October 2003 - Test - lists.nanog.org

POC at AOL for web flavored questions.
by Marc Goldberg 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

There was recently a thread regarding ability to access some SSL sites from the AOL service, so I thought I'd sign up here and reach out. If anyone has questions/problems regarding AOL's web access, please feel free to contact me at webmarc(a)aol.com or on the office phone at 703-265-0906 (please be gentle :-). Thanks, Marc -- Marc Goldberg, 703 265 0906 Technical Manager, AOL Internet Access Operations A single phone call is worth a thousand emails. So be really productive today, and call me :-)

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Re: Annoying dynamic DNS updates
by Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Some cable user's machine running default-configured MS apps is sending Paul dynamic DNS queries that it shouldn't, because somehow it's decided he's got an interesting destination (I'm guessing f.root-servers.net ?) Paul wants the user to get an error popup about it. Well, default-configured Microsoft applications have an application that lets you send a machine popup dialog boxes; it's been discussed here recently because spammers abuse it and (related discussion) it uses Port 135, so it might or might not be blocked by Comcast.net. So the obvious thing to do is find whichever program it is you use to send those messages, and start sending popups, guessing that it might not be blocked. The user's unlikely to have a clue what to do about them, but if you include a URL, you may get their attention.

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Re: ARIN policy proposals of interest
by Michael.Dillon＠radianz.com 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

>There are two policy proposals coming up at ARIN that may be of particular >interest to ISPs here that may not normally pay much attention to ARIN. Actually, there are several policy proposals that may be of particular interest to ISPs that may not normally pay much attention to ARIN. For instance, RWHOIS server requirements could change, the whole whois directory could be significantly different, the requirements for additional address space could be tougher/easier/different... If you really want to join in to an informed debate then you should start by looking through the proposals at http://www.arin.net/policy/proposal_archive.html Then you should go to http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/index.html where you can see the archive for PPML (ARIN Public Policy Mailing List) and subscribe to it if you have something to say. And finally, if you are an ARIN member and you are already flying to Chicago, why not attend the ARIN members meeting on the 2 1/2 days following NANOG. More info here http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XII/index.html --Michael Dillon

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Adjusting TCP windows on production systems?
by Temkin, David 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Is there anyone in a production environment who, as part of their system build process, adjusts the TCP receive window/MSS/etc. on production systems? I'm dealing with a few latency issues and the MSS settings improve them, but I'm hesitant to suggest it unless there's something I can point to. -Dave

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ARIN policy proposals of interest
by Owen DeLong 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

There are two policy proposals coming up at ARIN that may be of particular interest to ISPs here that may not normally pay much attention to ARIN. The first is 2002-3 which allows for end-user assignments of /22 instead of /20. The second is 2003-15 which, if passed, would provide /22 ALLOCATIONS to ISPs in sub-saharan Africa ONLY. I have been recommending that 2003-15 be amended to expand to all of ARIN and not be specific to a portion of Africa only, since I know there are a number of small(er) ISPs in North America that could benefit from such a policy. If you care about ARIN being able to allocate /22s, it might be well worth subscribing to PPML(a)ARIN.NTE or paying particular attention to these two proposals at the ARIN public policy meeting. Thanks, Owen

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Shaw Cable/Big Pipe contact needed
by Eric Kuhnke 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Could somebody from Shaw Cable/Bigpipe please contact me off-list? I've encountered a rather odd issue that the phone CSRs don't know how what to do about...

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