[Outages-discussion] [outages] [External] Re: 4.2.2.2 down in LA area

[Calvin E.]

Out of curiosity regarding non-Lumen customers using 4.2.2.2, why not use
the intentionally public DNS like Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and Google
8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4?

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 10:30 Hunter Fuller via Outages <outages at outages.org>
wrote:

> Additionally, configuring one DNS server is a bad idea. I’m not sure if
> 4.2.2.2 is anycasted, but 4.2.2.1 through 4.2.2.6 exist and all work, so if
> you are a Lumen customer and want to use their resolvers, it’d be prudent
> to configure any two of those.
>
> In other words, I mean this as gently as possible, but one of six
> redundant servers going offline is not what I’d call an “outage.”
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 08:34 Mike Bolitho via Outages <outages at outages.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Speaking as a former Level 3 employee from way back. 4.2.2.2 is NOT a
>> polling server. So if you're using it for that, you should stop. Second,
>> while it is publicly available for DNS, it is first and foremost a server
>> for Level 3 customers. What they do with it and how available it is outside
>> the network is not guaranteed. YMMV.
>>
>> - Mike Bolitho
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 3:03 AM Michael B. Williams via Outages <
>> outages at outages.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Team - I have been seeing issues as well since approximately 19
>>> December 2022.
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