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		stwrzn on March 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NIH.gov DNS servers down, making PubMed, BLAST, et... They were not shut down. Confirm yourself using: `dig +tcp @$(dig +short ns.nih.gov @a.ns.gov) www.nih.gov`

raphman on March 2, 2025 [–]

Yes. As noted elsewhere in this thread, they still respond to TCP requests. I did not know this at the time of writing.

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