.214.251.158) 72.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        49 0--0 (206.214.251.161) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        50 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        51 00 (206.214.251.169) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        52 I (206.214.251.174) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        53 By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177) 68.001 ms 68.001 ms 68.001 ms

        54 Never.Gonna.Give.You.Up (206.214.251.182) 68.001 ms 64.001 ms 68.001 ms

        55 Bring.Home.Something.For.Dinner (206.214.251.185) 64.001 ms 72.001 ms 64.001 ms

        56 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.190) 68.001 ms * *

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    3. James 36
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      Pint

      Re: A few corrections

      made me feel warm and fuzzy

      have one on me

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    4. Irongut
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      Pint

      Re: A few corrections

      Good Man! I'll raise a glass to you tonight.

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  11. fearnothing
    Pint

    Beautiful. I salute you sir. A beer, because please have one on me.

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  12. fawlty
    Pint

    Bravo

    Ale away.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Coat

      Re: Bravo

      Bar Wars???

      (Excuse me while I put my Jedi robe on...)

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  13. Anonymous South African Coward Bronze badge
    Happy

    Excellent

    Well done. :)

    Now... about that rickroll...

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  14. Trainee grumpy old ****
    WTF?

    El Reg, I'm worried about you

    Time was when I could read stories like this here days before they appeared anywhere else. This is the second deja vu story this week.

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    1. taxman
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      Re: El Reg, I'm worried about you

      Funny you should say that again. Earliest I saw 216.81.59.173 was last Sunday.

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  15. ExRLCBod
    Joke

    HE DID IT

    The Rick Roll is there

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  16. JimC

    Now if only you'd done that fifteen years ago

    When a lump of subnet was readily available to everyone

    I'm sure you'd have started a new craze in traceroute ascii art.

    But quite brilliant. Congratulations.

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  17. Will Godfrey Silver badge
    Happy

    Very nice. It's a shame only net-heads will ever see it. Hmmm, no. Maybe that's a good thing!

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  18. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Only Dirk Gently

    could get away with billing for this, though

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  19. Professor Falken
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    Great to see someone using the internet in the way it was intended....

    anyone remember telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl ?

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    1. Irongut
      Reply Icon
      Pint

      Re: Great to see someone using the internet in the way it was intended....

      Superb. The creators of that deserve a pint too!

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  20. kyle elliott

    Changed again

    DAMN YOU RICKROLL!

    10 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 216.66.0.26

    11 52 ms 55 ms 55 ms 10.26.26.102

    12 55 ms 54 ms 54 ms Episode.IV [206.214.251.1]

    13 54 ms 55 ms 56 ms A.NEW.HOPE [206.214.251.6]

    14 55 ms 56 ms 55 ms It.is.a.period.of.civil.war [206.214.251.9]

    15 57 ms 55 ms 56 ms Rebel.spaceships [206.214.251.14]

    16 56 ms 56 ms 55 ms striking.from.a.hidden.base [206.214.251.17]

    17 56 ms 55 ms 55 ms have.won.their.first.victory [206.214.251.22]

    18 57 ms 53 ms 55 ms against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire [206.214.251.2

    ]

    19 53 ms 55 ms 54 ms During.the.battle [206.214.251.30]

    20 54 ms 53 ms 57 ms Rebel.spies.managed [206.214.251.33]

    21 57 ms 54 ms 55 ms to.steal.secret.plans [206.214.251.38]

    22 55 ms 56 ms 54 ms to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon [206.214.251.41]

    23 57 ms 54 ms 55 ms the.DEATH.STAR [206.214.251.46]

    24 57 ms 54 ms 54 ms an.armored.space.station [206.214.251.49]

    25 57 ms 53 ms 54 ms with.enough.power.to [206.214.251.54]

    26 57 ms 54 ms 54 ms destroy.an.entire.planet [206.214.251.57]

    27 58 ms 54 ms 55 ms Pursued.by.the.Empires [206.214.251.62]

    28 57 ms 56 ms 53 ms sinister.agents [206.214.251.65]

    29 58 ms 54 ms 54 ms Princess.Leia.races.home [206.214.251.70]

