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DNS root name service in Helsinki.
by Lars-Johan Liman 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Just for your information: I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, the root name server traditionally based in Stockholm, Sweden, has taken its first step outside the country, by deploying a clone in Helsinki, Finland, in cooperation with FICIX, the Finnish Internet Exchange. The Helsinki clone uses anycast and is announced from the same source AS (8674) as the one in Stockholm. The new systems are owned and administrated by Autonomica AB in Stockholm. More sites will follow this autumn. Best regards, /Lars-Johan Liman Manager of i.root-servers.net #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Lars-Johan Liman, M.Sc. ! E-mail: liman(a)autonomica.se # Senior Systems Specialist ! HTTP : //www.autonomica.se/ # Autonomica AB, Stockholm ! Voice : +46 8 - 615 85 72 #----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Fun new policy at AOL
by Michel Py 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Susan, > It just ticks me off because I know there are a lot of > others who will be in this boat. Indeed, there are. I have numerous small customers that have either a single static IP or a /29 block from {Pacific Bell | your ISP} and that occasionally are blocked because either the block is marked as residential or the reverse lookup contains the string "dsl". However, trying to be pragmatic, this is a situation that will eventually solve by itself: Since having {Pacific Bell | your ISP} do anything about it is not an option, when these customers are trying to email to {AOL | some ISP} and are blocked, they will try first to have if {AOL | some ISP} to whitelist the address; if it can't be done they will say "get an ISP that does not suck". There are two sides on this coin; one is that indeed this stinks, but the other one is that AOL receives several billion spams a day, so I can understand that they're trying to control the problem with the tools they have. Curious, have you tried to call AOL to get the IP of the customer whitelisted? Michel.

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Paypal off-the-air?
by John Ferriby 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

It seems that PayPal is off-the-air. We're seeing all connections die via uunet and sprint routes. Anyone know what's going on? -John -- John Ferriby - PGP Key: www.ferriby.com/pgpkey Fingerprint: 3B78 10AF A1B2 20D0 A5D9 983F 96FF D5BB CF11 BA97

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DShield reports by AS for 'Blaster' and other issues
by Johannes B. Ullrich 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

I setup a 'real time' report by AS to assist networks in finding infected systems. The URL: http://www.dshield.org/asreport.php This report is intended for automated parsing, so it comes as a simple tab delimited table with brief 'usage' header. You can filter by target port, protocol and AS. The AS number is required. The AS lookup is somewhat experimental. So feedback is appreciated. -- SANS - Internet Storm Center http://isc.sans.org PGP Key: http://isc.sans.org/jullrich.txt

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The Cidr Report
by cidr-report＠potaroo.net 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

