dig -6 +short @resolver2.opendns.com myip.opendns.com AAAA
Note: You have to ensure you are actually contacting the server with IPv6.
MaskedNybbles
joined 1 week ago
I worry less about the service breaking, changing, or otherwise disappearing, over a random website.
EDIT: Also what was said in a sibling comment.
I saw it used in another comment, and am already aware of the use of curl for such a task, but choose to query DNS services instead—especially in scripts.
#!/usr/bin/sh
dig -4 +short @resolver2.opendns.com myip.opendns.com
#!/usr/bin/pwsh
Resolve-DnsName -Server resolver2.opendns.com -Name myip.opendns.com -Type A | % { echo $_.IPAddress }
There should be an IPv6 resolver, but I don't remember and am currently unable to test. My PowerShell skills are also effectively non-existent.
This is a service provided by some DNS hosts, with their own special subdomains, and is not universal. They may also require slightly different options.
Other options include:
Google (query for txt record):
@ns1.google.com o-o.myaddr.l.google.comAkaimai (query for txt record):
@ns1-1.akamaitech.net whoami.akamai.netCloudflare:
@1.1.1.1 whoami.cloudflareCisco (there are four, as far as can tell):
@resolver[1-4].opendns.com myip.opendns.com…and likely others.