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Re: WorldNIC
by shields＠crosslink.net 09 Jun '98

09 Jun '98

In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.980608233330.721A-100000(a)nofear.sweet.com>, Greg Simpson <gws(a)sweet.com> wrote: > Call me a whiner, but I still believe if .com is taken, you shouldn't > take the .org unless you're truly nonprofit. .org has never been for nonprofits only -- it's for any organization that doesn't fit into the other TLDs. I don't think this is really operational. -- Shields, CrossLink.

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Re: BGP bandwidth usage
by Tony Li 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

> Hi I'd like to estimate the amout of BGP route traffic in our proposed > network. Are there any case studies of bandwidth usage of the BGP protocol > out there? > > Specifically, the network we are planning will include 20-100 routers talking > BGP to a routeserver that is connected to an ISP. > > I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Generally, we would need to know the precise architecture of your network (what are you doing for IBGP distribution? How many interconnects? Who are you peering with? ...) to answer the question in any meaningful way. And then, the result is likely to be that the bandwidth is negligable. Tony

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check-contact
by Mikael Abrahamsson 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

I realise that some of the people on this list is at the NANOG-13 and that might be why I never got a response on my inquiery about scripts finding contacts for a certain IP. I spent a few hours during the afternoon at putting something together. It's very ugly but it seems to work somewhat... I put it at ftp://swm.pp.se/pub/misc/checkcontact-0.1.tgz, it's about 2k in size and is totally shellscripts. It does the following: first checks if you're trying to find out about a 12/8 or 24/8 and then says that it is not implemented. Arins database seems dysfunctional on these nets it has to be hacked around (sometime). It then whois:es the IP at Arin, and goes to RIPE or APNIC if suitable (looks for certain responses). If it finds no match it truncates (that's what I call it) the IP to a network number according to the old class A, B or C-net scheme. Most of the whois databases seems to be built around this. It then tries again. If it during the process finds several NETBLKs it tries to whois them separately and bring out all those contact adresses. Finally it prints out the adresses it found in the whois database. It works on a lot of nets I tested it with (from the SAR database at http://www.powertech.no/smurf) and I mainly made this because I wanted the SAR to be able to automatically contact admins for the smurf relay:able nets found there. (I personally enter all the nets I get smurfed with there). Ok folks, I know it is ugly and I probably shouldnt release it, but it's on a AS-IS basis and I would like suggestions on how to improve on its functionality. PS. It uses fwhois which is a whois client that is using the format whois nick@whoishost. I realise that a lot of you people out there have whois clients that use whois -h host nick. I guess you have to modify the scripts to work with that. I tried to make it slightly modular to allow these changes to be done on as few places as .. err... reasonably possible or something :) ----- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike(a)swm.pp.se

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BGP bandwidth usage
by venkas＠ntd.comsat.com 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

Hi I'd like to estimate the amout of BGP route traffic in our proposed network. Are there any case studies of bandwidth usage of the BGP protocol out there? Specifically, the network we are planning will include 20-100 routers talking BGP to a routeserver that is connected to an ISP. I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks, Senthil.

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Spam discussion (was [EXIM] OFF-TOPIC - SARS (fwd)
by Paul Mansfield 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

Spam is almost everybody's favourite subject... Forwarded from the Exim mailing list (what do you mean, what's Exim? Its a mail transfer agent that solves most of the headaches you get with sendmail!)... I'm sure there are many on NANOG who've got ideas on tackling spam. Regards, Paul ---- P Mansfield, Senior SysAdmin PSINet, +44-1223-577577x2611/577611 fax:577600 *** If a grand piano had a rubout key, I'd be a concert pianist by now! *** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:41:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dave C." <djc(a)hal.cns.net> Reply-To: djc(a)microwave.com To: exim-users(a)exim.org Cc: exim-users(a)exim.org Subject: [EXIM] OFF-TOPIC - SARS "Standardized Abuse Reporting System" For anyone that cares to discuss, propose, oppose, listen, etc, a standard format for reporting spam or other forms of abuse. sars-request(a)lists.cns.net -- *** Exim information can be found at http://www.exim.org/ ***

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worldnic
by Jon Lewis 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

I must not be on enough or the right lists...but what's the deal with worldnic.com? I'd not heard anything about it until today. I tried to move a domain (a .org domain) for a customer today, and got the following reply from domreg(a)internic.net: Thank you for contacting Network Solutions, Inc., InterNIC Registration Services. The domain name you are attempting to update was registered through WorldNIC Services and should be updated via the following URL: http://www.worldnic.com This looks like Network Solutions taking advantage of its position as controller of the big three commercially used TLDs to find new ways to dip their fingers into another part of the pie...perhaps in anticipation of losing their monopoly on domain registrations. What does my ISP need to do to get setup with Network Solutions such that anytime someone wants to modify a domain registered through us, the request is bounced litterally saying "you can't do that, go talk to FDT about it."? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lewis <jlewis(a)fdt.net> | Spammers will be winnuked or Network Administrator | drawn and quartered...whichever Florida Digital Turnpike | is more convenient. ______http://inorganic5.fdt.net/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key____

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NANOG 'Cast
by Eric Germann 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

Low bandwidth RealVideo looks great across the Digex backbone. Mucho better than white spot the last time. ============================================================================= Eric Germann Computer and Communications Technologies ekgermann(a)cctec.com Van Wert, OH 45891 Phone: 419 968 2640 http://www.cctec.com Fax: 419 968 2641 Network Design, Connectivity & System Integration Services A Microsoft Solution Provider "Linux.. the choice of a gnutered generation." - brad(a)poofy.tbn.tm

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Re: WorldNIC
by Tim Salo 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:08:00 -0400 > From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra(a)scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> > [...] > Domain Namespace is a natural resource, Mr. Gomes. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I can see it now. My daughter's geography class will now talk about oil, forests, ... and domain names! -tjs

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Re: worldnic
by Paul Vixie 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

well, at least it's worldnic.com and not thedotorgpeople.com. for .com registrations, network solutions is pushing folks to thedotcompeople.com, at $119 for two years registration. i'm sad to see that all of the paranoia about network solutions abusing their monopoly status were true, and i'm hoping very much that becky burr's presentation tomorrow absolutely guts the network solutions monopoly. -- Paul Vixie La Honda, CA "Many NANOG members have been around <paul(a)vix.com> longer than most." --Jim Fleming pacbell!vixie!paul (An H.323 GateKeeper for the IPv8 Network)

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URL for Sean's presentation
by Andy McConnell 08 Jun '98

08 Jun '98

Could someone closer tot he front of the room send us the URL for Sean's morning talk? We couldn't see it weel back here at the tables :-) -Andy -- Andy McConnell Network Architect, NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratories

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