Post B61WbjzqOOaIGbsbcO by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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 (DIR) Post #B61WbjnR8Wexe84hHM by benjojo@benjojo.co.uk
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       Mildly interesting, it seems that one of the name servers for the .de DNS zone has all of their Cogent customers going via CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) all the way to ChinaA traceroute from Cogent in Frankfurt:traceroute to 194.246.96.1 (194.246.96.1), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1  * * 2  be5200.ccr41.fra05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.76.169)  0.603 ms 3  be7946.ccr42.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.72.117)  9.937 ms  4  be2780.ccr32.mrs02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.72.226)  20.813 ms  5  be2899.ccr21.hkg02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.42)  181.371 ms  6  154.18.9.165 (154.18.9.165)  185.283 ms  7  159.226.254.229 (159.226.254.229)  220.828 ms  8  * * 9  218.241.107.69 (218.241.107.69)  221.520 ms !X *Probably a mistake rather than anything malicious, but that's still some extra long haul miles for some DNS queries
       
 (DIR) Post #B61WbjzqOOaIGbsbcO by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @benjojois that traceroute truncated?In my (admittedly very small) experience, ~200ms RTT is enough to get to Japan, but crossing the border into China adds another 100ms...although I guess traffic to the .de DNS would stay in CNNIC's equivalent of a the duty-free zone?
       
 (DIR) Post #B61X3iyllhdDDhikK0 by alarig@hostux.social
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       @wolf480pl @benjojo I would say that doing so, you’re exposed to the Chinese firewall.
       
 (DIR) Post #B61XSJE2enNkaOaSi8 by benjojo@benjojo.co.uk
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       @wolf480pl It really depends on what physical path the data takes, if you go over the TTK cable over Russia you can get to china quite quickly from the EU
       
 (DIR) Post #B61XSJeH5GMjtkrPbE by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @benjojobut shouldn't there still be a sharp latemcy bump from the firewall?