Scapy, Traceroute and Pretty Pictures

much much more available in the documentation
http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/doc/usage.html

but here is how to make a cool traceroute graph from you to another host.

from: http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/doc/usage.html#tcp-traceroute-2

Welcome to Scapy (v1.1.1 / -)
>>> res, unans = traceroute("www.google.com",dport=80,maxttl=20)
Begin emission:
*****************Finished to send 20 packets.
*
Received 18 packets, got 18 answers, remaining 2 packets
209.85.225.103:tcp80
1 209.20.72.2 11
2 209.20.79.6 11
3 4.53.160.189 11
4 4.69.132.186 11
5 4.69.132.190 11
6 4.68.101.34 11
7 4.79.208.18 11
8 209.85.254.130 11
9 72.14.232.141 11
10 209.85.241.35 11
11 66.249.95.138 11
14 209.85.225.103 SA
15 209.85.225.103 SA
16 209.85.225.103 SA
17 209.85.225.103 SA
18 209.85.225.103 SA
19 209.85.225.103 SA
20 209.85.225.103 SA
>>> res.graph(target="> /tmp/graph.svg")
>>>

opening up /tmp/graph.svg will give you: