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Re: Changing the Rules...
by smd＠clock.org 29 May '97

29 May '97

Marc Hurst <mhurst(a)fastlane.ca> writes: > The Canadian government had zero input in the selection of the University > of British Columbia having this authority. This will come as a large surprise to a few people who are or used to be at the DND and the NRC, I guess. > Jon Postel told us when we asked that as long as John > Demco is in that office he will have the registry. Good. John Demco and I had some arguments in the past and we don't see entirely eye-to-eye on some issues, but he's basically sound, and I can't think of anyone in Canada better suited to the task of having overall responsibility for CA-DOM. Sean.

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Re: Shutdown of lists on May 30th at 12:01 AM
by Richard J. Sexton 29 May '97

29 May '97

At 08:11 AM 5/29/97 -0700, you wrote: >mr. wolodkin, > >it is not possible to support multiple public sets of root name servers. >the DNS protocol does not support it. BIND does not support it. what >happens when you try is called "cachaphony." It's physically possible. Just because you don't approve of it doesn't make it impossible. The set of servers popularly called the "legacy" roots wer once the only set. When Kashpureff first began alternic, the legacy roots were now a subset, or, Alternic roots were a superset. At any rate, they've been running for a year, and do work. YOu have an odd sense of "not possible" and I suspect you are speaking to either the political or financial layers of the protocol stack, not one of the underltying ones. >anyone who tries is harming the public internet user population with only >their own gain (usually psychological, sometimes monetary) as justification. >i call these people "pirates" and i mean it in the same sense as i would >call you a pirate if you decided to broadcast on one of my local television >channels since you thought your programming was better. depending on radiuses >i could get (a) a signal i didn't want or (b) a mixture of crap and no signal >at all. Cable. Direct satellite. Yout TV dial of 2 - 13 is obsolete Paul. >there is no justification for eDNS, alterNIC, or any of these other pirates. >they are in this for foolish and destructive reasons. In your opinion, which is hardly neutral. Your better idea is ? >DNS is a coherent, distributed, reliable database. with one set of roots. This was true two years ago, but not any more. >i am not impressed with your apologist role here. Show me the RFC that says "you can't do something on the net unless Paul is impressed". -- "You can tell the Internet pioneers, because they're the ones with the bullet holes in their feet." - BKR

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Re: Shutdown of lists on May 30th at 12:01 AM
by Richard J. Sexton 29 May '97

29 May '97

At 10:44 AM 5/29/97 -0400, you wrote: >Paul can certainly speak for himself, but I think the issue that most >people (myself included) have is that these people refuse to work within >the IETF process. If they want to change things and follow the procedure >that everyone else has used for years then great, let them try and convince >people of the validity of their ideas. Eugene Kashpureff has made a point to be at every IETF meeting since this Jihad started over a year ago, plus other conferences applicable (such as the Boston governence conference) IETF has always held the position that this is a policy issue and IETF deals with technology. At IETF San Jose, my nuderstanding is they thought Eugene should move forward with .alt in recognition of the work he had done, and take it from there. Along came IAHC and the shit hit the fan. >If, on the other hand, they refuse to work within the well established >system and go off into a corner and make grand declarations and try and >fracture the "rough consensus" model that has kept the net operating for >years, then they are indeed pirates. I would like to point out that going >through the IETF process does not mean your ideas will be accepted. More >ideas and plans are rejected than are accepted. If IETF expects to have a role in this, they'd bett at least pretend to be interested. It may be too late now what with governments, lawyers and ad hoc organizations. If they were to moderate this mess and take an active leadership rold, I can think of no better outcome. They would need the willingness to do this and some (poeple) resources to throw at it. Ball in your court. -- "You can tell the Internet pioneers, because they're the ones with the bullet holes in their feet." - BKR

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Re: Murkowski anti-spam bill could be a problem for ISPs
by smd＠clock.org 29 May '97

29 May '97

"Kent W. England" <kwe(a)6SigmaNets.com> writes: > If the ISP community doesn't address the email problem with protocols and > technical solutions Precisely. The current stack of email protocols are the problem here; it's been known for what, fifteen years, that Internet email is trivially forgeable and can be used to generate spectacular denials-of-service. >, then the legislators will respond to their constituents > with regulations. It's sad that apparently the Internet has evolved to the point where politicians move faster than standards-makers. Sean.

