Re: Gmail Down?
Chris Gotstein wrote: Anyone else seeing Google's Gmail down right now? Seems to have been down since 10am CST. We are connected through Chicago. downforeveryoneorjustme.com is also reporting it's down. They're having an issue or two. Notably, the inability to display or access Contacts, and certain other things (such as the ability to change to the older version, which only gives errors). Crazy world, when a public mail provider can have such an effect on folks. So it goes. -- You've confused equality of opportunity for equality of outcomes, and have seriously confused justice with equality. -- Woodchuck
Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar?
Mike Lyon wrote: Howdy, I am curious what others in the industry think on this topic. When one registers a domain they can put in their real information or they can use a proxy, like Go-Daddy's Domains By Proxy. Now, personally, I would prefer just to get a PO Box and put that address on my domain info instead of doing a proxy. I could also put down a phone number in the registration that just goes to my general business phone line which is just a DVR. [snip] What's the difference between using a proxy vs using a PO Box except that a PO Box is cheaper? As others have already said, it doesn't really provide any security. In addition, it makes the company doing it appear amateurish. One expects professional behavior from a company. There are certainly reasons one might choose to obscure the ownership of a domain, but none of them are sound business reasons. For the sake of your management, pick a few domains at random, do a whois on them, and print them out, as examples of grown up companies (I chose lockheed.com, microsoft,com, google.com, and revlon.com myself). I'd just like to get thoughts from others to see what the general feeling is on this topic. Just tell them no, in the most diplomatic way possible (lucky for them it's you and not me, since I am not always so diplomatic as I ought to be). As a quick aside, I did see someone advise you that you could use the fedgov do not call list for your phone, but if it's a business phone, you cannot. -- I tried being reasonable once. I didn't like it. Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't teach eight cats to pull a sled. Stupid is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Re: YES I'VE TRIED MANY VENUES looking for mail admin @ nist.gov
Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Hi, Yes, I've tried google, I've tried www.nist.gov, I've tried postmaster/hostmaster/ab...@nist.gov, I've even tried the phone. Could someone give me a pointer to a mail admin at nist.gov? I've been having issues getting mail through to them from one of our servers. Please note that Elizabeth is NOT, I repeat, N O T, a mail administrator. However, she's been responsive to other issues, and is the part of the group that supplies the ever useful group of publications under ITL. elizabeth(dot)lennon (at) nist(dot)gov At least you'll have a better chance of getting help, and perhaps this will improve the situation for others in the future. -- Bene disserere est finis logices... (To carry on a disputation well is the end or purpose of logic) Terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus. (The hour finishes the day; the author finishes his work.) Kit Marlowe
Re: anyone else seeing very long AS paths?
Jared Mauch wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 08:07:36AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote: They will keep trying and until a vast majority of ISPs implement maxas, this will keep happening. Or until people who are still running multi-year old cisco code actually upgrade? This seems to primarily impact: 1) Old cisco code 2) PC based bgp daemons Both of which likely just need to be upgraded. I actually suspect that a lot of people who dropped their bgp sessions did not notice something happened, and still will not upgrade their codeI suspect these people don't even know they have a bgp speaking device anymore. On the other hand, the fact that various entities have gone out of their way to advertise that they're running old hardware/out-of-date software has been noted elsewhere. I'd strongly suggest, if you're reading NANOG, that you update, before someone less pleasant and friendly than myself finds you. Please. -- Remember, if it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of news is something that almost never happens. When something is so common that it's no longer news -- car crashes, domestic violence -- that's when you should worry about it. (Bruce Schneier)
Re: ISP Unbundling circuits
Colin Alston wrote: I even have a cabinet full of patch/cross-connect gear at one site. The teleco took some of the NTU kit from it when it was cancelled, said they would be back for the rest and 2 years later there it stands :) Murpheys' law says the instant I tie it to the roof of my car, they will ask when they can come collect it... For equipment that can be moved, and is still vaguely useful, send them a certified letter, explaining that you will be donating all this equipment to X (my personal suggestion is Cymru) upon a certain date not too far in the future, if arrangements are not made to retrieve it. Once you've received the signature back, and the date arrives, donate it. -- Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. Brian W. Kernighan
Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support
Skywing wrote: I find those speech recognition menus quite annoying. American Airlines has one that's just not good enough over a lower bitrate cell voice link in a crowded situation when you're trying to determine what's the deal with cancelled flights or whatnot along with everyone else in the plane. Always have to waste a minute for it to decide that it's going to punt to a real person. It would be nice if there was a way to bypass it. say agent and keep repeating that word until it understands you. That will bypass the menus, and take you to a person. -- Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. Brian W. Kernighan
Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support
Randy Bush wrote: On 08.12.24 12:43, Jay Hennigan wrote: Matthew Black wrote: I've had difficulties reaching anyone with a brain at my DSL provider Verizon California. Switch to a local ISP with local tech support. bingo. Uh, ditto? Having left SoCal a couple of years ago, my data is a bit stale. However, I happily used XO+Covad in three separate locations (in SoCal). DSLExtreme also has (or at least had) a good reputation. Verizon sucks. In fact, since you are in the Long Beach area, they suck even more than they do other places. Vote with your feet. -- The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes. Thomas Malthus
Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support
Matthew Black wrote: On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:51:41 -0800 Tomas L. Byrnes t...@byrneit.net wrote: Cox Communications has fully on-shore support. Here in SD they are actually LOCAL. In Verizon land, residential customers do not have CLEC voice or DSL alternatives. We do not have Cox. Our area is served by Charter Communications who has the broadband cable monopoly. Verizon has the fiber monopoly with their FIOS. ATT fiber is not possible in Verizon land. Nobody competes against Verizon for residential service in Southern California. Sir, both COVAD and DSLExtreme beg to differ. Seriously. I just checked. -- The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes. Thomas Malthus
Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support
Roy wrote: Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: ...However, I happily used XO+Covad in three separate locations (in SoCal). DSLExtreme also has (or at least had) a good reputation. Verizon sucks. In fact, since you are in the Long Beach area, they suck even more than they do other places. Vote with your feet. I am pretty sure that COVAD is offshore now Might be, but the quality of customer service was the issue, I believe, not just where it was located (at least I hope that wasn't the only objection). I think Mr. Black has already made plain that cost is an issue, in any case. I used to have the lowest business class they provided (even though it was just to my house). Currently, I am the only customer for my local ISP with the service level I have, going to a residential address. We all spend our $$$ on what's important to us. Packets are important to me. I like 'em. -- Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. Brian W. Kernighan
Re: Gigabit Linux Routers
Eugeniu Patrascu wrote: Chris wrote: Now to look at very affordable layer 2, Gigabit 3com switches with good pps. You should take a look at HP. They have very good gigabit switches and also offer lifetime guarantee on them. HP actually has a CLI to configure the switch, not the crap 3Com has. Let me provide a strong second to HP. They are rock solid, easy to configure, easy to monitor remotely, and worth every penny. -- I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. (Bertrand Russell)
Re: Hey ISC, thanks for providing free wifi to intercage!
Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote: Joe Abley wrote: How about moving the meta-nanog themes in this thread to nanog-futures, instead of adding to the noise on the main list? Because nobody reads it? You are mistaken, sir. There are plenty that read it, and meta discussions belong there. -- If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary. Samuel Clemens