    30 56 ms 58 ms 54 ms aboard.her.starship [206.214.251.73]

    31 56 ms 54 ms 55 ms custodian.of.the.stolen.plans [206.214.251.78]

    32 57 ms 54 ms 54 ms that.can.save.her [206.214.251.81]

    33 57 ms 57 ms 58 ms people.and.restore [206.214.251.86]

    34 58 ms 58 ms 55 ms freedom.to.the.galaxy [206.214.251.89]

    35 55 ms 55 ms 54 ms 0-----I-------I-----0 [206.214.251.94]

    36 56 ms 59 ms 55 ms 0------------------0 [206.214.251.97]

    37 56 ms 55 ms 55 ms 0-----------------0 [206.214.251.102]

    38 56 ms 60 ms 54 ms 0----------------0 [206.214.251.105]

    39 56 ms 54 ms 59 ms 0---------------0 [206.214.251.110]

    40 57 ms 59 ms 54 ms 0--------------0 [206.214.251.113]

    41 59 ms 55 ms 56 ms 0-------------0 [206.214.251.118]

    42 58 ms 59 ms 59 ms 0------------0 [206.214.251.121]

    43 54 ms 55 ms 55 ms 0-----------0 [206.214.251.126]

    44 57 ms 54 ms 55 ms 0----------0 [206.214.251.129]

    45 57 ms 54 ms 55 ms 0---------0 [206.214.251.134]

    46 58 ms 60 ms 59 ms 0--------0 [206.214.251.137]

    47 58 ms 59 ms 55 ms 0-------0 [206.214.251.142]

    48 58 ms 55 ms 59 ms 0------0 [206.214.251.145]

    49 58 ms 55 ms 60 ms 0-----0 [206.214.251.150]

    50 58 ms 58 ms 60 ms 0----0 [206.214.251.153]

    51 56 ms 59 ms 60 ms 0---0 [206.214.251.158]

    52 58 ms 59 ms 59 ms 0--0 [206.214.251.161]

    53 57 ms 60 ms 60 ms 0-0 [206.214.251.166]

    54 59 ms 59 ms 57 ms 00 [206.214.251.169]

    55 59 ms 59 ms 55 ms I [206.214.251.174]

    56 58 ms 59 ms 60 ms By.Ryan.Werber [206.214.251.177]

    57 58 ms 60 ms 60 ms Never.Gonna.Give.You.Up [206.214.251.182]

    58 57 ms 59 ms 60 ms Never.Gonna.Let.You.Down [206.214.251.185]

    59 58 ms 61 ms 60 ms read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net [216.81.59.173]

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  21. the-it-slayer
    Pint

    If you appreciate text/ASCII like the above, check this telnet session out...

    telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

    This is what you call magical and a friday pint worth of effort to whoever made it.

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    1. the-it-slayer
      Reply Icon
      Happy

      Re: If you appreciate text/ASCII like the above, check this telnet session out...

      @Professor Falken - sorry, didn't see your post above. deserves more mentions.

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  22. relpy
    Thumb Up

    Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Internet, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its connectivity surrounds us and binds us. Socially Networked beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Internet around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the microwave, everywhere, yes. Even between the destination address and the router.

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  23. bob, mon!
    Facepalm

    Sadly, still blocked by Verizon wireless.

    Wahhhhh...

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  24. Joe Montana
    WTF?

    Fakeroute

    Rather than all that hassle, you could just use a program like fakeroute to fake the traceroute responses...

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  25. Anonymous Coward
    Pint

    Thanks El Reg...

    That icon in the preview sure did it for me ;-)

    Am I the only one who all of a sudden got the urge to watch Leia in her metal bikini, errhm: I meant to watch Return of the Jedi again ?

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  26. d0ubs

    Funny stuff (although a bit old, saw it 1 or 2 weeks ago on reddit...)

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  27. Simon_Sharwood_Reg_APAC_Editor (Written by Reg staff)

    More Star Wars ASCII

    I'm sure we all remember asciimation.co.nz ?

    If not, go now

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  28. Technoblogical

    For those wanting to try the IPv6 on Windows, I have made a video on how to do it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YXwN445LXc

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