routeviews down?
I can ping routeviews.org but can't connect via http. Just looking for comfirmation it isn't just me. jas
BOGON Announcement question
I'm seeing this announced at CIXP Collector: CIXP Prefix: 128.0.0.0/2 Last update time: 2007-04-27 07:36:30Z Peer: 192.65.185.140 Origin: 29222 My question is, why am I not seeing more issues because of the announcement? Is it just not propagating out of the exchange? It's been announced for a few days and only seems to appear at the exchange. jas
Re: who runs http://www.networkthinktank.com/ ?
It's me. I wouldn't say anonymous, but not a whole lot of personal information out there. For the most part the info is legit. Nothing mysterious going on, just an attempt to keep my name out of spammer databases. Was there an issue? The site hasn't been updated in a while, I had a motherboard meltdown and haven't had a chance to swap it out. I haven't made it more public because I am working out kinks. Kind of a hobby. jas Paul Vixie wrote: the web site and whois info are just about as completely anonymous as can be.
Re: Reports of flooding in Tyson's Corner Virginia
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: Looks like 30 stores on the upper level were flooded (probably too strong a word, slightly moistened would seem more appropriate) due to a roof leak, and the mall was closed. Hardly a danger to the internet, unless there are more people than I know doing their private interconnects through Macy's. That's good news. I would hate to think any ISP's had equipment in large buildings with flat roofs holding up 2 feet of snow and rain in the area. AHHH!!! But they DO! Who is in the old Hechinger building a stones throw from Tyson's II? I was in there and can't remember the name for the life of me.
Re: debugging packet loss
I'm seeing 2-5% packet loss going through a Cisco 2621 with 10mbps of traffic running at ~50% CPU. (packet loss based on ping results) Isn't ping the first thing to be dropped in favor of other traffic? I remember a similar issue and Cisco saying that was the behavior. Don't quote me on that. jas
RE: multicast (was Re: Readiness for IPV6)
There is also a cart and horse issue here: Where is the pervasive content? Most content providers don't want multicast because it breaks their billing model. They can't tell how many viewers they have at a given moment, what the average viewing time is, or any of the other things that unicast allows them to determine and more importantly bill their advertisers for. There is no Nielsen's Ratings for multicast so that advertisers could get a feel for how many eyeballs they are going to hit. I worked for a startup in 1999 that was doing just that. Neilsen's for multicast. It was cool while I was there, but it quickly became clear that the product was ahead of it's time. They now do event streaming and I think they support unicast and multicast. Without a network that supports it, multicast apps are useless. jas
Internet vulnerabilities
There is a lot of news lately about terrorist groups doing recon on potential targets. The stories got me thinking. What are the real threats to the global Internet? I am looking for anything that might be a potential attack point. I don't want to start a flame war, but any interesting or even way out there idea is welcome. Is it feasible that a coordinated attack could shutdown the entire net? I am not talking DDoS. What if someone actually had the skills to disrupt BGP on a widescale? jas
Re: How important is the PSTN
Is it me or is it very quiet in here today? Jane All the frequent posters have been banned for 6 months. ;)
Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN
So my question for the group is, do chat programs (IM, IRC, yahoo) serve a substantial network support purpose or are they more of a distraction, allowing staff to communicate with friends, relatives, drifters, interlopers on company time? I disagree. I have spent many hours in a noisy datacenter on IM, when the phone was right next to me. It is difficult to hear and the IM allows me to scroll back to see commands that have been sent. IM make collaboration so much easier. I have been in a chat room at 3am with developers, techs, VP's etc, and it was easier than a conference call. Instead of banning, you should be looking into a secure IM client. Several companies make secure clients that also link up to the major players via a gateway. IM isn't going away, I imagine you will see lots of backlash if you try to ban it. jas
Re: OT: Re: Bogon list
Which, by the way, rocks the hizzy. If anyone needs some qmail-scanner and/or spam-assassin help in qmail, let me know. I just spent the last couple days pfutzing with it extensively. I just bumped my hit count to 6. I found a small number of lists I am on were making it into my spam folder with a 5.5. Whitespace and the list tag at the bottom were pushing it over. Thought that might help somebody. jas
