> On 2/9/22 09:30, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > > > > Let me repeat that there is a service which is officially intended to > > be pinged/queried/etc, the RIPE Anchors. > > Yeah, but how do we get out there in a manner that Jane can easily find and > use, like she does 8.8.8.8?
It wouldn't be too hard for ripe to setup a dns record for ping.ripe.net and point it towards a local anchor for each request. I think it could generate some interesting data for the atlas project as well. Once it becomes popular the anchor hosters may not be so happy about the traffic they receive , but that is another story. Brian
