On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 04:21:08PM +0200, Robert Kisteleki <robert@ripe.net> wrote a message of 27 lines which said:
the machine (and the name) is no longer operational.
But something still replies: % ping -c3 ns.ripe.net PING ns.ripe.net (193.0.9.6) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ns.ripe.net (193.0.9.6): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=45.5 ms 64 bytes from ns.ripe.net (193.0.9.6): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=42.8 ms 64 bytes from ns.ripe.net (193.0.9.6): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=42.1 ms --- ns.ripe.net ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 42.198/43.541/45.538/1.439 ms % ping6 -c3 ns.ripe.net PING ns.ripe.net(ns.ripe.net) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from ns.ripe.net: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=46.5 ms 64 bytes from ns.ripe.net: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=42.7 ms 64 bytes from ns.ripe.net: icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=44.6 ms --- ns.ripe.net ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 42.793/44.654/46.553/1.535 ms