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Number of providers
by Matthew Luckie 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Based on feedback we have received at http://as-rank.caida.org/ we are in the process of updating our AS relationship inference algorithm. We're interested to know how many providers different ASes have based on their size. We assume that it changes with size of the AS, e.g. Tier-1 have zero. We would appreciate it if anyone who is willing to provide us with their AS number and the number of their providers, would email this information to mjl(a)caida.org. Matthew Luckie CAIDA. p.s. It would be great if you could also tell us who your providers are.

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BGP ORF in practice
by Wayne Tucker 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

What's the general consensus (hah! ;) regarding the use of RFC5291 BGP outbound route filtering? It's worked well for me in the lab, but I have yet to use it in a live environment (and I don't know that most service providers would know what I was talking about if I asked for it). Does it work great or does it end up being more pain than it's worth? Thanks :w

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The Tubes
by Anton Kapela 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

All, Andrew Blum was interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air this week -- and gets a lot right about the Tubes we built. FYI, because your boss will be asking you about it: http://m.npr.org/story/153701673?url=/2012/05/31/153701673/the-internet-a-s… -Tk

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Re: Wacky Weekend: The '.secure' gTLD
by Hal Murray 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

> I think this is an interesting concept, but i don't know how well it will > hold up in the long run. All the initial verification and continuous > scanning will no doubtingly give the .secure TLD a high cost relative to > other TLD's. Right. But your "high cost" is relative to dime-a-dozen vanity domains and/or domains for small/tiny businesses. That's not their target market. How much would it be worth to a bank if they could keep a few of their customers from being scammed? How much would it be worth to an ISP if they could keep a few of their customers from being phished? For starters, just consider the support costs. Here is a note from a different context that says it only costs $99 for Verisign to certify you to sign secure-boot stuff for Windows 8, so I think that's the right ballpark. http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html I'm assuming that the hard part is the initial verification, not the ongoing monitoring that can be automated. YMMV. I might be all wet. ... -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

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West Coast Charter Outage
by Robert Glover 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Does anyone have any information on a Charter outage on the West Coast?

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Wikipedia Timing Out
by Hashem, Sherif Rakhaa 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

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