I-D on operational MTU/fragmentation issues in tunneling

2004-10-11 Thread Pekka Savola
Hi all, I've written a very short (about 5 pages of meat) Internet-Draft describing the issues and operational approaches to the problems faced with doing tunneling in the network -- as these issues kept coming up again and again with IP-in-IP, GRE, L2TP, etc. The approaches may be different

Question on IP address used by anycast DNS cache server

2004-10-11 Thread Joe Shen
Hi, I'm , but I met some questions when reading those paper from ISC on F-root anycasting. 1. As it's descripted in J.Abley's paper, DNS server in anycast group should be configured with a real IP on its NIC and one or two service IP on loopback interface(s). BIND listen on both real IP and

Re: [OT] Good Anti-Spam Boilerplate

2004-10-11 Thread Michael . Dillon
After some senseless Googling, I'm at a loss. I'm looking for a very comprehensive, up-to-date example of an AUP that covers spam. You might want to ask this question at a place like http://www.groklaw.net/ First of all, it's a legal problem and the above blog is a place where lawyers hang

Re: short Botnet list and Cashing in on DoS

2004-10-11 Thread Michael . Dillon
1. Do BCP38. http://rfc.net/bcp0038.html Have your CFO read SAC004. http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac004.htm Implement source address validity checks. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk828/tk363/technologies_tech_note09186a00800f67d5.shtml 2. Filter aggressively. Run a

Re: Question on IP address used by anycast DNS cache server

2004-10-11 Thread Joe Abley
On 11 Oct 2004, at 05:23, Joe Shen wrote: I'm , but I met some questions when reading those paper from ISC on F-root anycasting. If anybody else has questions or comments about those papers, they should feel free to send me private mail about them (since this evidently wasn't universally

Re: Question on IP address used by anycast DNS cache server

2004-10-11 Thread Edward B. Dreger
JS Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:23:19 +0800 (CST) JS From: Joe Shen JS 1. As it's descripted in J.Abley's paper, DNS server JS in anycast group should be configured with a real IP JS on its NIC and one or two service IP on loopback Service IP addresses also are real IP addresses. JS

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Edward B. Dreger
SD Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:35:33 -0400 (EDT) SD From: Sean Donelan SD People think BCP38 means the packets could only originate SD from you. Were BCP38 universal, this would be true. If one receives a packet, it's either from the supposed source or a network that allows spoofing. If no

deprecating BCP38 and similar

2004-10-11 Thread Edward B. Dreger
I think I'll change my position on BCP38. It's pointless to try blocking spoofed source addresses because: * It doesn't solve every single problem * It means more effort for service providers * It requires more CPU processing power * Using it will generate smarter black hats. I also think

Re: Question on IP address used by anycast DNS cache server

2004-10-11 Thread James
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 05:23:19PM +0800, Joe Shen wrote: Hi, I'm , but I met some questions when reading those paper from ISC on F-root anycasting. 1. As it's descripted in J.Abley's paper, DNS server in anycast group should be configured with a real IP on its NIC and one or two

Re: [OT] Good Anti-Spam Boilerplate

2004-10-11 Thread Steve Atkins
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 10:51:42AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After some senseless Googling, I'm at a loss. I'm looking for a very comprehensive, up-to-date example of an AUP that covers spam. You might want to ask this question at a place like http://www.groklaw.net/ First of

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Randy Bush
the problem is that isp security folk doing actual measurement see very little spoofing. it's easy for the bad folk to get real bots. and tcp bad things are more popular and desirable, e.g. spam, ... and tcp does not work from spoofed addresses. isp security folk have limited resources. so

Re: short Botnet list and Cashing in on DoS

2004-10-11 Thread Bill Stewart
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:06:17 -0400, James Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pardon for my possibly ill informed interjection. I was under the impression that the current wind was blowing towards filtering outbound port 25 traffic while allowing outbound authenticated port 587 traffic? The

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Edward B. Dreger
RB Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:14:01 -0700 RB From: Randy Bush RB when it solves critical problems, it'll grow more quickly. Maybe. * Use 25/TCP for SMTP and 587/TCP for submission * Block outbound SMTP by default, but allow for the clueful * Run SMTP authentication * Let each authenticated user

Re: short Botnet list and Cashing in on DoS

2004-10-11 Thread Edward B. Dreger
BS Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:52:45 -0700 BS From: Bill Stewart BS [T]he normal definition of Internet service is to allow BS everything unless there's a good reason not to, as opposed to BS deny-most firewalls. Perhaps that's part of the problem. Has AOL's SMTP proxying and blocking driven it

Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Chaim Fried
Anybody know of any prolonged outages at Microsoft (MSN messenger)today?

