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Mobsters target Australians online
by Sean Donelan 27 May '04

27 May '04

Until you actually arrest the person, it is sometimes difficult to determine where the criminals are actually based. Some people thought the Sasser author was associated with Russia, not Germany. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/26/1085461839964.html Eastern European organised crime families are using the internet to target Australians. Delegates at the annual AusCERT Asia Pacific Internet Security Conference on the Gold Coast were warned yesterday that mobsters were hiring computer programmers to take their brand of criminal activity online. The deputy head of Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, Superintendent Mick Deats, said one Eastern European syndicate with interests in prostitution, drugs and gun smuggling was also earning money all over the world from internet credit card fraud, software piracy, child pornography and online extortion. "This particular group, to our knowledge so far, employ 10 programmers," he said. [...] American psychologist Max Kilger said hackers no longer fitted a typical stereotype. "The hacker stereotypes are long gone," he said.

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New block of AS Numbers to ARIN
by Doug Barton 27 May '04

27 May '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is to inform you that the IANA has allocated the following block of AS Numbers to ARIN: 32768 - 33791 For a full list of IANA AS Number allocations please see http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers - -- Doug Barton General Manager, The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAt8hiwtDPyTesBYwRAljZAKCG30/XaGZxXaX3INTIN7FflvLAlgCgijFb Vl7S7lKJJ+RilDhyr792HFg= =G6z6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Open Source BGP Route Optimization?
by Noel Montales 27 May '04

27 May '04

Hello! Does anybody happen to know of any open source project working on a BGP route optimizer like what Route Science or Internap or the likes have commercially? Just sounds like the sort of thing somebody would have though of, but I've never seen any mention of it.. Regards, Noel Montales Waveform Technology LLC

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Re: Cisco HFR
by Hank Nussbacher 27 May '04

27 May '04

>> No. The BFR was the development name for Tony Li's last Cisco project >> and morphed into the GSR. The processor card in at least early GSRs had >> a BFR sticker on them. > > Pardon, but I need to set the record straight here... It was not by > any stretch of the imagination 'my' project. There were dozens of folks > that had far more involvement than I did. All I did was to help with > getting things jump started. > > Tony Just to add a bit more, I believe Tony and Michael Laor were the main leaders in the GSR: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/innovators/optical/gsr/index.htm Whereas the BFR had a lot of Israeli work from Michael's group (as per an Israeli daily reports - and here is the English translation): http://www.ivc-online.com/ivcWeeklyItem.asp?articleID=1727 -Hank

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netlantis news
by Pascal Gloor 27 May '04

27 May '04

Hello ppl, as you probably have noticed, netlantis is down since a while. Netlantis had critical performance problems and we decided to re-write some of the core scripts to improve the DB update. While doing this we had some new ideas about how to process the updates and much more has been re-written. There are no new features for the users, just the core-system works on a different way and all the BGP updates queuing problems will be gone. "What's new then ?" netlantis is running now since several weeks its own BGP daemon called (guess) nbgpd. So far it works well and has pretty nice performance (able to handle up to 500 full BGP sessions (tested up to 100)). "nbgpd" is dumping updates into files (per peer, per timestamp) in its own (simple) binary format. The updates are then sent to "ndb" (netlantis DB manager) which is a fast "routing table status file updater". This also runs since several weeks. the last difficulty is to convert this "ndb" format for the SQL database (to handle all the web/whois/telnet queries). So far we wrote the MySQL (MyISAM format) data file properly. "So? why isnt it up yet ????" We still have a last part to finish, writing the MySQL (MyISAM format) index file. Once this step completed, netlantis will come back up! "What's the difference for the lambda user??" Reliable informations! Until now, "global cisco bug upgrade worldwide in the world" made netlantis to go booom due to the high load of bgp updates. This will no more happen. We expect to have a delay to "real-time" of about 10 to 15 minutes, with few or many BGP updates, it wont matter! "Well, I dont care about your internal stuff, when will it be back????" We expect to bring netlantis back during the next week. We will inform you then. Best Regards, Pascal Gloor _ ______________ ___ _ ________________ / |/ / __/_ __/ / / _ | / |/ /_ __/ _/ __/ / / _/ / / / /__/ __ |/ / / / _/ /_\ \ /_/|_/___/ /_/ /____/_/ |_/_/|_/ /_/ /___/___/.org ... where all the routes meet

