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RE: route authentication
by Joshua Wright 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

I am encouraging my local ISP/consortium (www.oshean.org) to utilize MD5 auth for BGP, but have been unsuccessful so far. The most difficult challenge I face there is convincing people of the "need" with the lack of a published exploit that the MD5 authentication would prevent. So much for best practices. <sigh> -Joshua Wright Team Leader, Networks and Systems Johnson & Wales University Joshua.Wright(a)jwu.edu pgpkey: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD44B4A73 fingerprint: FDA5 12FC F391 3740 E0AE BDB6 8FE2 FC0A D44B 4A73 > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Fraser [mailto:byfraser@cisco.com] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:48 PM > To: nanog(a)merit.edu > Subject: route authentication > > > > I'm wondering just how many ISPs are using HMAC-MD5 to > authenticate IS-IS > route advertisements within their ASs, or MD5 on BGP peering > sessions? I > don't need a real number, just a sense of the community. Is usage > increasing? is it dead? is it regional? etc. Any anecdotal > info you have is > appreciated. I don't need names of ISPs, just whether or not these > technologies are being used. > > thanks, > Barbara > Barbara Fraser > Consulting Engineer > Cisco Systems, Inc. > Phone: +1 (408) 525-1735 >

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New IPv6 blcok allocated to RIPE NCC
by leo vegoda 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC received the IPv6 address range 2001:0800::/23 from the IANA in May 2002. You may wish to adjust any filters you have in place accordingly. More information on the IP space administered by the RIPE NCC can be found on our web site at: <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/smallest-alloc-sizes.html> Kind regards, -- leo vegoda RIPE NCC, Registration Services Assistant Manager

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AS8070
by Ralph Doncaster 03 Jun '02

03 Jun '02

I've noticed a large chunk of my customer traffic coming from Microsoft. Anyone know if they peer anywhere on the East coast? Ralph Doncaster principal, IStop.com div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc.

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OT: Saturday Site Seeing
by K. Graham 02 Jun '02

02 Jun '02

Here is an invite to anyone that will be here this Saturday June 8th. Weather permitting, I am willing to be a tour guide in downtown Toronto. I was thinking a ride up the CN tower to the very top observation tower called "SkyPod". It is the worlds highest observation tower standing at 1,465ft. There is also a lower observation "Glass Floor" which can make you a bit dizzy. The CN tower over looks the SkyDome and the ACC Center. The website and cost are below. http://www.cntower.ca/ Look Out + Glass Floor + Skypod (Taxes extra) $22.49 (CDN) To add to the day a walk along the Toronto Waterfront. Harbourfront is on the Central portion of the Martin Goodman Trail. This is a trail that stretches from one end of the city to the other. At it's westend it joins up with pathways into Mississauga and Oakville and on towards Hamilton. Eventually creating a park around the lakefront. Harbourfront is a bustling area with many shops, art galleries, outdoor venues, and a spectuclar view of the inner harbour. We had the Tall Ships moored there in the past. http://www.ryerson.ca/vtoronto/wwwsite/themes/cultrec/html/harbour.htm http://www.harbourfront.on.ca/ If time permits and if everyone would like a ferry ride to the island to put their feet into the sandy beach that can also be added into the day. I have a Neon so could probably put 3 - 4 others into it. As well as anyone else that would like to drive down. Contact me off-line if you would like to go. Kim

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Is ISPSec group still active
by Sean Donelan 02 Jun '02

02 Jun '02

Is the Internet Sevice Providers Security Consortium (ISPSec) still active? In the past ISPSec developed some best practices for ISPs. Have ISPs stopped using ISPSec and started using NRIC instead. http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/ispsec/index.shtml

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AS 12188 route withdrawls
by Tim Devries 02 Jun '02

02 Jun '02

Has anyone seen strange activity with as 12188?

