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1.1.1.1 is a normal IP.
by skrause 8y ago
1.1.1.1 is a normal IP.
- regecks 8y ago> The Cloudflare-APNIC experiment uses two IPv4 address ranges, 1.1.1/24 and 1.0.0/24, which have been reserved for research use. Cloudflare's new DNS uses two addresses within those ranges, 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1. They had acknowledged to themselves going into it that the IPs weren't "normal". They could have easily chosen a safer range if that was a priority.
- hamandcheese 8y ago1.1.1.1 is widely known to be a dumping ground of random traffic, as well as a common internal address for captive portals and whatnot. The entire rollout of 1.1.1.1 has been characterized by legacy bugs and misconfigurations of network hardware preventing its proper use. Regardless of what the standards say about 1.1.1.1, it was a poor choice if Cloudflare values widespread adoption.