Re: [AusNOG] Basic question about fibre visual fault locators

2020-09-25 Thread Mark Foster
not sure if we will need to, and in that event we'd just hire someone). Just trying to re-use old MMF to get an NBN service where we need it, so trying to avoid expense as much as possible. Sounds like it might be worth it to just keep hunting for a MMF adaptor in this case!

Re: [AusNOG] Basic question about fibre visual fault locators

2020-09-25 Thread Mark Foster
Single Mode has a very, very narrow light-path (6u) as opposed to Multi-Mode (50u). They’re not compatible with eachother – I’ve never used a VFL but I used to work on campus fibre (MMF OM1, OM2, and OM3, and SMF SM1) routinely. When I didn’t have the connectors I needed, a short patch lead usual

Re: [AusNOG] Vocus dropping traffic to Microsoft?

2020-06-01 Thread Mark Foster
I’ve seen OneDrive and SharePoint Service Alerts over the last several hours, and their Twitter feed tells a story. https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status And especially https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1267309279356186624 Mark. From: AusNOG On Behalf Of Shane Fletcher Sent: M

Re: [AusNOG] NZ Smart Hands

2020-03-15 Thread Mark Foster
You may like to post on NZNOG as well, more Kiwis there. And whilst I appreciate New Zealand is smaller than Australia, you may also like to be a little more specific regarding which geographic areas you're interested in. ;-) Mark. > Hi All, > > With the recent announcement of a NZ lock down, we

Re: [AusNOG] after hours staff requirement

2018-09-17 Thread Mark Foster
The scripted IVR option with some variations has worked for me in the past. - Used a 'secret' IVR option, like the IVR says Press 1,2 or 3 but the secret option is 7 or 8. This presents a prompt "are you sure you wish to be transferred to the duty engineer?" and does so only after a second, su

Re: [AusNOG] Issues receiving from TPG Mail servers.

2018-07-23 Thread Mark Foster
Oh good. Port 465. Another Depreciated thing :-) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15796530/what-is-the-difference-between-ports-465-and-587 There's no longer a reason to offer services on Port 465 :S Not really relevant to the OP problem, but I couldn't not-bite... Mark. > One thing you mig

Re: [AusNOG] Issues receiving from TPG Mail servers.

2018-07-23 Thread Mark Foster
> > > On 24/07/2018 6:54 AM, Mark Foster wrote: > >>> Un-authenticated mail, however, doesn't require credentials in order to >>> accept mail, however, unless that server is relay, it also won't pass >>> that >>> mail on. It would only ac

Re: [AusNOG] Issues receiving from TPG Mail servers.

2018-07-23 Thread Mark Foster
As a point of comparison, the NZISM (yes, i'm a kiwi) stipulations are similar: https://www.nzism.gcsb.govt.nz/ism-document#2521 17.4.16.C.01. Control: System Classification(s): All Classifications; Compliance: SHOULD [CID:2598] Agencies SHOULD use the current version of TLS (version 1.2). NZI

Re: [AusNOG] Issues receiving from TPG Mail servers.

2018-07-23 Thread Mark Foster
> Hi Mark, > > Exim has two types of receiving: > Authenticated Mail > Un-authenticated mail. This I think we all understand. > > The difference is that when using the server for Authenticated mail, the > user must supply valid credentials in order to send mail through it. This > is what you woul

Re: [AusNOG] Issues receiving from TPG Mail servers.

2018-07-23 Thread Mark Foster
Maybe i've missed something. Email is valid to shift around in plain text. TLS 1.0 might not be acceptable if you're talking minimum encryption standards, but I agree with the posters that point out that the Payment Card environment should have no dependencies on any email exchange with third p

Re: [AusNOG] Bouncing Cisco Equipment and "Smart Install"

2018-05-08 Thread Mark Foster
You don't specifically mention https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-smi which I assume you're aware of? On 9 May 2018 4:21:20 PM NZST, "Michael J. Carmody" wrote: >Hey All, > >Just a feeler to see if anyone else is seeing this. > >We have some

Re: [AusNOG] ATS vs STS & recommendations?

2017-11-07 Thread Mark Foster
Previously deployed this one: http://www.dynamix.net.au/index.html?do=viewproduct&code=RP-ATS&ID=78422863 (Dynamix RP-ATS) Had no problems - but only limited exposure to it's actual performance 'under fire' as our power supply was pretty reliable. APC (Schneider Electric) have a range of their

Re: [AusNOG] Business customer smashing their "unlimited" MBE 20/20Mbps internet service

2017-09-27 Thread Mark Foster
Fair use is fair use. If they're costing you more than you're making off them, it's unsustainable. I'd have a conversation with the customer around that very fact, they're either oblivious to the problem, or oblivious to the impact it's having on you. Memory is somewhat vague now but I have an

Re: [AusNOG] Optus outage last night?

2017-07-05 Thread Mark Foster
I'm in the ISP's DNS camp. If you want expected/predictable connectivity + behavior that's usually the best choice. If you can't trust your ISP DNS 'most' of the time, you need another ISP? Clearly incidents happen, and knowing how to change to an alternate can give you perhaps subobtimal serv

Re: [AusNOG] Google Email Contact

2017-06-10 Thread Mark Foster
Network engineers are frequently not directly involved in the operation of mail platforms. But if you have an email specific problem there's a list for that :) https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop (Yes, the SSL cert error is well known... ) I know there's at least one m