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+LFT, short for Layer Four Traceroute, is a sort of 'traceroute' that
+often works much faster (than the commonly-used Van Jacobson method)
+and goes through many configurations of packet-filter based firewalls.
+More importantly, LFT implements numerous other features including AS
+number lookups, loose source routing, netblock name lookups, et al.