What does an asterisk/star in traceroute mean?
- by Chang
The below is a part of traceroute to my hosted server:
9 ae-2-2.ebr2.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.132.106) 19.433 ms 19.599 ms 19.275 ms
10 ae-72-72.csw2.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.151.141) 19.496 ms
ae-82-82.csw3.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.151.153) 19.630 ms
ae-62-62.csw1.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.151.129) 19.518 ms
11 ae-3-80.edge4.dallas3.level3.net (4.69.145.141) 19.659 ms
ae-2-70.edge4.dallas3.level3.net (4.69.145.77) 90.610 ms
ae-4-90.edge4.dallas3.level3.net (4.69.145.205) 19.658 ms
12 the-planet.edge4.dallas3.level3.net (4.59.32.30) 19.905 ms 19.519 ms 19.688 ms
13 te9-2.dsr01.dllstx3.networklayer.com (70.87.253.14) 40.037 ms 24.063 ms
te2-4.dsr02.dllstx3.networklayer.com (70.87.255.46) 28.605 ms
14 * * *
15 * * *
16 zyzzyva.site5.com (174.122.37.66) 20.414 ms 20.603 ms 20.467 ms
What's the meaning of lines 14 and 15? Information hidden?