[outages] Packet loss to 4.2.2.2

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Luthman" <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>

> Can you share from/to? I was told 4.2.2.2 is anycast (or otherwise
> geographically diverse), though I have no proof of that.

4.2.2.x are *authoritatively* multicast; I have that from someone who
is involved in running recursive DNS for whatever the hell they're calling
themselves this year.  :-)

In other news: not all 6 of those servers will always respond to ping traffic
even if they're resolving; it's random; presumably they don't want anyone
to get too settled into using them as a ping beacon to watching the weather
on the 'net.  Understandably.

Cheers,
-- jra
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