On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Fanen A. wrote:
>> If we're talking methods then it could check that the dns ip addresses
>> it's been given are valid, or it could check a number of things. http
>> site availability is just one of them.
How about a query to a root DNS server? If you can reach DNS, you are
"on the internet" (even if port 80 is blocked).
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