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zombienet spam fingerprint
by E.B. Dreger 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

Greetings all, Semi-operational content... Anyone recognize the following? Variable data replaced with $varname$ for anonymity. Return-path: <$forgedaddr$> Received: from $crackedvictimfqhn$ ([$crackedvictimip$] helo=compuserve.com) by $destinationmx$ with smtp (Exim 3.03 #41) id 17DZf2-0004m5-00 for $addr; Fri, 31 May 2002 00:48:52 +0100 To: $name$ <$addr$> From: $forgedaddr$ X-Mailer: OutLook Express 3.14159 Subject: Dear mr $name$ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: $validmessageid$ Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 00:48:52 +0100 Hello $name$ dear friends again! Where the variables are: $crackedvictimfqhn$ : machine that sent message $crackedvictimip$ : ip of above $destinationmx$ : the mx that received the spam $forgedaddr$ : forged "mail from" $name$ : these are sent mail-merge style $validmessageid$ : receiving MX-generated msg id The interesting things are X-Mailer, Subject, and the fact that these messages originate from many different places. I've only run nmap on a couple of $crackedvictimip$... one was Windows, one was Solaris. Assuming the results were accurate, this smells like a twist on Sadmind, or perhaps exploitation of compromised machines. Anyone have any info? -- Eddy Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist(a)brics.com> To: blacklist(a)brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist(a)brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.

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Adelphia update: WSJ SAYS DELISTING MEANS CREDITORS CAN ASK FOR 1.4 BILLION CASH, NOW.
by blitz 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

