September 2000 - Test - lists.nanog.org

Qwest UT fiber cut
by Majdi S. Abbas 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

Anyone heard any details? Rumor has it there is a cut between Richfield and Beaver. --msa

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Cat6
by Dave McKay 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

I haven't seen any mails on this, so I thought I'd post for the bored and curious. I have posted the Cat6 standard on my website. (sorry for the pdf format.) http://www.sneakerz.org/1000Base-TX.pdf -- Dave McKay dave(a)sneakerz.org Network Engineer - Google Inc.

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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
by rdobbins＠netmore.net 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

Yes, in the common parlance, they're referred to as the 'root' servers. Most technical people, including myself (unless we're being pedantic) refer to them in the same way. ----------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins(a)netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Lane [mailto:nathan@terminus.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 5:36 PM Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Re: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net Randy Bush wrote: > indeed! but these date are not about root nameservers. > > randy Indeed they ARE "root level" (i.e., the ones that have high visibility) servers to any non technical corporate management. I applaud the effort by the team at Network Solutions to keep us informed of changes and outages, even those not under their direct control. Without DNS, this space doesn't work for 99.9% of the population. -Nathan Lane Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
by Roeland M.J. Meyer 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

> Just because once upon a time the root nameservers and the most common > Top-Level-Domain nameservers were one in the same doesn't mean you can > freely refer to the TLD servers as "root" servers! You might want to check your RFC's. There's root servers and TLD root-servers, not to mention ccTLD root servers. Also, if you're running public registration at the SLD level (like UK is), you also have SLD root servers. Randy is technically correct, it was a notice about TLD root servers. However, this does not invalidate its operational importance. On DOMAIN-POLICY we have been taking NSI to task for making unannounced changes to the core structure. Albeit, mostly changes to whois (which some of y'all have complained about). I agree that NSI posting this notice on NANOG is a GoodThing(tm). Would you rather a tad too much notice, or none at all? <sheesh>.

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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
by rdobbins＠netmore.net 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

Well, this is the *North American* list, after all. Nobody's 'falling' for anything. It's just that since they seem to be willing to actually -tell- us about something before they do it, we ought to encourage that trend, even though it's a good decade or more late in coming. The .com and .net domains are certainly where the most money gets spent online, I should think. It may not be politically-correct to say so, but those are the domains that still matter the most to the vast majority of users and vendors. Last time I checked, it was dedicated people at .com and .net and .org domains - people like yourself - who've done the lion's share of both the technical and organizational work which makes the whole thing function. This is changing, of course, but excepting Tim Berners-Lee and a few others, I think it still holds true today. It'll be interesting to see what comes of the whole .us discussions currently being held. ----------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins(a)netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice -----Original Message----- From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:57 PM To: woods(a)weird.com Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net [ not disagreeing greg, just using your post as a soapbox ] > Just because once upon a time the root nameservers and the most common > Top-Level-Domain nameservers were one in the same doesn't mean you can > freely refer to the TLD servers as "root" servers! \\\ a handful out of hundreds of should iana post to this list every time they change servers for TZ, KE, UG, CA, MX, ...? it would be easy to do if people are really interested in this stuff at that level of detail. it is quite likely that french operators care a lot more about FR than COM. and remember that canada, mexico, and other places think that they're part of north america. though i suspect they may wistfully regret having a bully in the neighborhood. and let's not forget to cover servers for the extremely popular sites, e.g. aol.com, nasa.gov, ... it is amusing that members of this list, who so often spend inordinate amounts of time railing against nsi, fall so simply for their "we have the most important zones" marketing. then again, i am repeatedly told by my european, alyc, african, ap, ... friends that the whole domain name noise is an american problem/disease and we should shut up and use the US tld. interesting that nsi could be on the grab for that one too. randy

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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
by Sean Donelan 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

On Tue, 19 September 2000, Randy Bush wrote: > > In this particular case, I can see where information about root nameserver > > changes might be of use in figuring out broken name resolution due to > > caching issues, etc. > > indeed! but these date are not about root nameservers. I believe Randy operates/provides the servers for more TLDs in the root zone than any organization in the world, so I can understand why he is being pedantic about the root zone file. NSI is not changing the name servers for "." (root) NSI is changing the name servers for some TLDs. If you changed the name servers for .CA or .US, would those operators send out a notice or just do it. Since NSI has experienced at least one problem making this change in the past, which caused a lot of traffic on NANOG; I think its commendable they are now providing advance notice. If it will become a regular feature, NSI may want to provide a pointer to a different place where NSI will continue to provide the same information in the future instead of posting it on NANOG.

