For me, the traceroute plugin does work fine. However, its output is not very cool. Sure, a list of IP addresses is neat-o, but maybe we could make it much better.
Take, for example, the output of "prtraceroute" from isi.edu. This version (sample below) not only does the original traceroute stuff, but also adds AS mapping and shows the AS path. This would be much more useful than just a list of IP addresses. Any ideas on how to make Nessus use prtraceroute (or similar) instead of the current simple list of IP addresses? Sample output: ----------------- prtraceroute to www.XXX.com (216.183.XXX.XXX), 30 hops max, 12 byte packets 1 [AS2828] XXX.XXX.org (65.104.XXX.XXX) 2.26 ms 1.977 ms 1.695 ms 2 [AS2828] 208.177.XXX.X (208.177.XXX.X) 29.89 ms 29.703 ms 29.529 ms 3 [AS2828] 206.83.XX.X (206.83.XX.X) 31.69 ms 30.995 ms 30.83 ms 4 [AS2828] 209.220.89.11 (209.220.89.11) 31.911 ms 31.354 ms 32.413 ms 5 [AS2828] 209.220.89.10 (209.220.89.10) 33.245 ms 33.104 ms 33.053 ms 6 [AS2828] 207.88.83.17 (207.88.83.17) 32.408 ms 31.842 ms 31.482 ms 7 [AS2828] 65.106.6.13 (65.106.6.13) 33.137 ms 32.822 ms 33.2 ms 8 [AS2828] 65.106.0.21 (65.106.0.21) 75.194 ms 75.217 ms 75.092 ms 9 [AS2828] 64.220.0.21 (64.220.0.21) 76.822 ms 77.917 ms 76.457 ms 10 [AS3549] 208.50.13.77 (208.50.13.77) 87.676 ms 76.695 ms 76.757 ms 11 [AS3549] 207.136.13.12 (207.136.13.12) 76.043 ms 76.667 ms 76.213 ms 12 [AS3549] 206.132.12.10 (206.132.12.10) 94.652 ms 95.39 ms 95.32 ms 13 [AS3549] 206.132.17.14 (206.132.17.14) 94.71 ms 96.378 ms 94.263 ms 14 [AS3549] 64.210.XX.XX (64.210.XX.XX) 95.206 ms 95.211 ms 123.727 ms 15 [AS18591] 216.1.XXX.X (216.1.XXX.X) 95.712 ms 126.402 ms 96.105 ms 16 [AS18591] www.XXX.com (216.183.XXX.XXX) 94.923 ms 98.919 ms 95.35 ms Path taken: AS2828 AS3549 AS18591 16 AS18591 www.XXX.com destination -> internal 15 AS18591 216.1.XXX.X internal -> !export 14 AS3549 64.210.XX.XX import: 2 -> internal 13 AS3549 206.132.17.14 internal -> internal 12 AS3549 206.132.12.10 internal -> internal 11 AS3549 207.136.13.12 internal -> internal 10 AS3549 208.50.13.77 internal -> !export 9 AS2828 64.220.0.21 import: 1 -> internal 8 AS2828 65.106.0.21 internal -> internal 7 AS2828 65.106.6.13 internal -> internal 6 AS2828 207.88.83.17 internal -> internal 5 AS2828 209.220.89.10 internal -> internal 4 AS2828 209.220.89.11 internal -> internal 3 AS2828 206.83.XX.X internal -> internal 2 AS2828 208.177.XXX.X internal -> internal 1 AS2828 XXX.XXX.org internal -> internal 0 AS2828 XXXXX.XXX.org internal -> source -- ~Jay
