Not at all cleaner. Don't test DNS resolution if you want to know about HTTP access, they are different and many networks or firewalls will allow DNS but require a login for HTTP.

#creative

I was specifically talking about that one page and its location. It is English, meant to be parsed as a literal by a program, it's not a random number or a response to a query, that .txt file is literally logically equivalent to the "succss" html page.

so, why is it so convoluted English instead of also just reading "Success"? It's just Microsoft being Microsoft.

this is not trollish of me in the slightest. if it doesn't apply to you, please just ignore it. I stand by the statement.