Don't hold your breath for Adelphia, theyr'e toast... >Adelphia update: Bankrupcy looms. Insider report follows: > >>THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE THE LATEST NEWS IS A LITTLE OLDER. BY NOW I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF YOU SAW THAT THEIR STOCK CAN'T BE TRADED ANYMORE....THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS - AND THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW ANGLE-- THAT NOW BECAUSE OF NASDAQ HALT ON TRADING, BONDHOLDERS CAN CALL IN 1.4 BILLION IN DEBT. LIKE THAT SCENE IN "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE," WHERE THEY WALK IN AND SCREAM GIVE ME MY MONEY NOW!!!!!! >> >> TWO DAYFILE ITEMS: >>1.) BOARD MEETING SATURDAY, EXPECT FIREWORKS BETWEEN ERKIE AND LEONARD TOW, THE NEW GUY. stories below confirm he's not happy. again, that's old news, though. although it now looks like tow wants to be chairman of the company. and he tried to get backing from board member Gelber. stage is set for a battle. NY Times did this overnight. >> >>2.) A STORY BELOW SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO FILE SOME SORT OF NEW FINANCIAL PLAN BY JUNE 15. ( if they don't file bankruptcy first) >> >>AND ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE: MY PREDICTION ABOUT A THURSDAY BANKRUPTCY IS KAPUT.... BUT WITH THE WSJ SAYING DEBT CAN BE CALLED IN, AND WITH SALE TALKS TO CHARTER BREAKING DOWN, IT'S PROBABLY SOON. Addendum: they BROKE down according to local news reports....(Buffalo, NY, home of the Rigas family) >>**************** >>May 30, 2002 18:46 ET >>Nasdaq to Delist Adelphia Communications Corp. >> >>NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq)(R) today announced that it will delist the securities of Adelphia Communications Corporation <http://alliance.marketwatch.com/custom/alliance/interactivechart.asp?symb=A…>(NASDAQ: ADLAE) based upon its failure to timely file its periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Nasdaq rules and based upon public interest concerns. >> >>The delisting will be effective upon the open of business on Monday, June 3, 2002, in order to provide for an orderly transition of index components in the Nasdaq 100 Index. >> >>Source: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. >> >>CONTACT: Scott Peterson of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., >>+1-301-978-4873 >> >>Web site: <http://www.nasdaqnews.com/>http://www.nasdaqnews.com/ >>http://www.nasdaq.com/ >>May 30, 2002 05:39 PM >> >>Dow Jones Business News via Dow Jones >> >>WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Brand-new Adelphia Communications Corp. (ADLAE) board member Leonard Tow on Thursday asked that the company refrain from selling its cable assets and repeated his request that the company add Rudy Graf to the board. >> >>Tow, the company's largest shareholder outside of the family of former Chief Executive John J. Rigas, said he opposes the company's plan to quickly sell the company's most valuable cable properties. >> >>Tow, whose affiliates beneficially own 12.76% of the company's Class A shares, said the company intends to complete the sale by Friday evening. >> >>Adelphia has been reported to be seeking a sale of cable properties to Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR).Adelphia spokesman Gary Holmes said the company had not yet seen the letter, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. >> >>My guess is that we're not going to be able to comment on the filing, Holmes said. >> >>Tow, whose appointment to the company's board was announced Tuesday, made his requests in a letter dated Thursday to newly appointed Chairman and interim Chief Executive Erland E. Kailborne. >> >>(This story was originally published by Dow Jones Newswires) >> >>Copyright © 2002 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. >> >>May 30, 2002 19:58 ET >>Adelphia Responds to Leonard Tow's SEC Filing >> >>COUDERSPORT, Pa., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Adelphia Communications Corporation <http://alliance.marketwatch.com/custom/alliance/interactivechart.asp?symb=A…>(NASDAQ: ADLAE) today issued the following letter to Dr. Leonard Tow: >> >> >> May 30, 2002 >> Leonard Tow >> 160 Lantern Ridge Road >> New Canaan, CT 06840 >> >> >> Dear Dr. Tow: >> >>I was, as I am sure you realize, surprised to receive your letter of earlier today. We have told you that we would brief you on the asset sale proposals in detail at the Board meeting Saturday. We have also explained the general goals and progress to you orally. Your letter is the first suggestion that you felt you needed more detail before Saturday. >> >>Your letter is also the first