April 2012 - NANOG - lists.nanog.org

Colocation in New York for a POP
by Abdelkader Chikh Daho 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi everyone, Can some one please tell us what is the best Colo in New york to set up a POP (one cabinet) in order to get bandwidth, peering (NIIX, etc). Best regards, -- Abdelkader Chikh Daho Network Architect iWeb Technologies Email : achikhdaho(a)iweb.com Web : www.iweb.com Tel : 514-286-4242 ext 2309

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[NANOG-announce] 2012 Postel Scholarship
by Betty Burke <betty＠nanog.org> 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Colleagues: On behalf of the North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) and the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), we would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the 2012 Postel Network Operator's Scholarship. The Postel Network Operator's Scholarship targets personnel from developing countries who are actively involved in Internet development, in any of the following roles: •Engineers (Network Builders) •Operational and Infrastructure Support Personnel •Educators and Trainers This is not a postgraduate fellowship or academic scholarship. Individuals may nominate themselves for the Scholarship via email or online form. The Scholarship will be awarded annually to a recipient selected by a committee comprising representatives from the NANOG Board of Directors and the ARIN Board of Trustees. The selection committee will "whimsically" select the annual recipient exclusively in response to the question: "What Would Jon Do?" if he were asked to select a recipient. The successful applicant will be provided with transportation to and from the NANOG and ARIN joint meeting October 21-26, 2012, in Dallas, Texas, USA, and a reasonable (local host standard) allowance for food and accommodation. In addition, all fees for participation in both meetings' events will be waived. The final grant size is determined according to final costs and available funding. The chosen recipient will be advised at least 2 months prior to the fall meeting date. Applications from qualified individuals are now being accepted. The deadline for application is June 1, 2012, and the awardees will be informed by July 16, 2012. Please read full information about the scholarship at: http://www.nanog.org/scholarships/postel.php Please pass along this information and encourage those interested to apply by completing the web-based application form that is linked from the information page. Optionally, submissions are accepted via email PLAIN ASCII in the BODY of the message, not as an attachment nor as a Word document, PDF, or any other form, to PostelNOS(a)nanog.org. Please be sure to include the following: • Full name and contact info • Your brief biography, including current and recent jobs held • A description of why you need and deserve this Scholarship to attend the NANOG and ARIN meetings • A description of how you plan to leverage your attendance at the meetings in your work • A brief abstract of a presentation you would give at the NANOG and/or ARIN meetings, if selected as a Scholarship winner Kind regards, Steve Gibbard and Paul Vixie, on behalf of the Postel Scholarship Selection Committee -- Betty Burke NANOG Executive Director 48377 Fremont Boulevard, Suite 117 Fremont, CA 94538 Tel: +1 510 492 4030 Office (810) 214-1218 _______________________________________________ NANOG-announce mailing list NANOG-announce(a)nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-announce

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Wireless Liability: Liability Concerns for Operators of Unsecured Wireless Networks
by Michael Painter 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

As ISP safe harbor, etc., has been discussed here in the past, this paper from Rutgers may be of interest to some. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2035633

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fiber cut in California?
by Greg Olson 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Anyone hear of a fiber cut in California today?

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Most energy efficient (home) setup
by Jeroen van Aart 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

