'Net security gets root-level boost

2003-10-28 Thread Hank Nussbacher
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html -Hank

Re: SoCal fires

2003-10-28 Thread Sean Donelan
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Jay Hennigan wrote: > somewhat smoky skies in Santa Barbara, much worse in Ventura. UPSes > are beeping and lights flickering a bit more often than usual. Otherwise > no real network impact here. California electric grid operators are reporting 70,000 to 80,000 customers ar

Re: Korea Telecom Contacts?

2003-10-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya writes on 10/27/2003 11:49 PM: HKIX would be your best bet, considering it's connectivity to Far East, Pacific, South East, South Asia as well as west Asia both over fiber and satellite. It's also a more competitive market than Singapore or Seoul - more bang for you buck. L

Re: ISPs' willingness to take action

2003-10-28 Thread Michael . Dillon
>* But customers of broadband ISP aren't going to want to pay more than $40 a >month for any such thing you add, You are right about the average customer. But this mythical beast is composed of some less than average customers who just want plain vanilla cheap service and some more than average

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Michael . Dillon
>Some would ask, "What about increasing address usage?" Only the ones who weren't at the ARIN meeting in Chicago where we saw a chart showing that monthly consumption of IP addresses continues to decrease as it has since around the year 2000. >I would ask, "What evidence do you have that usage

Re: 'Net security gets root-level boost

2003-10-28 Thread Barney Wolff
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:58:20AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > > http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html Love this quote from Verisign: "We tested Anycast for about a year...to monitor its behavior," Silva says. "These are important servers, and we didn't want to make any rash decis

RE: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Kuhtz, Christian
> >> Does anybody honestly think companies will commit the > capex needed to > >> implement IPv6? > > > William Leibzon wrote: > > Not without additional benefits. > > I agree, and they're all gone now. To my deepest regrets, > IPv6 has become nothing more than IPv4 with more bits (it's > ac

RE: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Greg Maxwell
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Kuhtz, Christian wrote: > Excuse my rambling and what some may consider heresy even :), but.. > One question to ask is whether IPv6's approach is the right one, furthering > a particular way of doing things rather than really reinventing itself. Do > I really need global aw

Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings

2003-10-28 Thread Fred Baker
At 11:13 AM 10/23/2003, Sean Donelan wrote: How many other ISPs intend to follow AOL's practice and use their connection support software to fix the defaults on their customer's Windows computers? Interesting question from several angles. Here's the flip side. Our corporate IT department likes t

RE: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Matthew Kaufman
End-to-end requires that people writing the software at the end learn about buffer overruns (and other data-driven access violations) or program using tools that prevent such things. It is otherwise an excellent idea. Unfortunately, the day that someone decided their poorly-designed machine and o

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Andy Dills
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The bottom line is that there are three different models > which may predict when we run out of IPv4 addresses. The > models predict dates ranging from 2022 to 2045. None of > the models predict an exact year, they all predict a range > of 4 to 8 yea

RE: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Greg Maxwell
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > End-to-end requires that people writing the software at the end learn about > buffer overruns (and other data-driven access violations) or program using > tools that prevent such things. It is otherwise an excellent idea. A lack of end-to-end just ob

Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread lance_tatman
I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface Converters), but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks? If you are using them, where do they fit into your topology? -Lance- Agilent Laboratories [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > Converters), > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks? > If you are using them, where do they fit into your topol

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Bruce Pinsky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy Dills wrote: | On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | |>The bottom line is that there are three different models |>which may predict when we run out of IPv4 addresses. The |>models predict dates ranging from 2022 to 2045. None of |>the m

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread sthaug
> > Yes, because IPv6 is merely and incremental improvement, not a grand > > elegant solution to world hunger like ATM. Look at how we managed the > > incremental step of adding MPLS to our IPv4 networks. It was fairly > > painless because it uses the same boxes, the same people and the same > > m

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Haesu
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > Converters), interesting info too: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0310/wodelet.html > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in you

RE: NOAA warning for rf communications

2003-10-28 Thread Graham, Darel R.
Need more info go here http://www.spaceweather.com/ it has a embeded link that explains affects on communications too. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:32 PM To: Owen DeLong Cc: Roy; Chris Yarn

