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Re: Authoritative Resources for Public DNS Pinging


From: Brian Knight via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:20:35 -0600

On 2022-02-10 11:42, John Todd wrote:

"The Prudent Mariner never relies solely on any single aid to navigation"

It's best to ping multiple targets, and take action only if all targets do not return replies.

For route tracking a la $VENDOR_C's IP SLA, if possible, we'll ping next-hop IP, one target on our network, and one off our network. Withdraw the default route only if all three targets fail to return replies.

John Todd - jtodd () quad9 net
General Manager - Quad9 Recursive Resolver

./btk


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