Thank you for a speedy reply. I don’t mind doing any tests you ask. Although most of these are above my head, I’ll paste the results of all of them below. I’m looking for the .txt files a couple of the commands created. I’ve only been using a Mac for about six months, so I haven’t found them yet.
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> google.com @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50964
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1536
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com. 40 IN A 172.217.2.110
;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1)
;; WHEN: Fri May 04 08:08:10 EDT 2018
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig google.com @1.0.0.1
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> google.com @1.0.0.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9267
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1536
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com. 280 IN A 172.217.2.110
;; Query time: 43 msec
;; SERVER: 1.0.0.1#53(1.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri May 04 08:09:11 EDT 2018
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig google.com @8.8.8.8
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> google.com @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3826
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com. 299 IN A 172.217.15.78
;; Query time: 43 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Fri May 04 08:09:41 EDT 2018
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig +short CHAOS TX id.server @1.1.1.1
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig +short CHAOS TX id.server @1.0.0.1
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig @ns3.cloudflare.com whoami.cloudflare.com 26 txt +short
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ traceroute 1.1.1.1
traceroute to 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.64.208.1 (10.64.208.1) 1.661 ms 1.135 ms 1.363 ms
2 10.54.39.1 (10.54.39.1) 5.800 ms 4.258 ms 5.635 ms
3 10.52.1.1 (10.52.1.1) 3.443 ms 2.885 ms 2.472 ms
4 168.216.16.1 (168.216.16.1) 4.112 ms 3.718 ms 3.404 ms
5 car-mi.wvnet.3rox.net (147.73.19.108) 13.642 ms 13.281 ms 13.560 ms
6 cbr-acm-core-e-1-24.3rox.net (147.73.15.6) 27.964 ms 32.193 ms 31.822 ms
7 te0-0-1-7.rcr21.pit02.atlas.cogentco.com (38.107.150.73) 29.541 ms 27.613 ms 26.047 ms
8 be2821.ccr21.cle04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.83.117) 88.168 ms * 31.714 ms
9 be2993.ccr31.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.226) 38.730 ms 35.700 ms 34.657 ms
10 38.88.240.186 (38.88.240.186) 35.420 ms 41.704 ms 42.234 ms
11 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com (1.1.1.1) 37.557 ms 39.654 ms 40.841 ms
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ traceroute 1.0.0.1
traceroute to 1.0.0.1 (1.0.0.1), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.64.208.1 (10.64.208.1) 33.307 ms 1.876 ms 1.062 ms
2 10.54.39.1 (10.54.39.1) 6.773 ms 5.593 ms 3.081 ms
3 10.52.1.1 (10.52.1.1) 2.880 ms 2.126 ms 2.223 ms
4 168.216.16.1 (168.216.16.1) 4.151 ms 3.224 ms 3.302 ms
5 car-mi.wvnet.3rox.net (147.73.19.108) 14.025 ms 13.337 ms 12.908 ms
6 cbr-acm-core-e-1-24.3rox.net (147.73.15.6) 29.633 ms 26.823 ms 29.652 ms
7 te0-0-1-7.rcr21.pit02.atlas.cogentco.com (38.107.150.73) 32.448 ms 31.602 ms 30.394 ms
8 be2821.ccr21.cle04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.83.117) 32.083 ms 32.711 ms 34.558 ms
9 be2993.ccr31.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.226) 41.587 ms 38.380 ms 37.649 ms
10 38.88.240.186 (38.88.240.186) 34.765 ms 37.821 ms 39.363 ms
11 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com (1.0.0.1) 38.271 ms 39.314 ms 41.046 ms
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig +tcp @1.1.1.1 id.server CH TXT
;; Connection to 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) for id.server failed: timed out.
;; Connection to 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) for id.server failed: timed out.
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> +tcp @1.1.1.1 id.server CH TXT
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
;; Connection to 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) for id.server failed: timed out.
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$ dig +tcp @1.0.0.1 id.server CH TXT
; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> +tcp @1.0.0.1 id.server CH TXT
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9594
;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1536
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;id.server. CH TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION:
id.server. 0 CH TXT “yyz01”
;; Query time: 39 msec
;; SERVER: 1.0.0.1#53(1.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri May 04 08:12:40 EDT 2018
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 56
Marks-MacBook-Pro:~ macadle$