DNS Shotgun is capable of simulating real client behaviour by replaying captured traffic over selected protocol(s). The timing of original queries as well as their content is kept intact. https://dns-shotgun.readthedocs.io/en/stable/key-concepts/
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A Longitudinal View of Netflix
This came across the NANOG mail list. A Longitudinal View of Netflix: Content Delivery over IPv6 and Content Cache Deployments paper: https://bit.ly/2toOGWPslides: https://bit.ly/2ZoEpapvideo: https://vimeo.com/437111302 Some highlights Caches reachable within 6 IP hops and 20 ms-IP path lengths shorter by 40–50%-Latency lower by 64%-Throughput higher by factor of three-Latency benefits more pronounced over IPv4 compared with IPv6 Latency and IP path lengths similar between both address families⇒ High IPv6 preference, however, slight drops during peak hours
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