Re: Transition Planning for IPv6 as mandated by the US Govt

and potentially open up some business opportunities for you. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Customer-facing ACLs

, that's what port 587 was created for. And wouldn't those corporate types require VPN to access the network? On top of that, most who block 25 don't block it but direct it to internal mail servers where it can be subjected to limits and filtering. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301

Re: Customer-facing ACLs

customers are what matter. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Prefix filtering for Cisco SUP2

without system limits. My philosophy is rapidly becoming Let the settlement-free club worry about all the deaggregated prefixes. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Network Monitoring System - Recommendations?

. After all, you can make the host names or descriptions URLs that link to bandwidth and error graphs or other tools. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: why upload with adsl is faster than 100M ethernet ?

limiting for some of my customers, and when correctly configured (you _must_ use the right burst sizes), you will get the exact rate specified, TCP or not. However, I've never had to rate-limit above 30mbps, so perhaps you have some experience that I don't. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc

Re: why upload with adsl is faster than 100M ethernet ?

whatever bandwidth is available under their cap, and when I look at their bandwidth graphs, they have the ability to saturate their bandwidth to 100% of the configured rate. Works for me and mine. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: SkyCache/Cidera replacement?

usenet? ;) Seriously though, you'd have to be an awfully large organization for outsourced news to not be a slam dunk financially. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Mega DOS tomorrow?

. -- Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior

(and we'll sell just about anything to just about anybody). Perhaps a product made by a company that makes the slightest effort to put out a quality product would serve you better. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: 2511 line break

. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: Can a customer take IP's with them?

that they are doing so. Contracts are rarely as binding as people think they are. Of course, I'm no lawyer, I just hate paying them. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: Can a customer take IP's with them?

in the United States or any other country. Seems pretty clear to me. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: Can a customer take IP's with them?

rendered void. I'm no lawyer, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong ;) Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: Can a customer take IP's with them?

to. They were negligent to not implement a solution in that year, and since the irreparable harm can be completely eliminated with an inexpensive technical solution, there's no case (from where I sit). Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: [OnTopic] common list sense and responsibility

? I'm starting to think I'm talking to a kook. Here this whole time I thought you represented cox.net. Clearly not. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Even you can be hacked

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Re: Even you can be hacked

then challenging his bandwidth bill. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Even you can be hacked

of the circumstances. Maybe we should start putting this in writing, but it hasn't really been a problem. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: Cisco HFR

it, there are no other options. And if money is a primary consideration, this is not the router for you. The secondary market is obviously where the value is...and I doubt these will show up on ebay. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Verizon text messaging

To: and not the envelope recipient. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Question about obtaining ASN #

CIDR blocks, which is an involved process requiring massive amounts of documentation (but as long as you have the documentation at the ready, it's pretty painless as well). Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage

their capabilities when properly motivated. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Xspedius / E.Spire as wellRe: Winstar says there is no TCP/BGP vulnerability

as BGP. Not that it's difficult to implement on a small scale, just that it creates an additional knob for other people to break, and something else for the CPU to chew on (making it easier to take down, likely). Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: First Post! Annoying Debate at Work.

sense has nothing to do with certs. Thank you for providing a concrete example. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Anti-spam System Idea

inbox...(over 200 are tagged or rejected every day). This solution really antiquates the old paradigm of rejecting based purely on status in an RBL. I encourage everybody who runs a mailserver to read http://www.flakshack.com/anti-spam/ Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682

RE: SMTP relaying policies for Commercial ISP customers...?

and the customer while minimizing the use of the links between you and other networks. Services like SMTP and NNTP are great for that. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: SMTP relaying policies for Commercial ISP customers...?

