Mark, > On 9 Feb 2022, at 16:02, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/9/22 16:53, Łukasz Bromirski wrote: >> Yup. And Google folks accounted for the world pinging them all day long. >> >> I wouldn't call using DNS resolvers as best "am I connected to internet over >> this interface" tool though. A day, year or 5 years from now the same team >> may decide to drop/filter and then thousands of hardcoded "handmade >> automation solutions" will break. And I believe that's closer to what >> Masataka was trying to convey. > I get that, but what I'm saying is that users tend to expect things to remain > the same. […] If it can serve some other purpose (like liveliness detection), > they will use it for that purpose in the hopes that it will always be there, > for that purpose.
…aaaaaaand I absolutely agree with you on all of the points. -- ./