This report has been generated at Fri Aug 29 21:47:55 2003 AEST. The report analyses the BGP Routing Table of an AS4637 (Reach) router and generates a report on aggregation potential within the table. Check http://www.cidr-report.org/as4637 for a current version of this report. Recent Table History Date Prefixes CIDR Agg 22-08-03 124363 88532 23-08-03 124496 88473 24-08-03 124483 88499 25-08-03 124494 88416 26-08-03 124341 88503 27-08-03 124503 88279 28-08-03 124264 88435 29-08-03 124282 88645 AS Summary 15680 Number of ASes in routing system 6203 Number of ASes announcing only one prefix 1478 Largest number of prefixes announced by an AS AS701 : ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 73092096 Largest address span announced by an AS (/32s) AS568 : SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA Aggregation Summary The algorithm used in this report proposes aggregation only when there is a precise match using the AS path, so as to preserve traffic transit policies. Aggregation is also proposed across non-advertised address space ('holes'). --- 29Aug03 --- ASnum NetsNow NetsAggr NetGain % Gain Description Table 124517 88592 35925 28.9% All ASes AS4323 623 181 442 70.9% TW-COMM Time Warner Communications, Inc. AS701 1478 1037 441 29.8% ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. AS7018 1374 980 394 28.7% ATT-INTERNET4 AT&T WorldNet Services AS3908 912 538 374 41.0% SUPERNETASBLK SuperNet, Inc. AS7843 548 185 363 66.2% ADELPHIA-AS Adelphia Corp. AS11305 358 38 320 89.4% INTERLAND-NET1 Interland Incorporated AS6198 514 202 312 60.7% BATI-MIA BellSouth Network Solutions, Inc AS6197 571 261 310 54.3% BATI-ATL BellSouth Network Solutions, Inc AS1221 986 699 287 29.1% ASN-TELSTRA Telstra Pty Ltd AS4355 390 109 281 72.1% ERMS-EARTHLNK EARTHLINK, INC AS6347 354 91 263 74.3% DIAMOND SAVVIS Communications Corporation AS1239 907 657 250 27.6% SPRINTLINK Sprint AS27364 317 67 250 78.9% ACS-INTERNET Armstrong Cable Services AS22773 248 18 230 92.7% CCINET-2 Cox Communications Inc. Atlanta AS17676 252 25 227 90.1% GIGAINFRA Softbank BB Corp. AS25844 240 13 227 94.6% SKADDEN1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP AS209 512 299 213 41.6% ASN-QWEST Qwest AS4134 320 125 195 60.9% CHINANET-BACKBONE No.31,Jin-rong Street AS6140 319 137 182 57.1% IMPSAT-USA ImpSat AS705 462 288 174 37.7% ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. AS6327 200 26 174 87.0% SHAW Shaw Communications Inc. AS2386 376 203 173 46.0% INS-AS AT&T Data Communications Services AS7132 411 240 171 41.6% SBIS-AS SBC Internet Services - Southwest AS2048 254 87 167 65.7% LANET-1 State of Louisiana AS17557 303 136 167 55.1% PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom AS14654 165 3 162 98.2% WAYPORT Wayport AS5786 159 4 155 97.5% UPRENET University of Puerto Rico AS3602 237 88 149 62.9% SPRINT-CA-AS Sprint Canada Inc. AS20115 480 332 148 30.8% CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC Charter Communications AS19262 210 65 145 69.0% VZGNI-TRANSIT Verizon Global Networks Total 14480 7134 7346 50.7% Top 30 total Possible Bogus Routes 24.119.0.0/16 AS11492 CABLEONE CABLE ONE 61.12.32.0/24 AS7545 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Internet Pty Ltd 61.12.34.0/24 AS7545 TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Internet Pty Ltd 64.30.64.0/19 AS14900 USLEC-CORP-1 USLEC Corp. 66.15.128.0/24 AS3356 LEVEL3 Level 3 Communications, LLC 66.41.192.0/18 AS13367 ATT-BBND-B AT&T Broadband 132.0.0.0/10 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 137.0.0.0/13 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 138.136.0.0/13 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 140.143.2.0/24 AS1221 ASN-TELSTRA Telstra Pty Ltd 140.240.0.0/13 AS1 GNTY-1 Genuity 158.0.0.0/13 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 