After reading a number of threads where people list their huge and wasteful, but undoubtedly fun (and sometimes necessary?), home setups complete with dedicated rooms and aircos I felt inclined to ask who has attempted to make a really energy efficient setup? This may be an interesting read, it uses a plugcomputer: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/11/diy_zero_energy_home_server/page2.h… Admittedly I don't have a need for a full blown home lab since I am not a network engineer, I'm more of a sysadmin/network admin/programmer kind of person... So I can make do with a somewhat minimal set up. But I *do* have tunneled IPv6 from home ;-) In my current apartment in addition to an el cheapo DSL modem that probably wastes about 10 watts and a "sometimes on" PC workstation I used to have an always on thinkpad (early 2000s model) as my main desktop system and an always on G4 system (pegasos2 in case you care) acting as a mail/web/ssh server. The thinkpad was a refurbished model and it was quite stable, up to 500 days of uptime during its last years. But the hardware slowly disintegrated and when the gfx card died I retired it. Right now my always on server is a VIA artigo 1100 pico-itx system (replacing the G4 system) and my "router/firewall/modem" is still the el cheapo DSL modem (which runs busybox by the way). I have an upgraded workstation that's "sometimes on", it has a mini itx form factor (AMD phenom2 CPU). I use debian on all systems. I haven't measured it but I think if the set up would use 30 watts continuously (only taking the always on systems into account) it'd be a lot. Of course it'll spike when I fire up the workstation. It's not extremely energy efficient but compared to some setups I read about it is. The next step would be to migrate to a plugcomputer or something similar (http://plugcomputer.org/) Any suggestions and ideas appreciated of course. :-) Thanks, Jeroen -- Earthquake Magnitude: 3.0 Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 13:57:33 UTC Location: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii Latitude: 19.4252; Longitude: -155.3207 Depth: 3.90 km

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[IPv6] Monitoring BGP IPv6 Sesions
by Carlos Asensio 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hi all, We're trying to monitor our BGP IPv6 sessions on our 6500. * It's look like Cisco MIB's doesn't support it: o http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/12-2sx/ip6-m… * Searching on Nagios' plugins, I don't see how (I suppose it's by the reason above): o http://exchange.nagios.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=search&Itemid=74… Anyone can help us on that matter? Thanks in advance, Carlos.

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Re: Colocation in New York for a POP
by Alex Rubenstein 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

25 B'way is in the process of being shuttered. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pierce Lynch <p.lynch(a)netappliant.com> To: Abdelkader Chikh Daho <achikhdaho(a)iweb.com> Cc: nanog(a)nanog.org <nanog(a)nanog.org> Sent: Thu Apr 19 11:22:17 2012 Subject: RE: Colocation in New York for a POP Abdelkader, I have had good experiences with TeleHouse America and their 25 Broadway facility, with some solid peering options - although being central New York, co-location can be a little more expensive there. As an alternative, they have an impressive facility in Staten Island, NY which I understand can accommodate for smaller requirements as well. Hope that helps... Kind regards, P. ________________________________________ From: Abdelkader Chikh Daho [achikhdaho(a)iweb.com] Sent: 19 April 2012 16:01 To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Colocation in New York for a POP Hi everyone, Can some one please tell us what is the best Colo in New york to set up a POP (one cabinet) in order to get bandwidth, peering (NIIX, etc). Best regards, -- Abdelkader Chikh Daho Network Architect iWeb Technologies Email : achikhdaho(a)iweb.com Web : www.iweb.com Tel : 514-286-4242 ext 2309

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Four Lit-tle Bytes (an IPv4 song)
by Aaron Davies 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

This is a song I've been working on on and off over the last couple years; when I sang it recently at a filk convention, I was told I should post it here. I hope it’s not too OT (or too technically inaccurate!). Sheet music, MIDI, and ABC source are available at http://songs.q-ist.com/. Four Lit-tle Bytes of Ad-dress Code by Aaron Davies ttto “Two Lit-tle Bytes” by Amy Fass after “Three Little Maids from School” by Gilbert & Sullivan chorus: Four little bytes of address code Couldn’t spare any more bandwidth load To indicate the network node Four little bytes of code Four little bytes, all allocated IPv6 is anticipated Sixteen years we’ve already waited! Four little bytes of code (chorus) Four little bytes, a space all used up Fridges and toasters IPs have chewed up When will the ISPs get clued-up? Four little bytes of code (chorus) Four little bytes, a space exhausted Plenty of room, once, but now we’ve lost it v4 is dead, man, it’s time we tossed it[1] Four little bytes of code Four little by———tes of code! Save on your subnets—four bytes! END [1] Thanks to Bob Kanefsky for the rhyme! -- Aaron Davies aaron.davies(a)gmail.com

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Comcast Admin
by chk 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

We are having issues with one of our sites being blocked for Comcast home users and going the normal channels is not working. If there is anyone that can contact me off list to get this resolved I would appreciate it.