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Richard Danielli
I'm experiencing connection difficulties as well -rd- Chaim Fried wrote: Anybody know of any prolonged outages at Microsoft (MSN messenger)today?

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Jay Hennigan
Papal Catholicism? Ursal defecation in forested terrain? -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - [EMAIL PROTECTED] WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323 WB6RDV NetLojix Communications, Inc. - http://www.netlojix.com/

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Petri Helenius
Chaim Fried wrote: Anybody know of any prolonged outages at Microsoft (MSN messenger)today? Sure. It was also down for scheduled maintenance for quite a while yesterday. Their website also only barfs out messages like Server Error in '/' Application.

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Thornton
I've been using MSN messenger all morning and it has been working fine for me. I havnt heard of anyone having problems with it either. On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 11:26, Chaim Fried wrote: Anybody know of any prolonged outages at Microsoft (MSN messenger)today? Thornton Cierra Group

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread German Martinez
On Mon Oct 11, 2004, Jay Hennigan wrote: Papal Catholicism? not a good forum to make this statement. Thanks, German -- Discouragement is an enemy of your perseverance. If you don't fight against discouragement you will become pessimistic first, and lukewarm afterwards. Be an optimist

RE: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Joe Johnson
I got some sort of announcement popup on Gaim from MSN that said they would be going down for 5 minutes. That was this morning at about 11-ish (Central time). Came back after 2 minutes and has been fine since. Joe Johnson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Todd Mitchell - lists
On 11/10/2004 12:26 PM Chaim Fried wrote: Anybody know of any prolonged outages at Microsoft (MSN messenger)today? http://messenger.msn.com/Status.aspx -- All Features. The .NET Messenger Service is temporarily unavailable.

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Timo Mohre
Joe Johnson wrote: I got some sort of announcement popup on Gaim from MSN that said they would be going down for 5 minutes. That was this morning at about 11-ish (Central time). Came back after 2 minutes and has been fine since. Well... all I can say is that it's been down all day and is still

RE: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Mehmet Akcin
Yeah problems were going on all day, good to know that I am not alone.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timo Mohre Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Microsoft problems? Joe Johnson wrote: I got

RE: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread amar
A new worm that spreads via Microsoft's instant messaging client began badgering users Monday, several security firms said. http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/49900742 Regards -- amar This message was sent using IMP, the

Re: Microsoft problems?

2004-10-11 Thread Timo Mohre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A new worm that spreads via Microsoft's instant messaging client began badgering users Monday, several security firms said. http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/49900742 sarcasm ah... so it's a normal microsoft problem /sarcasm never the less... a slight notice

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Daniel Senie
At 05:41 PM 10/11/2004, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 02:58:59AM +, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: It's better than a sharp stick in the eye, I'll tell ya, lad. Listen to me: It's called a best current practice for a reason -- people should do it. Not sit and around

Re: Guts (Was: Drivel about BCP38, et al.)

2004-10-11 Thread Paul Vixie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fergie (Paul Ferguson)) writes: ... The Internet has almost becoem unusable because of this poor state of affairs -- the dispruptors have beaten you? Reluctantly, sadly, ... It's not the engineers. Those who still have jobs Really Want to do the Right Thing. However,

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Daniel Senie
At 07:51 PM 10/11/2004, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 06:03:08PM -0400, Daniel Senie wrote: I've removed the rest of your message, talking about which vendors do or don't have what capabilities. While I agree it'd be nice if more vendors offered automated tools for

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Daniel Senie wrote: One of your arguments presented was that corporate customers weren't asking for unicast RPF, and I responded that corporate customers are not in need of automated mechanisms to implement BCP38, since in most cases their networks are EDGE networks, and it's quite simple to

Re: BCP38 making it work, solving problems

2004-10-11 Thread Fred Baker
At 08:39 AM 10/12/04 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Yes I know that multihoming customers must make sure packets going out to the internet over a link match the route advertised out that link .. but stupid multihoming implementations do tend to ensure that lots of people will yell loudly,