165.212.0.0/16 AS7424 USANET USA.Net 166.16.0.0/16 AS7132 SBIS-AS SBC Internet Services - Southwest 192.43.230.0/24 AS4738 SAARDNET-AS South Australian Academic Research and Development Network 192.44.0.0/19 AS702 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 192.83.16.0/20 AS5515 SONERA-GLOBAL-IP Sonera Solution Autonomous System 192.83.32.0/19 AS5515 SONERA-GLOBAL-IP Sonera Solution Autonomous System 192.83.64.0/19 AS5515 SONERA-GLOBAL-IP Sonera Solution Autonomous System 192.83.96.0/22 AS5515 SONERA-GLOBAL-IP Sonera Solution Autonomous System 192.83.100.0/24 AS5515 SONERA-GLOBAL-IP Sonera Solution Autonomous System 192.88.99.0/24 AS3246 SONGNETWORKS Song Networks 192.119.135.0/24 AS270 PSCNI-AS National Aeronautics and Space Administration 192.124.252.0/22 AS680 AS680 DFN-IP service G-WiN 192.135.50.0/24 AS7018 ATT-INTERNET4 AT&T WorldNet Services 192.136.71.0/24 AS719 AS719 LANLINK autonomous system 192.136.79.0/24 AS719 AS719 LANLINK autonomous system 192.153.136.0/21 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 192.153.144.0/21 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 192.172.0.0/19 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 192.188.208.0/20 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 192.243.32.0/23 AS2044 PALIN-AS Palin Aquisitions Inc. 198.23.26.0/24 AS4390 BELLATLANTIC-COM Bell Atlantic, Inc. 198.97.72.0/21 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 198.97.80.0/20 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 198.97.88.0/24 AS89 NUSC-CSTLNET-AS Naval Underwater Systems Center 198.97.192.0/20 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 198.97.240.0/20 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 198.98.8.0/21 AS3701 NERONET Oregon Joint Graduate Schools of Engineering 198.101.4.0/22 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 198.136.32.0/20 AS19329 MCNET Martin County Board of County Commissioners 198.144.32.0/19 AS3998 CITY-NET CityNet, Inc. 198.161.87.0/24 AS6539 GROUPTLCOM GT Group Telecom Services Corp. 198.161.165.0/24 AS852 ASN852 Telus Advanced Communications 198.163.155.0/24 AS684 MBNET-AS Manitoba Regional Network 198.167.0.0/16 AS7456 INTERHOP Interhop Network SERVICES Inc. 198.167.163.0/24 AS15290 ATTCA-15290 AT&T Canada Telecom Services Company 198.168.0.0/16 AS701 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 198.169.0.0/16 AS803 SASKTEL SaskTel 198.232.133.0/24 AS23075 SKOTOS-AS Skotos Tech, Inc 199.10.0.0/16 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.60.0.0/20 AS271 BCNET-AS University of British Columbia 199.79.32.0/20 AS3701 NERONET Oregon Joint Graduate Schools of Engineering 199.84.0.0/16 AS701 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 199.114.0.0/18 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.114.0.0/21 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.114.128.0/18 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.114.140.0/24 AS3544 ITSDN-U7 DISA/UNRRA 199.114.152.0/24 AS1913 DLA4 Defense Logistics Agency 199.120.32.0/19 AS16582 NEXTLEVELINTERNET NEXTLEVEL INTERNET, INC. 199.121.0.0/16 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.123.16.0/20 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.123.80.0/21 AS568 SUMNET-AS DISO-UNRRA 199.166.18.0/24 AS701 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 199.189.32.0/19 AS7332 IQUEST-AS IQuest Internet 199.202.0.0/16 AS701 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 202.0.180.0/24 AS4058 APNIC-4058 Asia Pacific Network Information Centre 202.3.144.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.145.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.146.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.147.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.148.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.149.