Track your web traffic around the world with Open Visual Traceroute

Open Visual Traceroute is a Java-based, cross-platform networking toolkit which displays the path of your web traffic on 3D world map. Despite the "Traceroute" name, that's not all. Bonus features include a Whois tool, and a WinPcap-powered packet sniffer which shows exactly what your traffic contains. Once you've got Java installed, setup is easy. The program runs on Windows, Linux and Mac, and although our test PC didn’t have the required WinPcap library, the setup program installed this itself. Basic traceroute tasks are just as straightforward. Type a host or IP address in the box, hit Enter and Open Visual Traceroute… [Continue Reading]