Alexey wrote (2021-02-02):

 AF> Hello Michael!

 AF> On Mon, 01 Feb 2021 at 22:12 +0300, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 MV>>>> http://download.binkd.org
 WV>>> My browser can't reach this website a.t.m.?
 MD>> $ host download.binkd.org
 MD>> download.binkd.org has address 46.4.85.143
 MD>> download.binkd.org has IPv6 address 2a01:4f8:141:630c::1000

 AF> You were just lucky. Out of 4 DNS servers only one works, so it's 25%
 AF> change to get IP address resolved.

That's the reason it often doesn't work the first time I try.

$ dig download.binkd.org @NS1.VLM.RU
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached


$ dig download.binkd.org @NS2.VLM.RU
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached


$ dig download.binkd.org @NS3.VLM.RU
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached


$ dig download.binkd.org @NS0.VLM.RU
;; ANSWER SECTION:
download.binkd.org.     3600    IN      A       46.4.85.143

 AF> I already brought this up and was told it was done intentionally for some
 AF> weird reason.

It's an official download site for binkd. Could we call it intentionally stupid?

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