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.150.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.151.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.152.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.153.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.154.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.155.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.156.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.157.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.158.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.3.159.0/24 AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom 202.4.252.0/22 AS4808 CHINA169-BJ CNCGROUP IP network¡ªChina169 Beijing Province Network 202.4.255.0/24 AS4799 UNSPECIFIED Ji Tong Communications Co., Ltd. 202.6.99.0/24 AS4761 INDOSAT1-AP INDOSATNET-ASN 202.44.112.0/20 AS17458 CWNETDG-IO-AP Cable and Wireless 202.89.200.0/24 AS7473 SINGTEL-AS-AP Singapore Telecom 202.93.0.0/20 AS4134 CHINANET-BACKBONE No.31,Jin-rong Street 202.93.64.0/19 AS9425 I-NEXT-AS-AP Inter.net Philippines border AS 202.122.76.0/24 AS17553 TIMELESS-AP System Integration provider 202.130.224.0/20 AS4808 CHINA169-BJ CNCGROUP IP network¡ªChina169 Beijing Province Network 202.130.240.0/21 AS4808 CHINA169-BJ CNCGROUP IP network¡ªChina169 Beijing Province Network 202.130.248.0/22 AS4812 CHINANET-SH-AP China Telecom (Group) 202.130.252.0/22 AS4812 CHINANET-SH-AP China Telecom (Group) 202.136.254.0/23 AS4808 CHINA169-BJ CNCGROUP IP network¡ªChina169 Beijing Province Network 202.136.254.0/24 AS4808 CHINA169-BJ CNCGROUP IP network¡ªChina169 Beijing Province Network 202.142.130.0/23 AS17820 DIL-AP DIRECT INTERNET LTD. 202.142.132.0/22 AS17820 DIL-AP DIRECT INTERNET LTD. 202.143.48.0/21 AS4795 INDOSAT2-ID-AP INDOSATNET-ASN 202.143.56.0/21 AS4795 INDOSAT2-ID-AP INDOSATNET-ASN 202.148.192.0/20 AS9942 COMINDICO-AP COMindico Australia 202.148.208.0/21 AS9942 COMINDICO-AP COMindico Australia 202.148.216.0/22 AS9942 COMINDICO-AP COMindico Australia 202.148.220.0/23 AS9942 COMINDICO-AP COMindico Australia 202.148.222.0/24 AS9942 COMINDICO-AP COMindico Australia 202.161.0.0/19 AS10097 FLOWCOM flow communications level 2 541 kent st sydney nsw 2000 202.161.8.0/21 AS4634 -No Whois Entry- 202.164.192.0/19 AS7599 IPXC-AS-AP IP Exchange 202.165.0.0/19 AS9443 INTERNETPRIMUS-AS-AP Primus Telecommunications 202.189.234.0/23 AS9658 ETPI-IDS-AS-AP Eastern Telecoms Phils., Inc. 203.10.17.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.10.18.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.10.19.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.10.20.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.10.21.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.10.22.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.10.23.0/24 AS9266 VIPER-AU-AP Vipernet 203.62.0.0/17 AS7572 AARNET-ACT-RNO Australian Academic and Reasearch Network (AARNet) 203.76.128.0/24 AS9729 IS-AP iAdvantage Limited 203.76.224.0/24 AS9549 COMDEK-ISP-AS-AP Comdek ISP 203.86.2.0/23 AS4058 APNIC-4058 Asia Pacific Network Information Centre 203.90.192.0/20 AS9658 ETPI-IDS-AS-AP Eastern Telecoms Phils., Inc. 203.129.126.0/24 AS7473 SINGTEL-AS-AP Singapore Telecom 203.129.127.0/24 AS7473 SINGTEL-AS-AP Singapore Telecom 203.132.95.0/24 AS9787 CONCEPT-AU-AP Concept Networks 203.132.97.0/24 AS7652 VIANET-AS-AP Vianet Communications Pty Ltd 203.132.99.0/24 AS7657 TIG-US-PAS-AP The Internet Group Limited 203.132.102.0/24 AS9398 ARACHNET-AS-AP Arachnet 203.132.103.0/24 AS9398 ARACHNET-AS-AP Arachnet 203.132.104.0/24 AS9398 ARACHNET-AS-AP Arachnet 203.132.105.0/24 AS9398 ARACHNET-AS-AP Arachnet 203.132.106.0/24 AS9398 ARACHNET-AS-AP Arachnet 203.132.107.0/24 AS10236 FOXGOLD-NET-AU-AP FOXGOLD COMMUNICATIONS 203.132.108.0/24 AS10236 FOXGOLD-NET-AU-AP FOXGOLD COMMUNICATIONS 203.132.109.0/24 