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RE: Cisco HFR
by Michel Py 27 May '04

27 May '04

> Warren Kumari wrote: > http://homepage.mac.com/warrenkumari/BFR/BFR2.JPG In fact, the reason the box which otherwise appears to contain a lot of air is so big is because they have to pack the Incredible Hulk (in its pre-Hulk stage) inside. If you order the Hulk option, as soon as you unpack the crate, the Hulk jumps out of the box and carries the BFR to the right bay. The logo on the board it a warning not shake the crate too much otherwise the Hulk will rip the box apart trying to get out early. So remember, when the raised floor collapses because it could not stand the combined weight of the forklift, the crate, the 12016 and the bozo that drives the forklift, it's because of the Hulk pictured on the link above.

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RE: Cisco HFR
by Michel Py 27 May '04

27 May '04

> This box is the HFR which, according to the San Jose Mercury, > is short for "Huge Fast Router". (Some reporter at the Merc > probably still believes in the tooth fairy.) Same as the BFR, I heard a different interpretation of the word in the middle :-) > As with many things, if you have to ask how much it costs > before deciding to order it, you can't afford it. You don't get it, me thinks. For lots of people here, networks are not a toy funded by the taxpayer's money, they're a tool to make money and popular wisdom that I have found being practiced here says that indeed you _do_ ask how much it costs before you buy it. I don't buy a million bucks peace of equipment because it looks cool and I just got funding. I buy a million bucks piece of equipment because I want ROI on it, and if the ROI is 500k over 5 years I actually don't buy it. Michel.

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RE: Cisco HFR
by Michel Py 27 May '04

27 May '04

> Eric Kuhnke > Here it is, complete with OC-768 interface: > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5763/index.html It's a BFR allright. I wonder how much OC-768 linecards will go for; if it's consistent with 2OC192/POS-IR-SC some will be over a million list a pop. And you thought 12816 gear was pricey? Michel.

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RE: WAN accelerator recommendations
by Ledwidge, Feargal 26 May '04

26 May '04

I worked very heavily with the expand product line in 1999 thru 2001. Our site was one of the beta test sites for their frame-relay product. Their products are first class and yielded us fabulous results. Here's an extract from a CIO magazine article referencing my experience: Expand Networks of Roseland, N.J., builds network accelerators that save bandwidth by using several techniques. In one way, the accelerators can recognize the data packets in a single communications session, strip out their headers (which, by definition, are all the same), and replace them with a two-bit session number. Feargal Ledwidge, network manager for Irvine, Calif.-based Wyle Electronics, says he's seen a threefold to fourfold increase in effective bandwidth by using the products. "Without these accelerators we would probably have had to double our bandwidth purchases," he says. http://www.cio.com/archive/070100/et.html Bottom-line - their products rock and from what I hear just keep getting better & better Feargal Feargal Ledwidge Web Services Engineer NRT Web Services -----Original Message----- From: Michael Ray [mailto:miker@cotse.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:01 PM To: Matt Bazan Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Re: WAN accelerator recommendations On Tue, 25 May 2004 16:02:57 -0700, you wrote: >Hello, > I'm looking for advice and recommendations on WAN (T1 speeds) >accelerator devices. I've seen the literature on the offerings from >Peribit, NetCelera and Packeteer and am looking for some real-world >feedback. Can anyone provide me with their experiences using these >products or similar? Thanks, > > Matt For what it is worth, one of the partners I work with was going through the due diligence of reviewing and testing WAN accelerator devices for their branch offices instead of pulling in more circuits. They were leaning toward Expand Network's gear but the entire project was dropped so they are still in the same boat. Expand's site: http://www.expand.com/ Mike

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WAN accelerator recommendations
by Matt Bazan 26 May '04

26 May '04

Hello, I'm looking for advice and recommendations on WAN (T1 speeds) accelerator devices. I've seen the literature on the offerings from Peribit, NetCelera and Packeteer and am looking for some real-world feedback. Can anyone provide me with their experiences using these products or similar? Thanks, Matt

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