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Anonymous planning a root-servers party
by George Bakos 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

As I hadn't seen it discussed here, I'll have to assume that many NANOGers haven't seen the latest rant from Anonymous: "To protest SOPA, Wallstreet, our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun, On March 31, the Internet will go Black. In order to shut the Internet down, one thing is to be done. Down the 13 root DNS servers of the Internet. Those servers are as follow:" http://pastebin.com/XZ3EGsbc 13 servers. Sshhhhh! Don't anybody mention anycast - it's a secret.

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Re: common time-management mistake: rack & stack
by Brandon Butterworth 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

> I have noticed that a lot of very well-paid, sometimes > well-qualified, networking folks spend some of their time on "rack & > stack" tasks, which I feel is a very unwise use of time and talent. It's not a waste, it's therapeutic, breaks the monotony of a desk job, you get a bit of exercise. Doing something mindless can help clear your thoughts, engineering yoga. > Imagine if the CFO of a bank spent a big chunk of his time filling up ATMs. That'd be a good idea, it's too easy to become remote from reality. obviously you need the right balance - s/big// brandon

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One solution -- time sink 42
by Kierstead, Wade 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Here's a little trick that works really well for those types of labels. Have you watched professional wrappers at Christmas time curling ribbon with a pair of scissors? It works for removing the backing from the labels as well. Hold the backing of the label against the side of a pair of scissors / knife / even a key with some sharper points on it, and drag it across the edge. This will make the ends separate a little bit, allowing you to take hold and easily separate the pieces. Check out this site that shows it being done with scissors if you've never seen it http://www.wikihow.com/Curl-Ribbon Make sure it's the backing side being scraped across the scissors, not the printed side. Wade -----Original Message----- From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:09 PM To: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: time sink 42 ok, this is horribly pragmatic, but it's real. yesterday i was in the westin playing rack and stack for five hours. an horrifyingly large amount of my time was spent trying to peel apart labels made on my portable brother label tape maker, yes peeling the backing from a little label so remote hands could easily confirm a server they were going to attack. is there a trick? is there a (not expensive) different labeling machine or technique i should use? randy ________________________________ This electronic mail, including any attachments, is confidential and is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may be privileged. Any unauthorized distribution, copying, disclosure or review is prohibited. Neither communication over the Internet nor disclosure to anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender and then delete this communication and any attachments from your computer system and records without saving or forwarding it. Thank you.

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Re: time sink 42
by Joel M Snyder 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

On 2/16/12 2:23 PM, nanog-request(a)nanog.org wrote: > time sink 42 Others have already noted the difference between TZ and M tapes; the TZ tapes are also supposed to be 'better' in that they are laminated, while the M tapes are not and may decay more quickly. However, the problem I have is that the "better" label maker (the one that takes TZ tapes) is not nearly as easy to use as the "cheaper" one, the M-compatible P-touch. I knew that I didn't want a bunch of useless features, so I bought the cheapest TZ-compatible P-touch I could find, the 1290, but it is about twice as hard to get anything done with it as the bottom-of-the-line $19.95 P-Touch that takes M tapes. Anyone got a solution for *that* particular problem? Should I get a better TZ-compatible labeler? jms -- Joel M Snyder, 1404 East Lind Road, Tucson, AZ, 85719 Senior Partner, Opus One Phone: +1 520 324 0494 jms(a)Opus1.COM http://www.opus1.com/jms

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OT: Re: Canadian ops working under a U.S. TN visa
by Scott Weeks 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

--- johnl(a)iecc.com wrote: Watch out or I'll tell you about the time I was busted at the Rainbow Bridge for undeclared photo albums. ---------------------------- Rainbow Bridge as in 1970s Maui? Got photos? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(film) Like others, I couldn't resist... :-) scott A modest audience of a few hundred island hippies, surfers, and students turned up following announcements that Hendrix would play a free concert for a film.

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Canadian ops working under a U.S. TN visa
by Steve Bertrand 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

I am in the last-moment phase of moving from Canada to the U.S. for a one-year contract. Tomorrow I will be crossing at the Peace Bridge at Niagara to apply for my TN visa. Could anyone here who may have gone through this process contact me off-list to answer a few simple questions? Thank you, Steve

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SSL Certificates
by Michael Carey 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Looking for a recommendation on who to buy affordable and reputable SSL certificates from? Symantec, Thawte, and Comodo are the names that come to mind, just wondering if there are others folks use. Thanks, -- Michael D. Carey KINBER Network Engineer mcarey(a)kinber.org M: 814.777.5027 GV: (814) 205-6773 <https://www.google.com/voice#phones> Skype: KINBER.Mike.Carey KINBER - Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research - www.kinber.org PennREN - Pennsylvania's Research and Education Network

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Re: Hi speed trading - hi speed monitoring
by Hank Nussbacher 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

At 13:49 16/02/2012 +0000, Jethro R Binks wrote: >On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > > > Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire > > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/high-speed-trading/ > > > > "Below the 950-millisecond level, where computerized trading occurs so > > quickly that human traders can't even react, no fewer than 18,520 > > crashes and spikes occurred." > > > > Anyone who has managed a network knows that when you look at your > > MRTG/Cacti graphs at 5min, 10min ,15min intervals - all looks well. > > Start looking at 1sec intervals and you will see spikes that hit 100% of > > capacity - even on networks running at 25% average utilization. > > > > I guess trading and networking do have many unseen similarities. > >Tieing the two together, this post shows how a lot of 'conventional' >network thinking needs to be turned on its head when it comes to networks >for trading floors: > >http://www.fragmentationneeded.net/2011/12/pricing-and-trading-networks-dow… Great article! Thanks for sharing, Hank >Jethro. > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >Jethro R Binks, Network Manager, >Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK > >The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in >Scotland, number SC015263.

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802.11 MAC Point Coordination Function
by Jeremy 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Hi All, I'm doing some research on 802.11 quality of service, congestion control, etc. I'm trying to find some information on the Point Coordination Function, a polling based access control method, but I'm having a hard time finding much in the way of vendor support. I have access to some cisco 1242's, 1140's and 1252's and I've been searching the Cisco's site and can't find a real answer on whether or not it's supported let alone how to configure it. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does Cisco have some special name for it aside from PCF? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Jeremy

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Wireless Recommendations
by Jim Gonzalez 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Hi, I am looking for a Wireless bridge or Router that will support 600 wireless clients concurrently (mostly cell phones). I need it for a proof of concept. Thanks in advance Jim

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