AS10141 CALOUNDRA-AS-AP Caloundra.net 203.132.110.0/24 AS7598 ALPHALINK-AS-AP Alphalink Pty Limited - Melbourne, Australia 203.132.111.0/24 AS10236 FOXGOLD-NET-AU-AP FOXGOLD COMMUNICATIONS 203.132.112.0/24 AS10236 FOXGOLD-NET-AU-AP FOXGOLD COMMUNICATIONS 203.132.118.0/24 AS18065 CENTRALDATA-WA Central Data Pty Ltd. 203.132.122.0/24 AS4802 WANTREE-AS-AP Wantree Development 203.132.123.0/24 AS18065 CENTRALDATA-WA Central Data Pty Ltd. 203.132.124.0/24 AS18065 CENTRALDATA-WA Central Data Pty Ltd. 203.132.125.0/24 AS4817 TECHEX1-AS-AP Techex Primary Netblock 203.135.99.0/24 AS2687 IBM-MMD-AS IBM 203.135.224.0/19 AS4058 APNIC-4058 Asia Pacific Network Information Centre 203.171.102.0/24 AS703 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 203.174.192.0/19 AS17529 KMN KMN Corporation 204.19.224.0/19 AS816 UUNET-AS4 UUNET Technologies, Inc. 204.29.189.0/24 AS3956 TX-METRO Texas Metronet 204.52.232.0/24 AS7177 DFWNET DFW Internet Services, Inc. 204.89.225.0/24 AS2495 KANREN Kansas Research and Education Network 204.194.110.0/23 AS10588 ICSNET Intelligent Computer Solutions, Inc 205.150.0.0/15 AS701 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 206.41.32.0/19 AS14824 NEWSOUTH NewSouth Communications Corp. 206.81.187.0/24 AS19194 JOVITA Sentris Network LLC 206.82.64.0/18 AS7029 ALLTELNET Alltel Information Services, Inc. 206.108.34.0/24 AS852 ASN852 Telus Advanced Communications 206.108.35.0/24 AS852 ASN852 Telus Advanced Communications 206.126.0.0/19 AS5750 FLEXNET-HAWAII FlexNet Inc. 206.126.16.0/20 AS5750 FLEXNET-HAWAII FlexNet Inc. 206.167.57.0/24 AS376 RISQ-AS Reseau Interordinateurs Scientique Quebecois (RISQ) 206.191.64.0/18 AS15290 ATTCA-15290 AT&T Canada Telecom Services Company 206.251.69.0/24 AS27429 TIL Telesat International Ltd. 207.47.39.0/24 AS816 UUNET-AS4 UUNET Technologies, Inc. 207.92.0.0/14 AS2551 ICG ICG NetAhead, Inc. 207.162.192.0/19 AS4589 EASYNET Easynet Group Plc 207.231.96.0/19 AS11194 NUNETPA NuNet Inc 208.65.232.0/23 AS701 ALTERNET-AS UUNET Technologies, Inc. 208.81.187.0/24 AS19194 JOVITA Sentris Network LLC 208.104.103.0/24 AS1239 SPRINTLINK Sprint 209.108.0.0/14 AS2551 ICG ICG NetAhead, Inc. 209.139.192.0/19 AS6539 GROUPTLCOM GT Group Telecom Services Corp. 209.139.224.0/19 AS6539 GROUPTLCOM GT Group Telecom Services Corp. 209.139.252.0/23 AS6539 GROUPTLCOM GT Group Telecom Services Corp. 209.151.128.0/19 AS816 UUNET-AS4 UUNET Technologies, Inc. 209.169.219.0/24 AS189 GENUITY-AS189 Genuity 209.169.223.0/24 AS189 GENUITY-AS189 Genuity 209.172.0.0/18 AS7770 TRITON Triton Technologies, Inc. 209.213.32.0/19 AS10629 INTERPAC Inter-Pacific Network Services 209.213.50.0/24 AS10629 INTERPAC Inter-Pacific Network Services 209.213.51.0/24 AS10629 INTERPAC Inter-Pacific Network Services 209.213.55.0/24 AS10629 INTERPAC Inter-Pacific Network Services 209.213.56.0/24 AS10629 INTERPAC Inter-Pacific Network Services 209.213.160.0/19 AS4355 ERMS-EARTHLNK EARTHLINK, INC 209.222.137.0/24 AS27429 TIL Telesat International Ltd. 209.240.96.0/19 AS10815 KCNET KCnet, Inc. 209.251.0.0/19 AS11036 SISCOM SISCOM, Inc 209.251.64.0/19 AS10266 NETWAY-AS MDC, Inc. 210.213.0.0/19 AS6453 TELEGLOBE-AS Teleglobe Inc 211.27.156.0/24 AS9768 PUBNET1-AS KT 216.18.224.0/21 AS11458 IMBRIS IMBRIS, INC. 216.18.224.0/22 AS11458 IMBRIS IMBRIS, INC. 216.18.228.0/22 AS11458 IMBRIS IMBRIS, INC. 216.47.32.0/19 AS11304 SPLUS Solutions Plus Inc. 216.96.128.0/18 AS7018 ATT-INTERNET4 AT&T WorldNet Services 216.153.0.0/17 AS6203 ISDN-NET ISDN-Net Inc. 216.153.64.0/18 AS10851 NREP Nashville Regional Exchange Point 216.226.108.0/22 AS3602 SPRINT-CA-AS Sprint Canada Inc. Please see http://www.cidr-report.org for the full report ------------------------------------ Copies of this report are mailed to: nanog(a)merit.edu eof-list(a)ripe.net apops(a)apops.net routing-wg(a)ripe.net afnog(a)afnog.org

