[dns-operations] DNS Queries from some 8.0/16 ranges

Alexander Mayrhofer alexander.mayrhofer at nic.at
Sat Jun 5 07:49:57 UTC 2010


> Note that you cannot run an anycast recursor which uses the same
> network prefix for the client-side interface and the source of
> upstream queries.  It just does not work, and according to my limited
> testing, Google doesn't attempt it.  So unless there is further
> evidence, I suggest that this is just a coincidence.

Florian,

yes, of course you are right - i've been testing what source addresses
google uses for the client-side of their service - it was a normal
unicast prefix, of course.

My original mail doesn't really make much sense, admitted.

Alex



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