[dns-operations] Pinging the root name servers to check my connectivity?

[Warren Kumari]

On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:27 AM, WBrown at e1b.org wrote:

> Jeroen Massar <jeroen at unfix.org> wrote on 09/11/2012 09:06:55 AM:
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>> Or should be building into a product... 
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> Given the slight odds of them getting it correct, I'd agree with that.

Obligatory reference to what happens when CPE vendors decide to use a "public" resource instead of running their own / being responsible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_server_misuse_and_abuse


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