[This post may portray opinions as facts, click to see the post] On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 21:55, Constantine A. Murenin <muren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When you're not paying for service, you're not the customer, you're the > product. > > I don't understand why anyone, especially anyone frequenting NANOG, would use > Cloudflare for their DNS. > > Cloudflare runs a racket business, and their whole business model depends on > them being a monopoly; plus people buying into the vapourware that they > offer. When have monopolies been good for any industry? There's plenty of > evidence of Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 not working correctly; I'm sure one of their > employees (or the CTO!) will show up shortly to say otherwise! > > C. > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 12:31, John Sage <js...@finchhaven.com> wrote: >> >> FULL DISCLOSURE: this is an end-user issue, but one that might have some >> operational relevance, particularly if anyone from Cloudflare DNS is on >> the list >> >> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: twice in six weeks Cloudflare DNS on my new Netgear >> Orbi cable modem/mesh WiFi hotspot has completely lost track of one (and >> only one that I know of) prominent US domain: usbank dot com >> >> Internet provider: Comcast/Xfinity "Extreme Pro+" >> >> Dynamic IP address via Comcast that hasn't changed in six-seven years >> >> New Netgear Orbi cable modem, configured with DNS through Cloudflare >> (1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1) >> >> Again, twice in 6 weeks Cloudflare DNS seems to loose complete track of >> usbank dot com as a domain >> >> Symptoms: Firefox on Ubuntu Linux returns that little puzzled dinosaur >> cartoon thing and "We can't seem to find this website right now" >> >> BUT ALSO: >> >> Each one of ping, traceroute, dig and host returns >> >> Host usbank . com not found: 2(SERVFAIL) >> >> or some variant thereof >> >> Everything else works "just fine" as the saying goes >> >> And the Cloudflare DNS drop lasted for days the first time around >> >> I can switch over to Google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.4.4.8) in the Orbi and >> immediately fix the problem >> >> So. Seems odd that Cloudflare DNS would apparently loose complete track >> of a major US domain name like usbank dot com >> >> Or am I missing something? >> >> >> - John >> -- >> John Sage >> FinchHaven Digital Photography >> Email: js...@finchhaven.com >> Web: https://finchhaven.smugmug.com/ >> Old web: http://www.finchhaven.com/ >> >> >
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