The Internet Revealed - A film about IXPs v2.0: now available
After releasing the initial version of the the Internet Revealed at RIPE59 in Lisbon last year, we received some valuable feedback from the wider IXP community. We took this feedback to the producers of the film and now have a slightly edited version 2.0 of the film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5837LcDHfE Enjoy Serge Radovcic Euro-IX
Re: .ve WHOIS Down?
On 9/02/2010, at 2:13 PM, Crist Clark wrote: > For want of a better place to ask, I'm wondering if anyone monitoring > this list might know what is up with the registro.nic.ve web site. > The WHOIS at www.nic.ve refers to that site, and it appears to be down > (for me and downforeveryoneorjustme.com too). Doing old fashioned > native WHOIS isn't working any better. $ whois -h whois.nic.ve nic.ve Servidor Whois de NIC-Venezuela (.VE) Este servidor contiene informacion autoritativa exclusivamente de dominios .VE Cualquier consulta sobre este servicio, puede hacerla al correo electronico wh...@nic.ve ... etc. I get a proper response, anyway. There is no A record in the DNS for ve.whois-servers.net, which is what my client tries first. Perhaps this is where the confusion lies. -- Nathan Ward
Re: .ve WHOIS Down?
On 02/08/10 17:13, Crist Clark wrote: For want of a better place to ask, I'm wondering if anyone monitoring this list might know what is up with the registro.nic.ve web site. The WHOIS at www.nic.ve refers to that site, and it appears to be down (for me and downforeveryoneorjustme.com too). Doing old fashioned native WHOIS isn't working any better. Have you tried the contact listed at http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ve.html by any chance? Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover!http://SupersetSolutions.com/
Re: NorthStar IP Management System
It's nice to hear that people are still either using or interested in software like NorthStar. I think that the consensus so far is proper support for IPv6. Luckily the code in NorthStar was written with this in mind so I don't think adding support will be a huge undertaking. I will be starting up the devel and user lists again and will post when they are up. In the mean time are there any other features that people would like to see implemented? On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Hitesh Patel wrote: > Hello all, > > It has been a while since I posted anything to NANOG. A long time ago (in > a galaxy far far away ;) ) I wrote and maintained a software package called > NorthStar (http://www.brownkid.net/NorthStar) to administrate IP space and > various other things. Life got busy and the project fell off my list of > priorities. > > Long story short I am looking to see if anyone is still using NorthStar? > Would people like to see development start up again? > > -- > Hitesh Patel > >
RE: Western Canada major outage last night?
I found this: http://www.rys2sense.com/anti-neocons/viewtopic.php?f=12&p=138914 Frank -Original Message- From: James Smallacombe [mailto:u...@3.am] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:24 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Western Canada major outage last night? I rent a server with eSecureData in Vancouver. Their network became unreachable yesterday evening around 7:37 EST. They didn't come back online until about noon today, and have given this explanation on their voicemaik during the outage and via email afterward:: STATUS REPORT There has been an unprecedented breakage in upstream fibre optic cables owned by Bell Canada that has caused a network interruption to all of Western Canada. We assure you that Bell has the full force of their network operations department on this issue, and we expect resolution of this issue shortly I've not found any indication of this on bellcanada.ca or any news sites, and this list has been quiet on al things Canadian (I'm in PA, but my server's there). Can anyone verify or elaborate on this? Thanks, James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor u...@3.am http://3.am =
.ve WHOIS Down?
For want of a better place to ask, I'm wondering if anyone monitoring this list might know what is up with the registro.nic.ve web site. The WHOIS at www.nic.ve refers to that site, and it appears to be down (for me and downforeveryoneorjustme.com too). Doing old fashioned native WHOIS isn't working any better.
