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DNS IPv4 equal quads reachability and responsiveness

Stephen Strowes edited this page Jan 6, 2021 · 1 revision

IPv4 equal-quad addresses are particularly easily memorable and are used for some public DNS resolvers: widely known and used services are 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, and 9.9.9.9 are widely known and used.

To locate other such DNS services, we run measurements to all equal-quad IPv4 addresses that are in public IPv4 unicast space. We run ping measurements to test basic reachability, and send a DNS query to attempt to resolve the A record for the name ping.ripe.net. These measurements are extremely low-rate, running only once every 14 days, and from only 250 probes. They have been running since April 2018; an initial look at these addresses from then is available in this gist.

The full list of measurements can be retrieved from the API using the measurment tag quads.

Individual measurement IDs are as follows:

target address ping msm_id dns msm_id
1.1.1.1 16453685 16453686
2.2.2.2 16453688 16453689
3.3.3.3 16453690 16453691
4.4.4.4 16453692 16453693
5.5.5.5 16453694 16453695
6.6.6.6 16453696 16453697
7.7.7.7 16453698 16453699
8.8.8.8 16453700 16453701
9.9.9.9 16453702 16453703
11.11.11.11 16453704 16453705
12.12.12.12 16453706 16453707
13.13.13.13 16453708 16453709
14.14.14.14 16453710 16453711
15.15.15.15 16453712 16453713
16.16.16.16 16453714 16453715
17.17.17.17 16453716 16453717
18.18.18.18 16453718 16453719
19.19.19.19 16453720 16453721
20.20.20.20 16453722 16453723
21.21.21.21 16453724 16453725
22.22.22.22 16453726 16453727
23.23.23.23 16453728 16453729
24.24.24.24 16453730 16453731
25.25.25.25 16453732 16453733
26.26.26.26 16453734 16453735
27.27.27.27 16453736 16453737
28.28.28.28 16453738 16453739
29.29.29.29 16453740 16453741
30.30.30.30 16453742 16453743
31.31.31.31 16453744 16453745
32.32.32.32 16453746 16453747
33.33.33.33 16453748 16453749
34.34.34.34 16453750 16453751
35.35.35.35 16453752 16453753
36.36.36.36 16453754 16453755
37.37.37.37 16453756 16453757
38.38.38.38 16453758 16453759
39.39.39.39 16453760 16453761
40.40.40.40 16453762 16453763
41.41.41.41 16453764 16453765
42.42.42.42 16453766 16453767
43.43.43.43 16453768 16453769
44.44.44.44 16453770 16453771
45.45.45.45 16453772 16453773
46.46.46.46 16453774 16453775
47.47.47.47 16453776 16453777
48.48.48.48 16453778 16453779
49.49.49.49 16453780 16453781
50.50.50.50 16453782 16453783
51.51.51.51 16453784 16453785
52.52.52.52 16453786 16453787
53.53.53.53 16453788 16453789
54.54.54.54 16453790 16453791
55.55.55.55 16453792 16453793
56.56.56.56 16453794 16453795
57.57.57.57 16453796 16453797
58.58.58.58 16453798 16453799
59.59.59.59 16453800 16453801
60.60.60.60 16453802 16453803
61.61.61.61 16453804 16453805
62.62.62.62 16453806 16453807
63.63.63.63 16453808 16453809
64.64.64.64 16453810 16453811
65.65.65.65 16453812 16453813
66.66.66.66 16453814 16453815
67.67.67.67 16453816 16453817
68.68.68.68 16453818 16453819
69.69.69.69 16453820 16453821
70.70.70.70 16453822 16453823
71.71.71.71 16453824 16453825
72.72.72.72 16453826 16453827
73.73.73.73 16453828 16453829
74.74.74.74 16453830 16453831
75.75.75.75 16453832 16453833
76.76.76.76 16453834 16453835
77.77.77.77 16453836 16453837
78.78.78.78 16453838 16453839
79.79.79.79 16453840 16453841
80.80.80.80 16453842 16453843
81.81.81.81 16453844 16453845
82.82.82.82 16453846 16453847
83.83.83.83 16453848 16453849
84.84.84.84 16453850 16453851
85.85.85.85 16453852 16453853
86.86.86.86 16453854 16453855
87.87.87.87 16453856 16453857
88.88.88.88 16453858 16453859
89.89.89.89 16453860 16453861
90.90.90.90 16453862 16453863
91.91.91.91 16453864 16453865
92.92.92.92 16453866 16453867
93.93.93.93 16453868 16453869
94.94.94.94 16453870 16453871
95.95.95.95 16453872 16453873
96.96.96.96 16453874 16453875
97.97.97.97 16453876 16453877
98.98.98.98 16453878 16453879
99.99.99.99 16453880 16453881
100.100.100.100 16453882 16453883
101.101.101.101 16453884 16453885
102.102.102.102 16453886 16453887