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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
by rdobbins＠netmore.net 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

I know the difference, it's just been common practice for a long time to refer to them as the 'root' servers. You and Mr. Bush are right about that, of course - but I still think it was nice of NSI to actually let us know about the TLD server change. ----------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins(a)netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice -----Original Message----- From: woods(a)weird.com [mailto:woods@weird.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:41 PM To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net [ On Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at 18:58:21 (-0700), rdobbins(a)netmore.net wrote: ] > Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net > > Yes, in the common parlance, they're referred to as the 'root' servers. > Most technical people, including myself (unless we're being pedantic) refer > to them in the same way. It would appear that at least some technical people need to learn to mind their p's and q's a with a little more care and attention! There is, and can ony be, one ``root'' in the DNS. Everything else is a subdomain. Just because once upon a time the root nameservers and the most common Top-Level-Domain nameservers were one in the same doesn't mean you can freely refer to the TLD servers as "root" servers! -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <gwoods(a)acm.org> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <woods(a)planix.com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods(a)weird.com>

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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net
by rdobbins＠netmore.net 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

Since we've all complained loudly and longly at one time or another about the dearth of any operational information at all coming from NSI, I don't think it's necessarily polite or prudent to slap them down just when they're becoming open with us. I'm grateful to Mr. Verd for making the effort to inform network operators of changes in the DNS infrastructure, and hope that he continues to do so. The more information we have, the better we're able to react to changes, troubleshoot problems, etc. In this particular case, I can see where information about root nameserver changes might be of use in figuring out broken name resolution due to caching issues, etc. Kudos to NSI for letting us know about changes -before- they occur - keep up the good work! ----------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins(a)netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice -----Original Message----- From: John Hawkinson [mailto:jhawk@bbnplanet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:31 PM To: Randy Bush Cc: Verd, Brad; 'nanog(a)merit.edu' Subject: Re: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net > while i appreciate you folk trying to be open and give us all some info, it > is not clear to me what you expect us to do with this info and therefore why > you post it. Randy, I appreciate knowing when the authoritative nameservers for the root zone, and for zones like .COM, .NET, .ORG, and .EDU change. > the only change that could occur that would require thought on my part would > seem to be if the iana announced a change of the ip address of one of the > root servers. am i not understanding something? Even in that case, thought would be pretty limited. I think this is more useful than most of the mail to nanog. On some level, it serves as a "be on the lookout for problems that might inadvertantly result," as well. --jhawk

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S-BGP (some operational content)
by Timothy Brown 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

Hi NANOG folks, I read an IEEE(?) draft on Secure BGP a short time ago, a draft which discussed using a PKI to prove that a netblock was reachable through a give provider. There were several other concepts in the document relating to actual vulnerabilities in BGP. Most of them looked valid. My questions become: a) Has there ever been a published man-in-the-middle attack of someone using BGP to affect someone else's network? b) Does anyone know of other groups that are focusing on developing new ways of combating the vulnerabilities? Brgds, T

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Re: (O-T)
by Dave McKay 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

Agreed, Please excuse my previous statement about level3 engineers. It was ment to be a private reply. (damn group reply!!) Its a personal opinion, and should be taken as such. (Its possible, and most likely true that l3 is a good provider, I just happened to speak with a not-so-bright engineer.) dan(a)netrail.net (dan(a)netrail.net) wrote: > I've found that the vast majority of very large ISPs have clueful > engineers. Hoever, like many routing problems, it's not a question that a > host exists, it's a question of reachability. Many times there are clueful > engineers, but there are so many layers between them and customers, they > are very hard to access. > > Daniel Golding > Director of R&D "I'm not evil. I'm just drawn that way" > NetRail, Inc. > 1-888-NetRail > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Dave McKay wrote: > > > > > Good connectivity, but clueless engineers. Problem solving is not their > > strong point. > > > > Stephen Burd (sburd(a)tm.net) wrote: > > > > > > hey, can someone tell me what they know about Level 3 Communications please? > > > > > > rsvp privately > > > > > > thank you > > > > > > -Stephen > > > > > > > -- > > Dave McKay > > dave(a)sneakerz.org > > Network Engineer - Google Inc. > > > -- Dave McKay dave(a)sneakerz.org Network Engineer - Google Inc.

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