April 2005 - NANOG - lists.nanog.org

Re: Router choice for medium size hosting provider
by Bill Woodcock 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

> That's nowhere near real figures, even for optimal topologies and > big packets. That was exactly why I suggested that someone do some lab work on them. -Bill

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Comcast Contact
by Ross Hosman 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Could someone from Comcast please email me off list. Ross Hosman rosshosman(a)spamarrest.com

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Today's tech news highlights
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

For your perusal: Fed Panel Approves Tyco's Sale of Undersea Cable To India's Tata Microsoft Worm Cleaner Goes Rootkit Hunting Standards and specs: Naturally occurring standards Senators pledge action on data brokers Anti-spyware group collapses Florida Wins First Injunction Against Spammers Yahoo offers free hosting to small businesses One-Third Of Large Enterprises Favor Managed VoIP New Outage Hits Comcast Subscribers GM MasterCard warns of security theft Phishy behaviour or harmless spin? Telstra BigPond disconnecting Trojan-infected customers Sanswire to launch Stratellite "Airships" Articles & links available via: http://spaces.msn.com/members/fergdawg/ Cheers, - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/fergdawg/

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Auerbach Accuses ICANN Board of Dereliction of Duty on IP Allocation
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

"...and hilarity ensued. Not." http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/05/04/11/132201.shtml - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/fergdawg/

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djbdns: An alternative to BIND
by Vicky Rode 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/06/197203&from=rss Just wondering how many have transitioned to djbdns from bind and if so any feedback. regards, /vicky -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCVwvTpbZvCIJx1bcRAh5sAKCxu8Ab2BJUn7lH6GFQtWiRcfleEQCfbxvH mOmy510OhNffb8sSCWCckZ0= =tlMB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: Auerbach Accuses ICANN Board of Dereliction of Duty on IP Allocation
by Hannigan, Martin 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of > Gordon Cook > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:22 PM > To: nanog(a)merit.edu > Subject: Re: Auerbach Accuses ICANN Board of Dereliction of Duty on IP > Allocation > > > > >"...and hilarity ensued. Not." > > > >http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/05/04/11/132201.shtml > > > >- ferg > > > Sigh. I am certainly not happy to see this and I must confess dismay > that the subject rears its ugly head. My life has been better since > i stopped paying attention to these people hoping that they would > sink beneath the surface of the sea. [ SNIP ] I'm paying attention and when I saw that announcement I contacted an ARIN AC ASO rep and asked for some detail. The explanation I received was that this was documenting some existing practice which seems to be line up with the meeting notes and other comments I've read. Is there an operational problem with what happened? -M<

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Re: Auerbach Accuses ICANN Board of Dereliction of Duty on IP Allocati on
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

I am. - ferg -- "Eric A. Hall" <ehall(a)ehsco.com> wrote: I thought you were doing these on a blog now -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/

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Hotmail-- Again??
by Jim McBurnett 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Hi all, Please excuse me for any off topic info here, but I can't seem to find the email that had the details of Hotmail's new blocking policy. Does someone have the name / # handy for the hotmail help line for sysadmins? The line I got 800-656-0833 just put you into VM H*LL... Thanks, now back to the Linksys debacle... Jim

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ICMP Vulnerability
by Hannigan, Martin 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

There's been a rumor on the street that an unnamed large router vendor is releasing something around this today as well: http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050412-00308.html?lang=en -M< -- Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663 VeriSign, Inc. (w) 703-948-7018 Network Engineer IV Operations & Infrastructure hannigan(a)verisign.com

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Today's tech news highlights....
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

For your perusal: Microsoft plugs up critical holes in Windows RIAA cracks down on Internet2 file-swapping Phishing twist relies on bogus blogs Spammers latch on to pope's death Rules aimed at digital misdeeds lack bite Loophole found in Internet domain name registration process Italian smut virus scammer jailed for 14 months Ethernet forum plots death of SONET? Cisco Security Advisory: Crafted ICMP Messages Can Cause Denial of Service Netcraft: Rackspace Most Reliable Hosting Company Site during March ClaraNet Agrees to Buy VIA.Net Works MCI board seeking a higher bid? LexisNexis Finds 59 Possible Data Theft Cases From the "most-obvious-conflict-of-interest" dept -- Ridge Says RFID Boosts Security Tech job cuts hit 5-quarter high From the "made-me-laugh" dept -- Linux report stirs hornets nest Shutting Down the Highway to Internet Hell Articles & links via: http://spaces.msn.com/members/fergdawg/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/fergdawg/

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