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AGIS, IEMMC Halt Bulk E-Mail
by Randall S. Benn 29 May '97

29 May '97

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/97/05/27/y0007_y00_14.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tuesday May 27 5:49 PM EDT > > Company Press Release > > Source: AGIS; IEMMC > > AGIS, IEMMC Halt Bulk E-Mail > > DEARBORN, Mich., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide Internet access > provider AGIS (Apex Global Internet Services, Inc.) has challenged all > members of the Internet E-Mail Marketing Council (IEMMC) to stop > originating all bulk e-mail through the AGIS network. Under the terms > of this agreement, Cyber Promotions, Cybertize E-mail, Integrated > Media Promotions, ISG, and Quantum Communications agreed to cease > sending unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) through the AGIS network > until the IEMMC delivers a working filtration system and acceptable > use policies. > > AGIS, founded in 1994 and one of the original ``big six'' Internet > companies, has been at the center of a recent controversy for > providing Internet connections to corporations that send unsolicited > commercial e-mail to Internet users. The Company said that members of > the IEMMC agreed to suspend bulk e-mail services on Sunday, May 25th, > 1997. > > ``IEMMC's acceptance of the AGIS request attests to our commitment to > promoting the ethical use of bulk e-mail in this emerging global > industry,'' said Walt Rines, IEMMC President. ``IEMMC members have > ceased to send commercial e-mail until the solution is officially > implemented.'' > > The IEMMC recently announced its first termination of a bulk e-mail > abuser's account. On May 16th at 9 p.m. EDT, an offender using a > dial-up America Online account and hijacking UUNet International > relays was found to be uploading a large quantity of unsolicited > e-mail to Internet users. IEMMC then notified Quantum Communications, > an IEMMC founding member, which quickly terminated the user's account. > > ``It has been AGIS' concern that if we were to disconnect bulk > e-mailers from our network that they would continue to abuse the > Internet from somewhere else. Instead, by gaining their cooperation > and founding an organization that serves as a watchdog for e-mail > abuse, there exists a system of checks and balances which can serve as > a long term solution,'' said Cary Joshi, AGIS Director of Corporate > Development. ``However, until the system is firmly in place, we > believe it is necessary to put a stop to all bulk e-mail emanating > from customers on our network. The IEMMC has agreed to cooperate in > this effort.'' > > Sanford Wallace, President of Cyber Promotions, said, ``We welcome the > challenge of implementing a set of rules and regulations, as well as > the technological solutions necessary to make the bulk e-mail industry > acceptable to Internet users. With the technological assistance of a > company of AGIS' caliber, it has become possible to keep bulk e-mail > away from those who are strongly opposed to it.'' > > AGIS (www.agis.net) founded in 1994, provides Internet access to > millions of users via its extensive customer base of Regional Bell > Operating Companies, content providers, large corporations, and > Internet service providers. A technology leader and innovator, AGIS is > the first Internet access provider to deploy ATM technology to operate > a national backbone network, the first to offer commercial 155 Mbps > connections to the 'Net, the first to reduce points of failure in a > network by using switching technologies, the first to design a > wholesale business model (so as not to compete with customers by > selling retail access), and the first to provide multiple distribution > centers for content replication (CooLocation). AGIS offers Internet > connectivity from 56 Kbps to 155 Kbps. > > AGIS is headquartered at 3601 Pelham Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48124 > Phone: 800-380-AGIS, Fax: 313-563-6119; E-mail: info(a)agis.net > > The mission of the IEMMC (www.iemmc.org) is to promote responsible > commercial e-mail marketing as an industry and to establish an > industry standard of procedures and ethics which will internally > regulate and govern member activities. Initial implementation plans > include a global remove list, accurate and identifiable header and > relay requirements, authorized SMTP use only, prohibition of > electronic retaliation, and adherence to all policies, practices, and > code of ethics of the IEMMC. The organization will serve as a watchdog > for the prevention of commercial e-mail abuse. > > ----------------------- > SOURCE: AGIS; IEMMC > Contact: George Kelly of AGIS, 313-730-1130; or Walt Rines of IEMMC, > 603-772-4096 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall S. Benn http://www.clark.net/pub/rbenn Internetworking Consultant rbenn(a)clark.net CCIE #1637 Reston, VA USA -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals
by jogden＠merit.edu 29 May '97

29 May '97

At 5:57 PM 5/27/97, Kent W. England wrote: >>Does anyone remember the NSF-sponsored regional networks? Can you fix >>this table--this is off the top of my head so I am missing a few networks. > > Name Region NOC was or is at Now > > Merit Michigan U Mich This should probably read: MichNet Michigan Ann Arbor still independent --MichNet is owned and managed by Merit. --Merit is a non-profit governed by its members -- 11 state universities in Michigan. --The NOC has always been and still is in Ann Arbor, but it started out as the Merit NOC which manged MichNet, CICNet, NSFNET and UMnet (the Universtiy of Michigan's campus network), then CICNet took its NOC business off to OSU/ATT, then the NOC moved from Merit to ANS (but it stayed in the same room, later it stayed with ANS, but moved to a new location still in Ann Arbor), CICNet came back, then the Univ. of Michigan created a new NOC in the same room where the old NOC had been before ANS moved it, the new UMich NOC provided services for UMich, MichNet, Merit's RA activities, and CICNet. The ANS NOC is still in Ann Arbor, but is completely separate from the UMich NOC. The original T1 NSFNET attachment in Ann Arbor served both MichNet and CICNet. So did the NSFNET T3 when it showed up later. -Jeff

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the original thirteen NSFNET regionals
by Kent W. England 29 May '97