indication that you object to the company's need to address its liquidity issues through asset sales -- proposed asset sales that I thought you fully agreed were essential to the company's survival. We have asked you for any concrete proposal you have as to how to restructure the company's debt. While I did not intend to press you for any specific plan you might have until Saturday, in light of your objection to the planned asset sales I would ask you to provide me in as much detail as you are now able, what specific, concrete alternative or alternatives you propose. You will, I know, understand that general ideas without concrete details as to how they will be implemented are of little use at this time. >> >>Les Gelber has shared with me your proposal that you be elected Chairman of the company. I certainly hope that your letter is, and your participation as a member of the Board, will be directed towards what will benefit all of the company's shareholders and not in pursuit of a separate agenda. >> >>Incidentally, you earlier asked and were specifically told that no transaction would be completed internally or otherwise before the Board meeting. I cannot understand what purpose you believe is served by including a knowingly false statement in a letter -- particularly a letter that I understand you released to the press contemporaneously with faxing it to me. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Erland E. Kailbourne >> >>May 31, 2002 >>U.S. BUSINESS NEWS >> >>Nasdaq Plans to Delist Adelphia, >>Triggering Clause in Bond Deal >> >>By DEBORAH SOLOMON and ROBERT FRANK >>Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL >>COMPANIES >>Dow Jones, <http://online.wsj.com/reuters_popup>Reuters >><http://online.wsj.com/mds/companyresearch-quote.cgi?route=BOEH&template=com…>Adelphia Communications Corp. Cl A (ADLAE) >>PRICE >>CHANGE >>U.S. dollars1.16 >>0.00 >>4:00 p.m. >> >> >><http://online.wsj.com/mds/companyresearch-quote.cgi?route=BOEH&template=com…>Charter Communications Inc. Cl A (CHTR) >>PRICE >>CHANGE >>U.S. dollars7.16 >>-0.44 >>4:00 p.m. >> >> >>* At Market Close >> >>The Nasdaq Stock Market said it will delist shares of Adelphia Communications Corp. on Monday, striking a severe blow that analysts said will likely land the nation's sixth-largest cable company in bankruptcy proceedings. >> >>The delisting of Adelphia, which has been trying to stave off such a move for more than a month, triggers a clause that lets bondholders demand $1.4 billion in cash. Such a demand would cripple cash-strapped Adelphia, which has been frantically trying to sell assets and raise $1 billion in private equity. >> >>Meantime, talks have broken down between Adelphia and Charter Communications Inc., which was negotiating to buy one million cable subscribers for $3.3 billion to $3.5 billion. People familiar with the matter said Adelphia was asking for more than Charter was willing to pay. >>SPECIAL PAGE >>Go to the <http://online.wsj.com/page/0,,2_0801,00.html>Called to Account page1 for more coverage of issues worrying investors after Enron's collapse. >> >>CONTINUING COVERAGE >> <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022701359257270560,00.html?mod=article-…>Adelphia's Auditor, Deloitte, Draws Regulators' Attention2 >>05/30/02 >> >> <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022626305474179480,00.html?mod=article-…>Adelphia Scrambles for Funding as a Major Cash Crisis Looms3 >>05/29/02 >> >> <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022539062110415680,00.html?mod=article-…>In Small-Town Coudersport, Pa., Adelphia CEO Rigas Is Still Hero4 >>05/28/02 >> >> <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022536853751083080,00.html?mod=article-…>Adelphia Paid Founding Family Millions for Its Private Ventures >>05/28/02 >> >> >>Nasdaq said in a statement that Adelphia's delisting is "based upon its failure to timely file its periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Nasdaq rules and based upon public interest concerns." >> >>Adelphia is under criminal and regulatory investigations by the Justice Department and SEC for accounting practices, including self-dealing between the company and its founding Rigas family. Nasdaq officials had asked Adelphia two weeks ago for more information about the related-party transactions that are under investigation. Last week, the company detailed in an SEC filing how it doled out hundreds of millions of dollars to the Rigas family to pay for everything from stock purchases to Manhattan apartments. The Rigas family also borrowed about $3 billion from Adelphia, half of which it used to buy stock in the company. The Rigases have since