Nextgenhacker101 Tracert -

Nextgenhacker101 became the poster child for the —someone who uses basic tools they don't understand to try and look like a master hacker.

While the original channel is long gone, the videos are still archived across the internet as a nostalgic reminder of the "wild west" era of YouTube tutorials. Nextgenhacker101 Tracert

He told his audience that by typing tracert followed by a website name (like Google), he was "hacking" into their servers to reveal secret connection points. Nextgenhacker101 became the poster child for the —someone

The tracert (trace route) command is actually a basic diagnostic tool used by IT professionals to see the path data packets take across routers (hops) to reach a destination. The tracert (trace route) command is actually a

In 2011, a young boy uploaded a series of YouTube tutorials under the handle . He presented himself as a sophisticated cyber-expert, complete with an Alienware desktop background (on what was clearly an HP machine) and an air of intense seriousness.