Re: lawful intercept/IOS at BlackHat DC, bypassing and recommendations
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:37 PM, wrote: > You apparently fail to understand that making other people's research well > known in the community is an important role. Would we be more secure, or > less secure, if somebody did the research, but then nobody told the owners > of all that Cisco gear about it? (Hint: "pwned router" is never a good > day for the network provider) > > Or would we as a community be more safe, or less safe, if SANS > didn't do security traning courses ? > >> Andrew > >> Security consultant > > Is that what you're calling yourself these days? They cater for mostly the public sector, doing a SANS course does not make you *SAFE* it just means you have an understanding of current trends and be able to take mitigation. It is not a sure-shot way to be secure, you need to have years of hands-on experience in security. You can't walk out of SANS courses and be a security professional, you need to have a lot more than that. I started Cyber Security from my basement back in 1999 as an 18 year old, I am now 29 years old and am doing independent security consultancy work here in the UK for multiple global vendors. I have various titles and skills, security researcher, ethical hacker, security consultant, any of them can be used as those are the qualifications i've achieved over the years. It's not unusual in the security community for one person to fall into more than one category or be qualified to undertake more than one role. Kind regards, Andrew Security Consultant
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐o r‐facility
> There is the general problem of control, one reason the IRC contacted CORE > was to investigate a .redcross so that they could reduce their loss to > disaster fraud. Of course, we have to wait on ICANN to get a .redcross or > .icrc or ... .ouch into the root so that it becomes more generally useful as > a trusted sink of private and public packetized cash. I'd leave that statement and discussion for another thread, I think that stating that the DNS and ICANN's mission is to provide certain level of trust for worthy causes is out of the scope of the original message and I'd also say this list. With all due respect I don't believe that this is the time or cause to inject the gTLD applicants "propaganda" to justify the need or implicit community approval for such a gTLD. Let's go back to the original subject. I'd not mind if somebody properly sets up an easy and legit way for individuals or members of the "networking community" a way to donate small quantities to help Raynold and his crew directly via things such as PayPal, but there is a ton of aid going to HT, perhaps somebody with access can influence the process to better direct the funds where they are needed. Regards Jorge
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐tech nician‐or‐facility
Sean Donelan wrote: On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Steven Bellovin wrote: As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) Although folks on the ground are focused on doing good work, this is an area where the reputation and infrastructure of well-known organizations can be used to validate and coordinate fund raising. Another good reason is so that the funds are tax-deductible. People are willing to give more when they know they can get a tax break and most corporations won't give anything unless it's a tax-deductible donation. There are special rules for personal donations for Haiti this year - if you donate by the end of February 2010 you can take the deduction off of your 2009 tax return. This means you realize the tax benefit more-or-less right away, rather than having to wait a year to see the tax benefit realized with a bigger refund (or smaller amount owed) when you file your taxes in 2011. jc
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐tech nician‐or‐facility
On 2/8/2010 12:05 PM, David Conrad wrote: > On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 AM, a.harrow...@gmail.com wrote: >>> As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests >>> like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) >> >> As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric >> Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing. > > Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. > Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from > Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference. > And looking back through my notes from the lectures provided for my benefit over the years, I'm having a little trouble matching any of it to the charter of NANOG, or differentiating it from the nominal subject matter for NANAE. -- "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have." Remember: The Ark was built by amateurs, the Titanic by professionals. Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Eppure si rinfresca ICBM Targeting Information: http://tinyurl.com/4sqczs http://tinyurl.com/7tp8ml
Wireshark Developer and User Conference
CACE Technologies hosts the third annual Wireshark Developer and User Conference at Stanford in June and extends an invitation to the NANOG community to participate in 3 days of knowledge-transfer with the Wireshark Developer Group, learning about, and helping to direct, product futures for the world’s most widely-deployed packet and network analyzer. http://www.cacetech.com/sharkfest.10/
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐or‐facility
