System 7 - Extension that shows internet connection status

[cheesestraws]

The Internet doesn't really have a concept of "being connected to the Internet" -- you can check route and quality of connection to host, and with some specialized code and hardware can query BGP tables and do large volumes of traceroutes to map existing connectivity, but that's all going to change from moment to moment.

Yes, quite. I wrangle BGP for a relatively large chunk of the DFZ for a living. It's interesting. :-D

 

[luRaichu]

Yes, quite. I wrangle BGP for a relatively large chunk of the DFZ for a living. It's interesting. :-D

Duty-Free Zone? You mean like at an AirPort?

 

[cheesestraws]

Duty-Free Zone

the default-free zone, the set of routers that do not have a default route, but learn all Internet routes via BGP.