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > Converters), > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks? > If you are using them, where do they fit into your top

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Petri Helenius
Matthew Kaufman wrote: End-to-end requires that people writing the software at the end learn about buffer overruns (and other data-driven access violations) or program using tools that prevent such things. It is otherwise an excellent idea. There is supposedly some magic going into this in the

Summary: EU and AP colo

2003-10-28 Thread just me
Many thanks to the dozens of folks who took time to offer me advice on coloing in the Asia-Pacific and EU. I've had recommendations to look at the following providers: hong kong: pbase.net, at&t singapore: singtel, at&t korea: kidc japan: jpix Joe and Bill recommeded the PAIX. Not a bad idea fro

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Petri Helenius
Kuhtz, Christian wrote: I'm not saying IPv6 is dead, but I think a leap, rather than an incremental improvement may be needed. Unless somebody actually does come up with an IPv6 killer app... Most Internet traffic is p2p traffic. IPv6 (by virtue of eliminating most perceived needs for NAT d

RE: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread lance_tatman
To be more clear, I'm specifically referring to Gigabit Ethernet Converters and not SFPs for POS or SONET. So, to reprhase, where in your network topology, are you using Gigabit Ethernet, specifically GE interfaces using GBICS? Are you using GE primarily for customer connections, server connecti

RE: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Tom (UnitedLayer)
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To be more clear, I'm specifically referring to Gigabit Ethernet > Converters and not SFPs for POS or SONET. So, to reprhase, where in > your network topology, are you using Gigabit Ethernet, specifically GE > interfaces using GBICS? I think you alr

Heads up, and tell the banana eaters...

2003-10-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
Another flare headed our way... Event #49 - 28 October 2003 Issued: 16:30 UTC, 28 October 2003 SOURCE EVENT Class X17.2 Flare in Region 486 at 11:10 UTC on 28 October 2003 Type II: 1250 km/sec Estimated LASCO-derived Plane of Sky Velocity: 2125 km/sec ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF SHOCK AT EAR

Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings

2003-10-28 Thread Sean Donelan
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Fred Baker wrote: > Personally, I don't ask my ISP or my IT department to randomly change the > configuration of my computer. I am very happy for them to suggest changes, > but *if* I agree, *I* want to install them when it is convenient for *me*, > not when it is convenient f

Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings

2003-10-28 Thread Henry Linneweh
I agree that changing one's computer is not the ISP or even the Corp IT departments job, and could compromise valuable work and or personal information for the individual user, depending on their setup, security software etc and other applications.   I also would preceive that as a real threat to i

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Haesu
I'm just curious as to what kind of question it is... apologies if I sound rude to you.. but... What difference does this question make from following: "I am doing a research about GigE connectivity. How many people use Gigabit PCI NIC's in their servers, and where in your systems division do yo

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Henry Linneweh
I think if program design criterion would change, to coding secure applications then the problem would be reduced dramatically   -HenryPetri Helenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew Kaufman wrote:>End-to-end requires that people writing the software at the end learn about>buffer overruns (and ot

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Henry Linneweh
GBIC's are something I put on board level products here is a list to make you happy http://www.mrv.com/products/matrix_op.phpAndy Dills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> The bottom line is that there are three different models> which may predict when we run ou

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Adam Selene
>>and operating system would be safer sitting behind a "firewall" >>pretty much marked the end of universal end-to-end connectivity, >>and I don't see it An OS-level (software) firewall doesn't preclude end-to-end connectivity, and even a per-machine hardware firewall doesn't given it can pass in

URGENT Merit NOC number required

2003-10-28 Thread Narelle
Folks I URGENTLY need a phone number or other immediate contact for a Merit NOC contact particularly re the raddb system!! Like Now, actually. Correspond privately for my phone number if necessary!!! Narelle Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:28:55 CST, Adam Selene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > A probably configured firewall will protect a machine against everything but > it's user, and therein lies a problem you will likely never solve. The real problem is that we have an environment where the malware can figure

RE: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-28 Thread Deepak Jain
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:28:55 CST, Adam Selene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > A probably configured firewall will protect a machine against > everything but > > it's user, and therein lies a problem you will likely never solve. > > The real problem is that we have an environment where the malwa