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Steven Bellovin wrote: As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) Although folks on the ground are focused on doing good work, this is an area where the reputation and infrastructure of well-known organizations can be used to validate and coordinate fund raising. Unfortunately, with every disaster comes opportunites for fraud and con-men. Like Steve, I don't think this is fake, but is always a good opportunity to educate people who want to help. One possible starting point is the Internet Society http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=1536 We especially wish to draw attention to the immediate response of organizations such as Inveneo, NetHope, the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), Packet Clearing House (PCH), LACNIC, the IEEE, and many others, all mobilizing for much-needed, practical, on-the-ground assistance. ISOC provides links to those organizations, but you should get the links directly from ISOC or the organization not my mail message. For those in the United States, another well-known starting point is the WhiteHouse.GOV website http://www.whitehouse.gov/haitiearthquake_embed Again, those are just pointers. You should still verify people claiming to represent those organizations, and contact them using some out-of-band method. Phishers often email, postal mail, phone calls and even in person contacts pretend to be well-known, well-trusted entities. Suggestions from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation about scams and how to report them in the US. http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/earthquake011310.htm -- Personal opinion, not representing any organization
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet ‐technician‐or‐facility
On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote: >> Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from >> Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to >> come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference. > True. Signed would have been smarter. Better still would be having someone > with more creds doing the initial ask. In my mind, it isn't the credibility of the person doing the asking, rather it's the fact that (unsigned) email can't really be trusted (although most, if not all, of us do it all the time). Regards, -drc
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐tech nician‐or‐facility
True. Signed would have been smarter. Better still would be having someone with more creds doing the initial ask. Eric On 2/8/10 1:05 PM, David Conrad wrote: On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 AM, a.harrow...@gmail.com wrote: As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing. Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference. Regards, -drc
Re: lawful intercept/IOS at BlackHat DC, bypassing and recommendations
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:04:22 PST, "andrew.wallace" said: > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: > > "That peer-review is the basic purpose of my Blackhat talk and the > > associated paper. I plan to review Ciscoâs architecture for lawful > > intercept > Gadi Evron has absolutely no connection to this research whatsoever. For the benefit of those who just fell out of a tree - anytime a conference paper abstract says "review", it's pretty certain that the presentation won't be cutting 0-day technical stuff, but a *review* of stuff that half of us already know, for the benefit of getting the other half up to speed. Also - note that the skillset needed to be a cutting-edge researcher is *very* different from the one needed to actually present a good review talk and have the information retained by the audience. (I've done overview presentations. It's definitely not easy to make the points "You should be doing X, Y, and Z, and here's why you should invest the time and effort to do so"). > He is famous in the security community for piggybacking off other peoples > research. You apparently fail to understand that making other people's research well known in the community is an important role. Would we be more secure, or less secure, if somebody did the research, but then nobody told the owners of all that Cisco gear about it? (Hint: "pwned router" is never a good day for the network provider) Or would we as a community be more safe, or less safe, if SANS didn't do security traning courses ? > Andrew > Security consultant Is that what you're calling yourself these days? pgppEFSwWAgcm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet ‐technician‐or‐facility
On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 AM, a.harrow...@gmail.com wrote: >> As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like >> this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) > > As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric > Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing. Err, no. It was introduced by (unsigned) email purporting to come from Eric. Followed by another (unsigned) message with bank info purporting to come from Reynold Guerrier. A bit of a difference. Regards, -drc
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐tech nician‐or‐facility
Steve, Hmm. Are there other requests like this one? I suppose the pilot's associations may be trying to raise money to fix the secondary airfields -- a note from a member of Congress who's significant other has been shuttling a Cessna and stand-alone early relief payloads from the US VI to secondary fields in Haiti made me think of that as another social affiliation targeted activity. I'm sure others are possible. There is the general problem of control, one reason the IRC contacted CORE was to investigate a .redcross so that they could reduce their loss to disaster fraud. Of course, we have to wait on ICANN to get a .redcross or .icrc or ... .ouch into the root so that it becomes more generally useful as a trusted sink of private and public packetized cash. Then there is the specific problem of opportunity. We didn't wait until FEMA authorized us to begin work when Katrina impacted the NOLA and surrounding area, and if had, more would have died than did. As we, who are not in the humanitarian relief line of work, look at the loss of our peers, do we act, or do we leave specific tasks to the general relief agencies? I don't have a "best answer" and I'm aware that aid is difficult, for all involved. Eric On 2/8/10 12:47 PM, Steven Bellovin wrote: As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...)