103.103.103.103 16453888 16453889
104.104.104.104 16453890 16453891
105.105.105.105 16453892 16453893
106.106.106.106 16453894 16453895
107.107.107.107 16453896 16453897
108.108.108.108 16453898 16453899
109.109.109.109 16453900 16453901
110.110.110.110 16453902 16453903
111.111.111.111 16453904 16453905
112.112.112.112 16453906 16453907
113.113.113.113 16453908 16453909
114.114.114.114 16453910 16453911
115.115.115.115 16453912 16453913
116.116.116.116 16453914 16453915
117.117.117.117 16453916 16453917
118.118.118.118 16453918 16453919
119.119.119.119 16453920 16453921
120.120.120.120 16453922 16453923
121.121.121.121 16453924 16453925
122.122.122.122 16453926 16453927
123.123.123.123 16453928 16453929
124.124.124.124 16453930 16453931
125.125.125.125 16453932 16453933
126.126.126.126 16453934 16453935
128.128.128.128 16453936 16453937
129.129.129.129 16453938 16453939
130.130.130.130 16453940 16453941
131.131.131.131 16453942 16453943
132.132.132.132 16453944 16453945
133.133.133.133 16453946 16453947
134.134.134.134 16453948 16453949
135.135.135.135 16453950 16453951
136.136.136.136 16453952 16453953
137.137.137.137 16453954 16453955
138.138.138.138 16453956 16453957
139.139.139.139 16453958 16453959
140.140.140.140 16453960 16453961
141.141.141.141 16453962 16453963
142.142.142.142 16453964 16453965
143.143.143.143 16453966 16453967
144.144.144.144 16453968 16453969
145.145.145.145 16453970 16453971
146.146.146.146 16453972 16453973
147.147.147.147 16453974 16453975
148.148.148.148 16453976 16453977
149.149.149.149 16453979 16453980
150.150.150.150 16453981 16453982
151.151.151.151 16453983 16453984
152.152.152.152 16453985 16453986
153.153.153.153 16453987 16453988
154.154.154.154 16453989 16453990
155.155.155.155 16453991 16453992
156.156.156.156 16453993 16453994
157.157.157.157 16453995 16453996
158.158.158.158 16453997 16453998
159.159.159.159 16453999 16454000
160.160.160.160 16454001 16454002
161.161.161.161 16454003 16454004
162.162.162.162 16454005 16454006
163.163.163.163 16454007 16454008
164.164.164.164 16454009 16454010
165.165.165.165 16454011 16454012
166.166.166.166 16454013 16454014
167.167.167.167 16454015 16454016
168.168.168.168 16454017 16454018
169.169.169.169 16454019 16454020
170.170.170.170 16454021 16454022
171.171.171.171 16454023 16454024
172.172.172.172 16454025 16454026
173.173.173.173 16454027 16454028
174.174.174.174 16454029 16454030
175.175.175.175 16454031 16454032
176.176.176.176 16454033 16454034
177.177.177.177 16454035 16454036
178.178.178.178 16454037 16454038
179.179.179.179 16454039 16454040
180.180.180.180 16454041 16454042
181.181.181.181 16454043 16454044
182.182.182.182 16454045 16454046
183.183.183.183 16454047 16454048
184.184.184.184 16454049 16454050
185.185.185.185 16454051 16454052
186.186.186.186 16454053 16454054
187.187.187.187 16454055 16454056
188.188.188.188 16454057 16454058
189.189.189.189 16454059 16454060
190.190.190.190 16454061 16454062
191.191.191.191 16454063 16454064
192.192.192.192 16454065 16454066
193.193.193.193 16454067 16454068
194.194.194.194 16454069 16454070
195.195.195.195 16454071 16454072
196.196.196.196 16454073 16454074
197.197.197.197 16454075 16454076
198.198.198.198 16454077 16454078
199.199.199.199 16454079 16454080
200.200.200.200 16454081 16454082
201.201.201.201 16454083 16454084
202.202.202.202 16454085 16454086
203.203.203.203 16454087 16454088
204.204.204.204 16454089 16454090
205.205.205.205 16454091 16454092
206.206.206.206 16454093 16454094
207.207.207.207 16454095 16454096
208.208.208.208 16454097 16454098
209.209.209.209 16454099 16454100
210.210.210.210 16454101 16454102
211.211.211.211 16454103 16454104
212.212.212.212 16454105 16454106
213.213.213.213 16454107 16454108
214.214.214.214 16454109 16454110
215.215.215.215 16454111 16454112
216.216.216.216 16454113 16454114
217.217.217.217 16454115 16454116
218.218.218.218 16454117 16454118
219.219.219.219 16454119 16454120
220.220.220.220 16454121 16454122
221.221.221.221 16454123 16454124
222.222.222.222 16454125 16454126
223.223.223.223 16454127 16454128