Re: Authoritative Resources for Public DNS Pinging

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

I'm not looking to do the pinging myself. I have my own destinations I use. I also use the RIPE system on occasion. 





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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

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From: "Stephane Bortzmeyer" <bortzmeyer () nic fr> 
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> 
Cc: nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 12:46:54 PM 
Subject: Re: Authoritative Resources for Public DNS Pinging 

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 11:56:44AM -0600, 
Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote 
a message of 140 lines which said: 

> Are there any authoritative resources from said organizations saying 
> you shouldn't use their servers for your persistent ping 
> destinations? 

Why not using RIPE Anchors, which are made to be pinged (reasonably)?