resigned their management posts and relinquished four of their five seats on the nine-member board. >> >>The company has also missed several deadlines for filing financial statements, including one Thursday. In addition to violating Nasdaq rules, not filing timely financial statements violated agreements with the company's creditor banks and enables them to force Adelphia into bankruptcy. However, the banks granted Adelphia a waiver Thursday and extended the deadline for filing until mid-June, according to people familiar with the matter. >> >>While it is unclear whether bondholders will force Adelphia to pay out the $1.4 billion, analysts said it is increasingly likely given the concerns surrounding Adelphia. The Coudersport, Pa., company must make a missed $50 million interest payment by June 15 or risk default. An additional $30 million interest payment is also coming due next month. >> >>Separately, an already-tense battle is escalating between Leonard Tow, a large Adelphia shareholder, and the company's board. Mr. Tow, who was appointed to the board May 28, asked to be named chairman of Adelphia and told the board he is concerned that a sale of cable assets could be "devastating" to the company's future. >> >>In a letter to Erland Kailbourne, Adelphia's chairman and CEO, Mr. Tow said it is his understanding that discussions to sell assets are at an advanced stage and that Adelphia is trying to complete a deal by Friday night. He asked that any sale be delayed until he has time to review the company's financial situation. >> >>Mr. Kailbourne fired back his own letter, saying he was "surprised" by Mr. Tow's comments and that Mr. Tow had suggested privately that asset sales are the right move. Mr. Kailbourne also said Mr. Tow was "specifically told that no transaction would be completed internally or otherwise before the board meeting" Saturday. >> >>Talks continue with private equity firms, including Texas Pacific Group of San Francisco, to invest as much as $1 billion in the company, monies that would be secured by cable assets and repaid with a future sale, according to people familiar with the talks. Private equity firms are also looking at some of Adelphia's cable assets, including Providence Equity Partners, a Providence, R.I., firm which specializes in cable, telecommunications and media investments; Blackstone Group; Apollo Group; and Cypress Group of New York. Talks are fluid, these people say. >> >>-- Kara Scannell contributed to this article. >> >>Write to Deborah Solomon at <mailto:deborah.solomon@wsj.com>deborah.solomon(a)wsj.com6 and Robert Frank at <mailto:robert.frank@wsj.com>robert.frank(a)wsj.com7 >>URL for this article: >><http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022791512319529800.djm,00.html>http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022791512319529800.djm,00.html >> >>Hyperlinks in this Article: >>(1) <http://online.wsj.com/page/0,,2_0801,00.html>http://online.wsj.com/page/0,,2_0801,00.html >>(2) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022701359257270560,00.html >>(3) <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022626305474179480,00.html>http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022626305474179480,00.html >>(4) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022539062110415680,00.html >>(5) <http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022536853751083080,00.html>http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1022536853751083080,00.html >>(6) mailto:deborah.solomon@wsj.com >>(7) <mailto:robert.frank@wsj.com>mailto:robert.frank@wsj.com >> >>Updated May 31, 2002 >> >> >> >> >>Copyright 2002 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved >> >>Printing, distribution, and use of this material is governed by your Subscription agreement and Copyright laws. >> >>For information about subscribing go to http://www.wsj.com >> >> >>BLOOMBERG: >>Adelphia Gets Temporary Reprieve on $7 Bln Bank Debt Repayment >> >>Coudersport, Pennsylvania: Adelphia Communications Corp.'s bank lenders refrained from demanding the immediate repayment of as much as $7 billion of debt for at least a week, averting an almost certain bankruptcy filing by the sixth- biggest U.S. cable operator, people familiar with the matter said. >> >>Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and more than 20 other financial institutions are entitled under the terms of their lending agreement to receive the full amount of their loans after Adelphia failed to produce audited financial statements for 2001. >> >>``Taking an extra week to review this very complex situation gives banks a chance to further investigate what has happened,'' said