Request for credits: DNS resolution measurement across Brazilian ASNs
Hello, I am the technical operator of a licensed online gaming platform in Brazil and I would like to request RIPE Atlas credits for a DNS measurement. Context: our domain (vixe.bet) was included in a DNS blocking list issued by a Brazilian federal authority and enforced by Anatel, the national telecom regulator, starting 25 July 2026. The inclusion was later determined to be an error — we hold a valid state licence — and on 29 July 2026 the same authority formally instructed Anatel to unblock the domain. What I need to verify is whether that unblocking has actually propagated to the recursive resolvers of the major Brazilian ISPs. Since the blocking is implemented at DNS resolver level by each operator individually, I cannot observe it from outside their networks. Residential proxies do not work for this, as the DNS resolution happens at the proxy gateway rather than on the end device. Proposed measurement: one-off DNS lookups (type A) for our domain, plus one control domain still on the blocking list and one unaffected domain, from probes in BR filtered by ASN — primarily Vivo, Claro, TIM and Oi, plus regional providers where probes are available. Roughly 200 probes, three queries each. By my calculation this costs around 12,000 credits per run. I would like to repeat it a few times over the coming weeks to confirm the result is stable, so I am requesting 50,000 credits. My RIPE Atlas account e-mail is: yurigow@gmail.com I am also in the process of setting up a software probe on our own infrastructure, which is in a Brazilian ASN. Thank you very much, Yuri CEO, Playzen Gaming LTDA
Am 05.08.26 um 06:25 schrieb Yuri:
By my calculation this costs around 12,000 credits per run. I would like to repeat it a few times over the coming weeks to confirm the result is stable, so I am requesting 50,000 credits.
Gave you 800.000. Hope this is enough.
I am also in the process of setting up a software probe on our own infrastructure, which is in a Brazilian ASN.
Always a good idea, especially if no probe exists yet in this ASN. -- Gruß Marco Junk-Mail bitte an trashcan@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de
Bom dia Yuri, I just sent you 5 million – good luck! Kind regards, -Michael __________________ Michael J. Oghia Founder, Oghia Advising Belgrade, Serbia (CEST) | LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 6:26 AM Yuri <yurigow@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I am the technical operator of a licensed online gaming platform in Brazil and I would like to request RIPE Atlas credits for a DNS measurement.
Context: our domain (vixe.bet) was included in a DNS blocking list issued by a Brazilian federal authority and enforced by Anatel, the national telecom regulator, starting 25 July 2026. The inclusion was later determined to be an error — we hold a valid state licence — and on 29 July 2026 the same authority formally instructed Anatel to unblock the domain.
What I need to verify is whether that unblocking has actually propagated to the recursive resolvers of the major Brazilian ISPs. Since the blocking is implemented at DNS resolver level by each operator individually, I cannot observe it from outside their networks. Residential proxies do not work for this, as the DNS resolution happens at the proxy gateway rather than on the end device.
Proposed measurement: one-off DNS lookups (type A) for our domain, plus one control domain still on the blocking list and one unaffected domain, from probes in BR filtered by ASN — primarily Vivo, Claro, TIM and Oi, plus regional providers where probes are available. Roughly 200 probes, three queries each.
By my calculation this costs around 12,000 credits per run. I would like to repeat it a few times over the coming weeks to confirm the result is stable, so I am requesting 50,000 credits.
My RIPE Atlas account e-mail is: yurigow@gmail.com
I am also in the process of setting up a software probe on our own infrastructure, which is in a Brazilian ASN.
Thank you very much,
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