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐techn ician‐or‐facility
On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 12:47 -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote: > As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like > this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) (it isn't, for the benefit of any casual observers) Technically, a `Very Good Point`. We'd all like to think we're not Discuss.. I'm thinking: a personally-known web-of-trust, for a start. NANOG is a small, specialist community. I'm also thinking most are familiar with PGP/GnuPG, so most if not all of us can provide proof, even if we don't normally. Gord -- SNMPv1:Flawful Intercept :)
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Interne t‐technician‐or‐facility
-original message- Subject: Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐or‐facility From: Steven Bellovin Date: 08/02/2010 5:47 pm As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) As a start, web of trust. This one was introduced to the list by Eric Brunner-Williams originally, a member in good standing.
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐o r‐facility
I got your point Steven. It's an initiative of the AHTIC the Haitian Association for the ICT development, Reports will be available on the funds will be used. http://www.ahtic.ht http://www.e2tech.ht Those sites are references of the AHTIC organizations. Regards reynold On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Steven Bellovin wrote: > As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests > like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...) -- === Reynold Guerrier IT Consultant 509-3446-0099 IM: rey...@hotmail.com Skype: reygji
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet ‐technician‐or‐facility
As a matter of form, how might one check out the legitimacy of requests like this? (No, I don't think this one is fake...)
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technician‐o r‐facility
Thanks Eric for support this project. To all of you who want to donate, donations can be sent to directly to AHTIC account: *Please find below the AHTIC bank account information so you can proceed with the money transfer. Please confirm this is the same information you have since the beginning. * * * *Bank account: *SOGEBANK *Bank Address : *Route de Delmas, Delmas 29, Port-au-Prince, HAITI *Account Number: *130212988 ** *Swift code : *SOGHHTPP *Beneficiary :*Association Haïtienne pour le Développement des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication *Beneficiary Address: *18, rue Moise, Pétion-Ville, HAITI For Telecom gears (like routers, servers, software and programing time, etc..) please contact Reynold Guerrier directly rey...@gmail.com, 509-3446-0099. Regards Reynold On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote: > Arg! The attachment died the death of "132485 bytes with a limit of 100 > KB". Oh well, it could have been the line eater bug in a USENET post. > > I posted an HTML version here: > http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2010/02/005491.html > > Cutting and Pasting (a high tech skill) yeilds: > > Project Title: Adopt-an-Haitian-Internet-technician-or-facility > > Project Description: The project aims to collect money and telecom gear to > provide mid-term financial aid to IT technicians that have been affected > with their families during the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Money, telecoms > gears, time, software, etc will serve to setup technology community centers > to support schools, universities, vocational centers that have collapsed. > > Begin Date > February 2010 > > End Date > August 2010 > > The Context: On the January 12, 2010, Haiti one of the poorest country in > the world is hurt by a 7.3 Earthquake that caused major damage to > Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane and other settlements around. Many notable > landmark buildings were significantly damaged or destroyed, including > schools, universities, vocational schools even the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, > and the main jail. Among those killed are a lot of technicians, students, > teachers. > > Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds > and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel. > Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, > schools, universities, and electrical networks had been damaged by the > earthquake, which hampered rescue and aid efforts; confusion over who was in > charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritization of flights > further complicated early relief work. As rescues tailed off, supplies, > medical care and sanitation become priorities. Among them we also need to > address education on a mid term run. With a lot of destroyed schools and > dead teachers e-learning can be a good way to overcome this problem. > > Deliverables and criteria for close-out > > The projects has 2 majors deliverables: > > 1. Providing financial support to at least 50 technicians whose houses > have been destroyed during the seism. The