Jonathan Glaser, head of JMG Capital Partners, which holds Adelphia convertible debt among its $1 billion in assets. >> >>The lenders are giving Adelphia more time to resolve a cash crunch and avoid bankruptcy so the company can try to sell assets or raise outside capital, the people said. They also want their bankruptcy adviser, Policano & Manzo, to verify the Coudersport, Pennsylvania-based company's earnings, cash flow and other financial information, the people said. Adelphia is seeking an asset-sale agreement to help convince bank lenders it will have the cash to meet future obligations. >> >>MEANWHILE THE AP WIRE IN PENNSYLVANIA DID A LIFE IN COUDERSPORT STORY... I DON'T HAVE ACCESS, BUT THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IS >> >>COUDERSPORT _ Sitting in her downtown diner after serving lunch to several Adelphia employees, Kaye Gerhart looks more than a little worried. Financial trouble at the struggling cable provider already has cut into her business. If the worst scenario happened and Adelphia failed, I don't think this diner is strong enough yet to survive. I'm afraid we'd be out of business. BC-PA--Adelphia-Anxiety. >>May 30, 2002 11:11 AM Dow Jones Business News via Dow Jones >> >>WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Adelphia Business Solutions Inc. (ABIZQ) has withdrawn its request for final bankruptcy court approval of a $135 million debtor-in-possession loan from its former parent Adelphia Communications Corp. (ADLAE) and an entity controlled by that company's chairman and chief executive, according to a court filing Thursday. In a separate filing Dow Jones Newswires also obtained, Adelphia Business said it will discontinue certain local and long distance telephone services in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. >> >>The company has sought bankruptcy court approval to sell some of its accounts in these states to BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. for about $750,000. (This story was originally published by Dow Jones Newswires) >> >>******************* >> >>ALSO FROM THE AP-- IN A STORY ABOUT TOW'S PROTEST OF THE SALE: >> >>Kevin Kuzio, a bond analyst with KDP Investment Advisors, said banks probably would be reluctant to immediately call in the loans, but noted Adelphia also soon faces the expiration of a 30-day grace period on $44.7 million worth of debt payments it acknowledged missing in mid-May. >> >>We're getting close to the need for something to happen, Kuzio said. By June 15, they need to have a financial plan together, some backing from the banks or private equity to give them the liquidity they need to make these debt payments. >>It's like a plate of worms. There's all this stuff moving around. They have a lot to deal with, Kuzio said. >> >>*************NY TIMES***************** >> >> >> >>May 31, 2002 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Animosities Flare in the Struggle Over Adelphia >> >> >> >> >> >>By GERALDINE FABRIKANT and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN >> >>behind-the-scenes battle that has been raging for several days between Leonard Tow, the largest shareholder of <http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.m…>Adelphia Communications outside the Rigas family, and the company's board culminated in an angry exchange of letters yesterday between Mr. Tow and Adelphia's interim chief executive. >> >>Mr. Tow, who has the support of a group of large institutional shareholders, met with Leslie Gelber, a board member, on Wednesday and asked to be named chairman. Mr. Tow, who owns about 10 percent of Adelphia's stock, has already secured two board seats. >> >>The board refused that request, and Mr. Tow sent a letter yesterday to Erland E. Kailbourne, Adelphia's interim chief executive, protesting the company's plan to sell "valuable" cable assets as soon as today, contending that it was being done in an "atmosphere of desperation." >> >>Adelphia is negotiating to sell cable systems with about 450,000 subscribers in Los Angeles and 550,000 subscribers in areas including Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina to the entrepreneur Paul G. Allen, people close to the talks say. >> >>Mr. Kailbourne sent a letter to Mr. Tow saying, "I cannot understand what purpose you believe is served by including a knowingly false statement in a letter particularly a letter that I understand you released to the press contemporaneously with faxing it to me." >> >>Mr. Kailbourne also admonished Mr. Tow, telling him that his efforts should be "directed toward what will benefit all of the company's shareholders and not in pursuit of a separate agenda." >> >>The vitriolic