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Atm-t1 8t1-ima
by Ejay Hire 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Hi all. Can anyone tell me if the 8 port IMA network module is supported in the 3640s? I used the Compatibility tool, and it said I'd be good with 12.2.11 YT but I'm having no success. Any advice is appreciated. *Mar 1 00:00:05.211: %PA-2-UNDEFPA: Undefined Port Adaptor type BD in bay 2 Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) 3600 Software (C3640-I-M), Version 12.2(11)YT2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Thu 27-Feb-03 16:41 by cmong Ejay Hire ... ln -s /dev/null /dev/clue

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Re: London Power outage
by Will Hargrave 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

On Thursday 28 August 2003 22:00, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > I saw it on CNN but it sounds like it wasnt as bad as they wanted to make > out.. frmo what I was told none of the major colos which are all in the > East lost utility and I dont know about stuff in the South which is where > the power was out.. seems theres not much of interest there from a netork > pov. None of our network (mainly west London) was affected. Media reports that it just hit [mainly residential] south London, so didn't affect either Docklands facilities nor the various datacentres in the west (Park Royal etc) and south-west (Heathrow). It did knock out most of the tube system by my experiences. Fights at bus stops; so much for the 'stiff upper lip' ;-)

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RE: GLBX ICMP rate limiting (was RE: Tier-1 without their own bac kbone?)
by Temkin, David 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Not that Yipes is necessarily a transit provider by any means, but they have done the same thing within the cores of their network. I was troubleshooting an issue yesterday that was pointing to them for 15-20% packet loss, and I called them and they stated that they started rate limiting ICMP last weekend, but that it was only on a temporary basis. -----Original Message----- From: variable(a)ednet.co.uk [mailto:variable@ednet.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:24 AM To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: GLBX ICMP rate limiting (was RE: Tier-1 without their own backbone?) On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, jlewis(a)lewis.org wrote: > We have a similarly sized connection to MFN/AboveNet, which I won't > recommend at this time due to some very questionable null routing > they're doing (propogating routes to destinations, then bitbucketing > traffic sent to them) which is causing complaints from some of our > customers and forcing us to make routing adjustments as the customers > notice MFN/AboveNet has broken our connectivity to these destinations. We've noticed that one of our upstreams (Global Crossing) has introduced ICMP rate limiting 4/5 days ago. This means that any traceroutes/pings through them look awful (up to 60% apparent packet loss). After contacting their NOC, they said that the directive to install the ICMP rate limiting was from the Homeland Security folks and that they would not remove them or change the rate at which they limit in the foreseeable future. What are other transit providers doing about this or is it just GLBX? Cheers, Rich

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Re: Fun new policy at AOL
by Dr. Jeffrey Race 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:07:30 -0400, Matthew Crocker wrote: >It can be built without choke points. ISPs could form trust >relationships with each other and bypass the central mail relay. AOL >for example could require ISPs to meet certain criteria before they are >allowed direct connections. ISPs would need to contact AOL, provide >valid contact into and accept some sort of AUP (I shall not spam >AOL...) and then be allowed to connect from their IPs. AOL could kick >that mail server off later if they determine they are spamming. Now there is an idea! However an improved variant is to make the entire internet a 'trust relationship' using the (obvious) steps you propose. For several months I have been pondering possible details of implementing same; see <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt>. Comments welcome. Jeffrey Race

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Re: Fun new policy at AOL
by Dr. Jeffrey Race 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:13:31 -0500, John Palmer wrote: >I connect with my laptop from 3 or 4 locations to drop off mail to >my servers. I cannot use their mail servers from other locations other >than when I am connected to them. I have about 2 dozen e-mail >accounts defined in outlook express and would have to change >the outbound mail server setting for EACH one ever time I move >off the RCN connection to one of the other locations from which I >work and then back again when I get back to RCN. Do you mean you SEND from each of the two dozen accounts at the new location each time? (I experience the same inconvenience when travelling with my notebook computer i.e. I need to amend the outgoing SMTP server in my mail client on the fly. But it takes only a moment [admittedly I use only two accounts] but it seems like a reasonable rule.) Jeffrey Race

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