idea is getting them a job so they > don’t have to worry about their family basic needs and keeping them on their > workplace > 2. Setup mobile IT community centers to provide IT services to schools > and universities. > 3. Contents production for e-learning > > The project boundaries: This project aims to provide technical support to > teachers helping them putting their courses online or on DVD and make it > available for remote schools or schools whose teachers have been killed > during the quake. Data Center in a box will facilitate access to those > courses by the students. Project will be conducted in joint venture with the > Ministry of Education that will define the priority based on must affected > area and teacher availability. > > The main risks: The main risk of this project is not having enough funds to > address all the needs in supporting the schools in producing online courses > because it’s a well-known fact that in schools in Haiti adopted their own > curriculum ignoring sometimes the official one. The second concern > > Stakeholders: > Client(sponsor): Ministry of Education > > Project Manager: Reynold Guerrier > > Project Team: Reynold Guerrier, Max Larson Henry, > > Steering committee: Reynold Guerrier, Stéphane Bruno, Sergey Gaillard, > Roque Gagliano, Max Larson Henry > > Other Stakeholders: Local ISP, LACNIC, ISOC, IDB > > Budget and resources: ($, people, equipment, facilities, software, etc.) > >* 100,000.00 USD for salaries to support technicians and their family to > get them back on track >* 5 contents production units >* Production software >* Management software > >* 10 data center in a box > > Milestones > Date Key deliverables > > Feb-March 2010: Financial support to technicians and families > March 2010: Data center in a box > March-August 2010: Imple
Re: Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐tech nician‐or‐facility
Arg! The attachment died the death of "132485 bytes with a limit of 100 KB". Oh well, it could have been the line eater bug in a USENET post. I posted an HTML version here: http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2010/02/005491.html Cutting and Pasting (a high tech skill) yeilds: Project Title: Adopt-an-Haitian-Internet-technician-or-facility Project Description: The project aims to collect money and telecom gear to provide mid-term financial aid to IT technicians that have been affected with their families during the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Money, telecoms gears, time, software, etc will serve to setup technology community centers to support schools, universities, vocational centers that have collapsed. Begin Date February 2010 End Date August 2010 The Context: On the January 12, 2010, Haiti one of the poorest country in the world is hurt by a 7.3 Earthquake that caused major damage to Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane and other settlements around. Many notable landmark buildings were significantly damaged or destroyed, including schools, universities, vocational schools even the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Among those killed are a lot of technicians, students, teachers. Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel. Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, schools, universities, and electrical networks had been damaged by the earthquake, which hampered rescue and aid efforts; confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritization of flights further complicated early relief work. As rescues tailed off, supplies, medical care and sanitation become priorities. Among them we also need to address education on a mid term run. With a lot of destroyed schools and dead teachers e-learning can be a good way to overcome this problem. Deliverables and criteria for close-out The projects has 2 majors deliverables: 1. Providing financial support to at least 50 technicians whose houses have been destroyed during the seism. The idea is getting them a job so they don’t have to worry about their family basic needs and keeping them on their workplace 2. Setup mobile IT community centers to provide IT services to schools and universities. 3. Contents production for e-learning The project boundaries: This project aims to provide technical support to teachers helping them putting their courses online or on DVD and make it available for remote schools or schools whose teachers have been killed during the quake. Data Center in a box will facilitate access to those courses by the students. Project will be conducted in joint venture with the Ministry of Education that will define the priority based on must affected area and teacher availability. The main risks: The main risk of this project is not having enough funds to address all the needs in supporting the schools in producing online courses because it’s a well-known fact that in schools in Haiti adopted their own curriculum ignoring sometimes the official one. The second concern Stakeholders: Client(sponsor): Ministry of Education Project Manager: Reynold Guerrier Project Team: Reynold Guerrier, Max Larson Henry, Steering committee: Reynold Guerrier, Stéphane