exchange came as Nasdaq said it would delist Adelphia's stock because the company has not yet filed its 2001 financial report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Adelphia, which has been in turmoil since March when it disclosed $2.3 billion in loans to the Rigas family that were guaranteed by the company, has said it needs time to restate several years of its financial reports to reflect the loans. The delisting, to take place on Monday, could put the company in default of some loan provisions, possibly requiring Adelphia to buy back $1.4 billion in convertible bonds in cash within 40 days. >> >>New disclosures have put the loans to the Rigas family at $3.1 billion and have revealed other questionable dealings between the company and the family. As a result, all five members of the family have resigned from the board and from management positions. >> >>But with the disclosure of the dealings, the company's accountant, Deloitte & Touche, and the outside directors have also been criticized by analysts and corporate governance experts for failing either to detect the dealings or to report them to the company's audit committee. Some investors are calling for new management. >> >>"It is critical that the company install an experienced cable executive," said Gordon Crawford, a senior vice president at Capital Research and Management, which owns nine million Adelphia shares. >> >>But despite the shareholders' dissatisfaction with the current board, the directors have no intention of giving control of Adelphia to a minority shareholder who is not offering to pay a premium to take the company over, people briefed on the situation said yesterday. >> >>These people said Mr. Tow's corporate history made it particularly unlikely the board would hand over control. Mr. Tow took over the Citizens Utilities Company without paying a penny, critics say, by having himself elected to the board and then pushing members off and replacing them with longtime associates. Once in control of the board, which included his wife who is still a director Mr. Tow received millions of dollars more in compensation than that of other utility executives at the time. And he made deals that shifted costs to Citizens, a cash-rich company in which he had a negligible stake, and shifted fees to Century Communications, a cash-poor company in which he owned a big stake. At the time, the California Public Employees Retirement System sent the company's directors a letter comparing them to "pigs at the trough" for having allowed Mr. Tow such free rein. Citizens Utilities was renamed Citizens Communications in 2000. >> >>People close to Adelphia's board also said that Mr. Tow, in the letter he released yesterday, misrepresented the sale of cable assets by saying it could be completed by today. They said that the statement was simply inaccurate and that the deal could not possibly happen that quickly. >> >>It is not entirely clear what Mr. Tow's strategy is for Adelphia, aside from his interest in taking control. In his letter, he argued for the company to recover its footing before selling assets, although he does not rule out such sales later on. >> >>As a shareholder, Mr. Tow is in a desperate position. Equity investors are the last to recover any money in a bankruptcy. And if Adelphia skirts bankruptcy, any sale of a crucial asset weakens the company, and thus its appeal to equity investors, because it removes valuable assets and cash flow. A fire sale of assets is the least desirable solution, Mr. Tow apparently believes. >> >>He may think that he is best able to negotiate with the banks to persuade them to resume lending, a move that could provide time for a more carefully planned sale of some assets, a person close to the talks said. >> >>He may think that in an organized bankruptcy, a planned sale of assets would bring better prices and even leave something over for equity holders, one bondholder said yesterday. >> >>Whatever his agenda, and that was not entirely clear yesterday, if the company does strike a deal with Mr. Allen to sell cable assets, it is not clear that Mr. Tow could stop such a sale. Stopping a sale would require a majority vote on the seven-member board, people briefed on the situation noted, and Mr. Tow has only two seats. >> >>In terms of shareholder votes, the Rigases controlled 60 percent of the votes through supervoting shares. In the wake of the current debacle, the Rigases have agreed that those shares would be voted by a special committee of outside directors. My notes: The Rigas family is headed to prison, unless they have sufficient resources to buy their way out of this debacle, which seems VERY unlikely.

