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DNS ping

This project recasts a ping-style diagnostic as DNS exchanges, exploring how a familiar reachability check changes when a resolver is the path.

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Ping is often the first network test people reach for. Recasting it through DNS makes a familiar diagnostic available in a very different set of network conditions.

Primary source: https://github.com/jamespwilliams/dns-over-ping