Bruno, Sergey Gaillard, Roque Gagliano, Max Larson Henry Other Stakeholders: Local ISP, LACNIC, ISOC, IDB Budget and resources: ($, people, equipment, facilities, software, etc.) * 100,000.00 USD for salaries to support technicians and their family to get them back on track * 5 contents production units * Production software * Management software * 10 data center in a box Milestones Date Key deliverables Feb-March 2010: Financial support to technicians and families March 2010: Data center in a box March-August 2010: Implementation period Bank Account Info: Bank: SOGEBANK Bank Address : Route de Delmas, Delmas 29, Port-au-Prince, HAITI Account Number: 130212988 Swift code : SOGHHTPP Beneficiary : Association Haïtienne pour le Développement des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication Beneficiary Address: 18, rue Moise, Pétion-Ville, HAITI People interesting in working in Haiti can send me a skills and availability statement too, but what is needed soonest is a budget that can be applied to existing backfill cash needs passed through the AHTIC. Thanks and a tip o' the hat to Bill McCall who appraised me of the truncation. Eric
Re: NANOG newbie
VOIP, huh? Check out: www.voiceops.org David On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:39 AM, James Jones wrote: > Sorry I meant MBI project not BMI. > > On 2/8/10 11:31 AM, James Jones wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> Hi, I have just recently returned to the United States from New >> Zealand. I have spent a bit of time down their working as a network designer >> for ALU and was a member of NZNOG. The infrastructure demands and designs >> are completely different here in U.S. I am currently working for a VoIP >> company in Springfield, MA. I was wondering if their might be someone in the >> area that might be able to help me get my bearings and might be able to give >> some insight into the BMI project in the area offlist? Thanks for your time. >> > >
Re: NANOG newbie
Sorry I meant MBI project not BMI. On 2/8/10 11:31 AM, James Jones wrote: Greetings, Hi, I have just recently returned to the United States from New Zealand. I have spent a bit of time down their working as a network designer for ALU and was a member of NZNOG. The infrastructure demands and designs are completely different here in U.S. I am currently working for a VoIP company in Springfield, MA. I was wondering if their might be someone in the area that might be able to help me get my bearings and might be able to give some insight into the BMI project in the area offlist? Thanks for your time.
Adopt‐an‐Haitian‐Internet‐technic ian‐or‐facility
All, Attached is a project description by Reynold Guerrier, Network Engineer and Treasurer of the Association Haïtienne pour le développement des technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (AHTIC). I know many have helped and many have offered to help, and kit and people have been sent, and are continuing to be sent, however there is an unmet need, the continuation of the "fuel, food, families" trio that kept the Boutilliers NAP powered and its surviving technical team intact. And the most effective aid is cash, which enables the recipients to prioritize according to their needs, and the bulk purchases of aid recipients proximal to them. The budget and resources for this project is as follows: o $100,000 for salaries to support technicians and their family to get them back on track o 5 content production units o Production software o Management software o 10 data center in a box The data centers in a box resource was identified by Reynold on the 19th, a week after the quake, when he wrote to NANOG: > We would like to provide to the haitian government a UC systems with several branches: > > o President office: 10 endpoints > o Prime Minister office: 10 endpoints > o 12 mayor city hall offices: 3 for each: 36 endpoints > o Ministries (9 differents locations 3 for each): 27 endpoints > o Communications Center: 20 endpoints > o emergency Clusters: 14 ednpoints > > Total: 117 endpoints > > So if someone can provide recommendations, equipment, skilled technician for that it would be fine. There is wire transfer information in the attached pdf, and if anyone finds that cumbersome drop me a note and we'll work something out. Yes, there are a lot of aid dollars going to Haiti, but dollars given to AHTIC will go specifically to re-build the network infrastructure and keep the families of the surviving engineers and technicians fed and their basic needs met. Thanks in advance, Eric
NANOG newbie
Greetings, Hi, I have just recently returned to the United States from New Zealand. I have spent a bit of time down their working as a network designer for ALU and was a member of NZNOG. The infrastructure demands and designs are completely different here in U.S. I am currently working for a VoIP company in Springfield, MA. I was wondering if their might be someone in the area that might be able to help me get my bearings and might be able to give some insight into the BMI project in the area offlist? Thanks for your time. -- James Jones +1-413-667-9199 ja...@freedomnet.co.nz
