SMRTR ProgrammingDec 14, 2025Lobsters

Traceroute Tool from Scratch in Go

SMRTR summary

This guide explains how traceroute uses TTL fields in IP packets to map network paths, then builds a complete implementation in Go using raw sockets.

SMRTR provides this summary for quick context. The original article belongs to Lobsters.

Read the original article
SMRTR Programming

Get the next batch of curated stories in your inbox.

This archive is built from SMRTR newsletter stories. Subscribe for hand-picked stories without the extra noise.

Related Stories

Browse Programming
ProgrammingAug 23, 2026

Rust Glancer

Rust-analyzer's memory bloat stems from treating all 6,666 dependencies equally — a tiered, IntelliJ-style backend could fix that.