[outages] [EXTERNAL] Ping to Google 8.8.8.8

[Mike Bolitho]

Yes, it has been this way for at least a decade. DNS are not polling
servers.

- Mike Bolitho

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 1:29 PM James Host via Outages <outages at outages.org>
wrote:

> Is it that atypical for these public-facing services to drop ICMP when
> they get hot? I'd not consider it an indicator of service down unless
> you're getting SRVFAILs
>
> James Host
> Architect - CDN Platform
> E: jhost at vultr.com
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 12:01 PM Christopher Conley via Outages <
> outages at outages.org> wrote:
>
>> This happens occasionally on 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. We used to use these
>> IPs as Internet reachability tests for determining failover to backup
>> circuits and moved away from it after the first occurrence of this
>> happening.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Christopher Conley
>>
>> Systems Administrator |  Fors Marsh Group
>>
>> 1010 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 510
>>
>> Arlington, VA 22201
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Outages <outages-bounces at outages.org> *On Behalf Of *Justin
>> Krejci via Outages
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 8, 2022 2:34 PM
>> *To:* outages at outages.org
>> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [outages] Ping to Google 8.8.8.8
>>
>>
>>
>> Seeing some hosts and not others get no reply to ICMP pings from the
>> Minneapolis, MN area. I checked using HE's looking glass, 1 of their 2
>> Minneapolis routers gets no replies. Since many use and assume 8.8.8.8 is
>> invincible, this has now started setting off monitoring alerts. DNS queries
>> so far seem unaffected.
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