The traceroute command was asked to display names (or it wasn't asked not to
display them with "-n") so for every hop, before sending the probe it tries
to resolve the name.
If you call it with a "-n" option it wont.
If you try it twice in fast sequence (without "-n") you'll notice that the
secon
Can anybody explain why there is a DNS request after every hop in a captured
traceroute? I would really appreciate it.
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