29 May '97

>Does anyone remember the NSF-sponsored regional networks? Can you fix >this table--this is off the top of my head so I am missing a few networks. Can I buy a vowel? Name Region NOC was or is at Now SURAnet Southeast US Univ MD BBN SER NEARnet Northeast US MIT? BBN NER ^^^^BBN PREPnet Pennsylvania PSC merged w/ CICnet BARRnet Bay Area Stanford? Berkeley? BBN WR ^SU then E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto CERFnet? South Calif SDSC TCG Yes, CA Educational and Research Foundation network NOC was at General Atomics facility near UCSD CICnet Midwest ? merged w/ PREPnet ^was UMich, then OSU Merit Michigan U Mich JvNCnet Middle states Princeton bought by Verio ^JvNC Supercomputer Center, then Princeton NYSERnet New York ? ^NOC provided by contract ISP (now Sprint) THEnet Texas U Texas still independent MIDnet Midwest ? bought by Global Inet WestNet mid SW ? ? NorthWestNet Northwest U Wash still independent Those are the "original" thirteen. Then there were OARnet, NetIllinois, PSCnet, SDSCnet, NCSAnet, UCAR, CSNET, cypressnet, several DoD research nets and the FIXes ... --Kent

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SPAM: Accept Credit Cards Online! (fwd)
by Aleph One 29 May '97

29 May '97

Didnt CyberPromo said they would stop spamming until the whole database of people that didnt want spam was ready ? Didnt they say they wold kick people out of their little organization for not complying? Aleph One / aleph1(a)dfw.net http://underground.org/ KeyID 1024/948FD6B5 Fingerprint EE C9 E8 AA CB AF 09 61 8C 39 EA 47 A8 6A B8 01 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Return-Path: <kingonline(a)bigfoot.com> Received: from nic.wat.hookup.net by dfw.dfw.net (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA28853; Tue, 27 May 97 23:10:09 CDT Received: from 198.133.162.1 (dial-21.r03.scmbch.InfoAve.Net [204.116.58.151]) by nic.wat.hookup.net (8.8.5/1.185) with SMTP id XAA07349; Tue, 27 May 1997 23:59:38 -0400 (EDT) From: kingonline(a)bigfoot.com Received: from mailhost.zeplha.com (alt.zeplha.com(212.325.326.784)) by zelplha.com (8.8.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id GAA01684 for <PublicInfo(a)yourinfo.com>; Tue, 27 May 1997 23:56:57 -0600 (EST) Date: Tue, 27 May 97 23:56:57 EST To: PublicInfo(a)yourinfo.com Subject: Accept Credit Cards Online! Message-Id: <cag(a)ginternet.com> Reply-To: ims(a)cyberpromo.com X-Pmflags: 128 0 X-Uidl: 25489874584125356984587410230254 Comments: Authenticated sender is <satellite(a)zelplha.com> Hi there, Credit Cards are the universal currency of the Internet, and, if you want to do business online, you need to be able to Accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards on your Web site. [ SPAM deleted ]

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Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals
by Bradley J. Passwaters 29 May '97

29 May '97

> >Does anyone remember the NSF-sponsored regional networks? Can you fix > >this table--this is off the top of my head so I am missing a few networks. > > Can I buy a vowel? > > Name Region NOC was or is at Now > > SURAnet Southeast US Univ MD BBN SER Ok - why not: SURAnet NOC started in a little tiny room at the Univ of Maryland then moved off campus to a building in College Park (stones throw away from campus but not on campus) on Route 1. Technically I believe something that could be considered a backup NOC for SURAnet was run at the Georgia Tech Campus. And now you know the rest of the story..... bjp(a)eng.umd.edu | Disclaimer: Can you be sure I even uunet!eng.umd.edu!istari | exist: Let alone represent anyone Brad Passwaters (Network Ronin) | or anything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here we are. Born to be kings. We're the princes of the universe. Here we belong, fighting to survive in a war with the darkest power. Network Manager's Theme Song (QUEEN)

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Re: [off-topic] old NSFNET regionals?
by salo＠msc.edu 29 May '97

29 May '97

> Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 20:26:11 -0400 (EDT) > From: Ben Black <black(a)zen.cypher.net> > To: Alan Hannan <hannan(a)bondage.bythetrees.com> > Cc: Tung-Hui Hu <hhui(a)arcfour.com>, nanog(a)merit.edu > Subject: Re: [off-topic] old NSFNET regionals? > [...] > MRNet Minnesota Minneapolis MRNet ^^^^^ MRNet never had its own NSFNET Backbone node. Rather it connected via a 56kbps link to the node at UIUC. The link was later upgraded to T1 until MRNet migrated to CICNet. A different form of the question is: Where were the NSFNET backbone nodes located? There was an odd mapping between backbone nodes and regionals, (e.g., some sites which hosted NSFNET backbone nodes created regionals, other sites didn't, and some regionals, typically those formed later, didn't have their "own" backbone nodes). -tjs

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