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The Cidr Report
by CIDR Report 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

This is an auto-generated mail on Fri May 31 23:00:01 PDT 2002 It is not checked before it leaves my workstation. However, hopefully you will find this report interesting and will take the time to look through this to see if you can improve the amount of aggregation you perform. Check http://www.employees.org/~tbates/cidr-report.html for a daily update of this report. NEW: Check http://www.employees.org/~tbates/cidr-report-region.html for the regional version of this report. NEW: Check http://www.employees.org/~tbates/autnums.html for a complete list of autonomous system number to name mappings as used by the CIDR-Report. The report is split into sections: 0) General Status List the route table history for the last week, list any possibly bogus routes seen and give some status on ASes. 1) Gains by aggregating at the origin AS level This lists the "Top 30" players who if they decided to aggregate their announced classful prefixes at the origin AS level could make a significant difference in the reduction of the current size of the Internet routing table. This calculation does not take into account the inclusion of holes when forming an aggregate so it is possible even larger reduction should be possible. 2) Weekly Delta A summary of the last weeks changes in terms of withdrawn and added routes. Please note that this is only a snapshot but does give some indication of ASes participating in CIDR. Clearly, it is generally a good thing to see a large amount of withdrawls. 3) Interesting aggregates Interesting here means not an aggregate made as a set of classful routes. Thanks to GX Networks for giving me access to their routing tables once a day. Please send any comments about this report directly to CIDR Report <cidr-report(a)cisco.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIDR REPORT for 31May02 0) General Status Table History ------------- Date Prefixes 240502 110020 250502 110319 260502 109931 270502 110178 280502 110335 290502 110367 300502 110842 310502 110978 Check http://www.employees.org/~tbates/cidr.plot.html for a plot of the table history. Possible Bogus Routes --------------------- *** Bogus 220.36.0.0/16 from AS17676 *** Bogus 220.40.0.0/16 from AS17676 *** Bogus 220.47.0.0/16 from AS17676 AS Summary ---------- Number of ASes in routing system: 13044 Number of ASes announcing only one prefix: 7934 (4445 cidr, 3489 classful) Largest number of cidr routes: 635 announced by AS701 Largest number of classful routes: 1357 announced by AS701 1) Gains by aggregating at the origin AS level --- 31May02 --- ASnum NetsNow NetsCIDR NetGain % Gain Description AS701 1357 1087 270 19.9% UUNET Technologies, Inc. AS1221 1109 860 249 22.5% UNREGISTERED AS17557 285 109 176 61.8% Pakistan Telecom AS852 587 428 159 27.1% Telus Advanced Communications AS7018 816 685 131 16.1% AT&T AS16473 198 77 121 61.1% Bell South AS6595 167 56 111 66.5% DoD Education Activity Network As AS705 304 203 101 33.2% UUNET Technologies, Inc. AS4151 236 141 95 40.3% USDA AS19632 98 4 94 95.9% Metropolis Intercom S.A. AS1239 511 423 88 17.2% Sprint AS16814 104 19 85 81.7% NSS, S.A. AS12302 120 35 85 70.8% SingNet AS7046 328 244 84 25.6% UUNET Technologies, Inc. AS7303 148 68 80 54.1% Telecom Argentina Stet-France Tel AS2048 181 104 77 42.5% State of Louisiana AS577 267 194 73 27.3% Bell Advanced Communications Inc. AS4323 416 345 71 17.1% Time Warner Communications, Inc. AS724 220 154 66 30.0% DLA Systems Automation Center AS226 154 91 63 40.9% Los Nettos AS3464 166 104 62 37.3% Alabama SuperComputer Network AS19834 64 4 60 93.8% NetForce, Inc. AS10620 83 23 60 72.3% TVCABLE BOGOTA AS4755 169 110 59 34.9% Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Autonom AS1 455 397 58 12.7% GENUITY AS3908 311 254 57 18.3% Supernet, Inc. AS16758 63 6 57 90.5% IKON Office Solutions AS209 312 256 56 17.9% Qwest AS9051 81 26 55 67.9% INCONET Autonomous System AS3233 105 51 54 51.4% RNC - Romanian Natioanal R&D Netw Total 55292 42691 12601 22.8% For the rest of the previous weeks gain information please see http://www.employees.org:80/~tbates/cidr-report.html 2) Weekly Delta Please see http://www.employees.org:80/~tbates/cidr-report.html for this part of the report 3) Interesting aggregates Please see http://www.employees.org:80/~tbates/cidr-report.html for this part of the report

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OT: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (wa s RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)
by Rowland, Alan D 01 Jun '02

01 Jun '02

But you have Drew Carey! What about cable access? It's more and more an option that has, IMHO, significant benefits over DSL. No PPPoE for starters... Unless you're in a business zone. :( -Al -----Original Message----- From: Steven J. Sobol [mailto:sjsobol@JustThe.net] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:10 PM To: Brian Cc: Deepak Jain; jpalmer(a)utilinc.com; nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions) On Thu, 30 May 2002, Brian wrote: > Surprised there isnt much connectivity in the Detroit area, I mean it is > Motor City and all, I would think tons of manufacturing palnts all needing > telecom of some sort or other.. Try to get DSL here; everyone backhauls to Chicago. And Cleveland is the 25th largest city in the USA. Lots of local providers for DS1 and Frame and ATM, just not DSL. :) -- Steve Sobol, CTO (Server Guru, Network Janitor and Head Geek) JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET http://JustThe.net "In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user/You've got your own newsgroup: alt.total.loser" - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "It's All About the Pentiums"

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