64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=65534 ttl=58 time=27.968 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=65535 ttl=58 time=28.634 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=28.161 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=28.966 ms
I had a terminal open, running ping to monitor my internet connection earlier. Today I noticed it was close to looping, and I set an alarm to make sure I could watch it loop back to 0.
I don’t know how dull it is, but I think I have 2**16 bits of dullness here.
How many things will break if Cloudflare would block pings to 1.1.1.1.
Ohh, many things! I’m sure its hard coded by this point into lots of “robust” shell scripts and as a magic number in yaml files all over the world.
Cloud computing would die immediately