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letter opposing cybersecurity legislation: looking for signers
by Dan Auerbach 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Dear NANOGers, EFF is looking for sign-ons to a letter expressing concern about some of the proposed "cybersecurity" legislation currently being debated in the US Congress. This legislation has a number of alarming provisions, including incentives for recording massive amounts of network traffic and sharing it with federal agencies; nullification of existing wiretapping and privacy laws; in some cases, new kinds of bureaucracy for backbone and other ISPs who are designated as "critical infrastructure", and provisions that establish intellectual property enforcement as a "cybersecurity" objective. We realize this is potentially a complicated topic in the NANOG community, and we'd prefer not to start a giant OT flamewar, so: if you agree with our concerns and would like to sign on to our letter, let us know by private email by Thursday morning 9am Pacific US time. If you think we have the wrong perspective, you can let us know off-list, or write your own letters, or work with your various policy departments on this. Because there are many "cybersecurity" bills currently being debated in the US House and Senate, the letter is generally framed in opposition to bad aspects of the bills, though it calls out two current proposals that are particularly bad and close to passing: CISPA (H.R. 3523) in the House, and "Secure IT Act" (S. 2151) in the Senate. The letter also is intended to be simple and focused on the civil liberties issues that stem from the broadness of the bills. It does not talk about technical problems with deploying IDS/IPS in the private sector (for a discussion of this, see, e.g. http://harvardnsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Vol.-3_Bellovin_Bradner_Di…) or other legitimate technical concerns about effectiveness. We certainly encourage people to raise these concerns separately. The text of the letter is below in triple quotes: """ Dear Lawmakers, We are writing you today as professionals, academics, and experts who have researched, analyzed, and defended against security threats to the Internet and its infrastructure. We have devoted our careers to building security technologies, and to protecting networks, computers, and critical infrastructure against attacks of many stripes. We take security very seriously, but we fervently believe that strong computer and network security does not require Internet users to sacrifice their privacy and civil liberties. The opposite, in fact, is true. The bills currently under consideration, including Rep. Rogers' /Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 /(H.R. 3523) and Sen. McCain's/SECURE IT Act /(S. 2151)/, /are drafted to allow entities who participate in relaying or receiving Internet traffic to freely monitor and redistribute those network communications. The bills nullify current legal protections against wiretapping and similar civil liberties violations for that kind of broad data sharing. By encouraging the transfer of users' private communications to US Federal agencies, and lacking any form of public accountability or transparency, these "cybersecurity" bills falsely trade our civil liberties for the promise of improved network security. As experts in the field, we reject this false trade-off and urge you to oppose any cybersecurity initiative that does not explicitly include appropriate methods to ensure the protection of users' civil liberties. In summary, we urge you to reject legislation that: * Uses vague language to describe network security attacks, threat indicators, and countermeasures, allowing for the possibility that innocuous online activities could be construed as "cybersecurity" threats. * Exempts "cybersecurity" activities from existing laws that protect individuals' privacy and devices, such as the Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. * Gives sweeping immunity from liability to companies even if they violate individuals' privacy without good reason. * Allows data originally collected through "cybersecurity" programs to be used to prosecute unrelated crimes. * Includes provisions suggesting a back door for intellectual property enforcement. Computer security is too important an issue to let it be hijacked for the sectional interests of unrelated industries. We appreciate your interest in making our networks more secure, but passing legislation that suffers from the problems above would be a grave mistake for privacy and civil liberties, and will not be a step forward in making us safer. Sincerely, <signers> """ For a more detailed discussion of some of the civil liberties implications and other analyses, please see the following articles: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/dangerously-vague-cybersecurity-legis… https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/rogers-cybersecurity-bill-broad-enoug… https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/four-unanswered-questions-about-cyber… For discussions of CISPA in particular, see: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/04/cybersecurity-bill-faq-disturbing-pri… https://cyberspying.eff.org/ Sincerely, Dan Auerbach dan(a)eff.org Staff Technologist Electronic Frontier Foundation Peter Eckersley pde(a)eff.org Technology Projects Director Electronic Frontier Foundation

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