September 1998 - Test - lists.nanog.org

saudi internet / international connections
by Peter Merdian 10 Sep '98

10 Sep '98

Hello, if this is not the right list, please tell me so. Otherwise: Saudi Arabia will connect the whole country through one party (KACST), in the beginning to UUNET in the US. I'd like to have an advice, whether it is better to connect to - an internat. exchange / NAP/MAE (and have the transit/uplike and peering there) - or directly to a large ISP like UUNET/MCI/Sprint? Out of redundancy (not financial) reasons there will be a link to Europe. So the same questions like above applies and additional the question whether to connect to TEN-34 or EBONE - which are supposed to be a/the European backbone. How are the chances today to have some peerings and not going all the traffic through an transit/uplink ISP? On a sidenote: it is 50% cheaper to dump the traffic in the US than in Europe. Is it (for European ISPs) cheaper to have raw bandwidth to US (from Europe) plus uplink-ISP fee than connecting to e.g. MAE-Frankfurt ?! There seems to be some way still to go for a true worldwide Internet. With regards, Peter Merdian -- currently at KACST, Saudi Arabia

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NSI Bulletin 098-012 | New GTLD server
by David H. Holtzman 10 Sep '98

10 Sep '98

Network Solutions has added another gTLD server, k.gtld-servers.net which is based in London. It will become operational over the next few days. This machine will service .com, .net and .org zones only. This step should better service our customers in Europe by distributing the load and decreasing the latency for lookups. _____________________________________ David H. Holtzman (dholtz(a)internic.net) Sr Vice President of Engineering Network Solutions, Inc.

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Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois
by Jim Fleming 09 Sep '98

09 Sep '98

-----Original Message----- From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell(a)dimension.net> <snip> > > If someone can tell me how to get phone numbers in >I'll post a URL to the script itself, so you can have your >own "whois" client that uses "rwhois". If they are completely >unavailable I go back to stating a need to replicate the >whois data, perhaps into a "rwhois" database. :-) > I think that you have to use the "contact" handle and do the lookup and it has "Phone:". Here is part of the original example. Note, the lookup is for FM136.NET which came from the lookup for DIMENSION.NET. %ok FM136.NET contact:Class-Name:contact contact:Auth-Area:net contact:ID:FM136.net contact:Handle:FM136 contact:First-Name:Fitzgerald contact:Last-Name:Michael contact:Name:Michael, Fitzgerald contact:Type:I contact:Email:mfitzgerald@DIMENSION.NET contact:Phone:703-709-7699 contact:Org-Name:Dimension Enterprises contact:Street-Address:1039 Sterling Rd, Suite 201 contact:City:Herndon contact:State:VA contact:Postal-Code:22170 contact:Country-Code:US contact:Created:19950817123945000 contact:Updated:19960221135609000 %ok Jim Fleming Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com End-2-End: VPC(Java)---C+@---<IPv8>---C+@---(Java)VPC http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt http://www.ddj.com/index/author/idx10133.htm

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Inter-CO signaling?
by Dan Hollis 09 Sep '98

09 Sep '98

Is there any way to determine if inter-telco links are using robbed bit signaling? Eg from GTE to USwest in the Seattle area. I suspect RBS may be causing lots of v.90 problems in GTE country in Seattle. But id like to know how to confirm this. And just maybe, get it fixed. -Dan

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Re: Online Network Tools?
by David Greer 09 Sep '98

09 Sep '98

Brad, Several links were already posted. Personally I like the list that comes with Roosevelt Giles' book on becoming a CCIE. The list is without a doubt one of the most comprehensive, although I am still trying to track some weird service numbers on my network. David A. Greer Senior Telecomm Analyst General Nutrition Companies, Inc. 300 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 338 - 2539 (V) (412) 402 - 7000 (F) -----Original Message----- From: Brad Daugherty <bsd(a)pobox.com> To: nanog(a)merit.edu <nanog(a)merit.edu> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 12:00 PM Subject: Online Network Tools? >Hello, > > Aside from the list of tools at Merit are there any other links-of-links for networking tools? I'm currently looking for a MAC->Vendor website. > >Thanks, >Brad

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Online Network Tools?
by Brad Daugherty 09 Sep '98

09 Sep '98

Hello, Aside from the list of tools at Merit are there any other links-of-links for networking tools? I'm currently looking for a MAC->Vendor website. Thanks, Brad

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Re: Director Database Marketing (Herndon VA US)
by Dean Anderson 09 Sep '98

09 Sep '98

At 12:50 PM 9/3/98 -0700, you wrote: Hmm. Here's something interesting from the NSI prospectus regarding the PG Media whoha: -- In addition, the Company recently received written direction from the NSF not to take any action to create additional TLDs or to add any new TLDs to the Internet root servers until further guidance is provided by the NSF -- Presumably, by such a direction, the NSF is exercising control over its own records... Seemingly, one would not exercise control over private records... Another point, perhaps, that these are government records and not private property? --Dean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean(a)av8.com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP http://www.av8.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Re: Director Database Marketing (Herndon VA US)
by Jim Fleming 09 Sep '98

09 Sep '98

-----Original Message----- From: Steven J. Sobol <sjsobol(a)nacs.net> <snip> > >The WHOIS data is what I don't want being sold. > Why would people buy it ? You can download the contact data base that not only has whois info but also the billing contacts which I think were separated from the basic whois information. Of course, part of the problem in doing this is that 30 minutes after you do this the database is out of date. NSI has a relationship with their customers which you do not. One may have to look at this and decide if the relationship is what has the value or the actual data base. One could argue that the relationship is where the value is because we just discussed above that you can get the data but it is of little use without the customers consenting to developing a relationship with you. Eventually, this all ends up in the age old discussion about what is data and what is information. NSI has the information and the data. You can obtain the data but not the information. The information is where the value is. People WILL pay for information. Jim Fleming Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com End-2-End: VPC(Java)---C+@---<IPv8>---C+@---(Java)VPC http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt http://www.ddj.com/index/author/idx10133.htm

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Re: mfst.com www
by Kyle_Bacon/Fnsi/US＠fnsi.net 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

Has anyone seen an ATM participant list for MAE-E and MAE-W? Is it worth (peer wise) starting the migration process from Legacy FDDI to ATM? K Steve Feldman <feldman(a)mfst.com> on 09/08/98 04:29:27 PM To: jamie(a)ais.net, nanog(a)merit.edu cc: (bcc: Kyle Bacon/Fnsi/US) Subject: Re: mfst.com www > Where did www.mfst.com go? It was assimilated... > Where to get info, peer lists, etc., for mae-* ? The same information is (unofficially) available at: http://www.mae.net Steve

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mfst.com www
by jamie＠dilbert.ais.net 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

<noop> Where did www.mfst.com go? Where to get info, peer lists, etc., for mae-* ? -- jamie rishaw (efnet:gavroche) American Information Systems, Inc. Tel:312.425.7140, FAX:312.425.7240 Help stop spam! router(config)#no ip routing thirty thousand feet above the earth..youre a beautiful thing..

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