This may be stupid but..

John Neiberger john.neiberger at efirstbank.com
Mon Nov 10 20:25:22 UTC 2003


>>>> <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> 11/10/03 12:50:47 PM >>>
>On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:27:46 +0100, Daniel Roesen <dr at cluenet.de> 
said:
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:03:15AM +0000, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com
wrote:
>> > When I interview, I start out by asking one or two key questions
that
>> > help me quickly get to the truth. For instance at one company,
when I
>> > has hiring NOC folks, I started by asking them to explain
traceroute 
>> > to me.
>> 
>> "Which one? ICMP, UDP or TCP traceroute (to name the usual ones)?"
>
>What kind, African, or European?  (Woe unto the interviewer who
doesn't know. ;)

Hmm...I think it would be more informative to know if the traceroute
were laden or unladen. Everyone knows that unladen traceroutes display
faster response times.
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