. This doesn't result in lost customers. This results in appreciative customers, even if they were blocked when they had the problem. If you don't block them, most people will never know until they've spewed gigs. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Are SW upgrades needed in MPLS core networks?

about your work with real routers. Some of us live in elbonia where the only routers we have rely on immigrants hand-delivering packets. (I.e. if you're going to swing the snob stick, at least back it up and show us something) Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Verizon mail troubles

issues. Emailing nanog in the hopes that somebody from verizon.net is reading is like asking your neighbor for an audience with the Premiere of China. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Verizon mail troubles

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Bob Snyder wrote: Andy Dills wrote: Getting Verizon to do anything involving the internet, even if you possess the phone number of the department to call, is impossible. They do a good job with circuits. They do an abysmal job with IP and related issues

Re: Extreme spam testing

, and that is network abuse, and my ISP should disconnect me. So intent doesn't matter, huh? Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Extreme spam testing

be stated. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Extreme spam testing

aggressive? Yes. Is he a dickhead? No. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Extreme spam testing

, being tripped by the wind. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Extreme spam testing

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Vadim Antonov wrote: On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Andy Dills wrote: Hmm...actually, YOUR spam is MY problem. That's how this works. I applaud njabl. Then you've never been on receiving end of their (and their ilk) viligantine justice for no reason other than being

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

for) to convince the industry to spend billions of dollars to upgrade perfectly acceptable routing gear. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

[arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

be convinced? Hell, I can't even convince myself that IPv6 is neccessary. Is anybody out there totally sold on IPv6, enough to evangelize it to anybody willing to listen? I mean, IPv6 is no CIDR... Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 --- -- Forwarded message

Re: Tomatoes for Verisign at NANOG 29

a company run by douchebags, without anybody having to make an ass of themselves. You have to give Verisign some props for having the balls to present at NANOG...and those props should be in the form of not chasing them from the room with angry threats and pitchforks. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc

Re: Root Server Operators (Re: What *are* they smoking?)

about such a poor policy decision. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Server Redundancy

pen, which runs on FreeBSD (and even NT according to the author). http://siag.nu/pen/ It's not for the enterprise, but does provide simple load-balancing for people who can't afford a proper switch. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

RE: RADb ?

! a common sense answer I had not had hit me over the head. yet. I needed that.. might as well get my money's worth from ARIN ;) And if you aren't an ARIN member, don't forget about altdb.net. Painless, free, and quick. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Cisco IOS Vulnerability

will be found within 48 hours. Enough information was provided to quickly guess where the problem lies with IPv4 processing. Sendmail is open source, IOS is not. Knowing where the problem is and knowing how to exploit it are two entirely different situations. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net

Re: Sources for cheap/used lan testing equipment?

. Good luck, Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Newbie network upgrade question, apologies in advance to NANOG

wasting your money otherwise. To answer your question directly, there is essentially no benefit to taking full routes from your provider from each location. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: DNS announcement question

: dig -t ns domain @a.gtld-servers.net Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Don't call registry off the map?

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Patrick wrote: Can anyone reach www.donotcall.gov? Seems to be off the map... Everything's fun and games until somebody posts to Slashdot... Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Don't call registry off the map?

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Andy Dills wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Patrick wrote: Can anyone reach www.donotcall.gov? Seems to be off the map... Everything's fun and games until somebody posts to Slashdot... But then, the site loads very quickly for me now. I have an important question

Re: Major E-mail Delivery for FTC DNCR Launch

complaint rate will be very minimal, especially if the email arrives quickly after the request for processing. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Latency generator?

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, David Barak wrote: Try a 486 with two ethernet cards - that'll introduce PLENTY of latency :) Not too configurable, but it sure is cheap... If you say so...I've seen plenty a 486 route 10 megs without breaking a sweat. FreeBSD 2.1 in the hizzy! Andy --- Andy Dills

Re: Network discovery and mapping

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Re: Network discovery and mapping

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Andy Dills wrote: That's quite a medium-scale. Is there a single entity in the world that controls 1,000 networks and 100,000 network devices? WorldCom^Hn Well, sure, MCI is a single company that owns that many

RE: IRR/RADB and BGP

, there are plenty of smaller ASes who have yet to be forced to register their routes. We haven't yet been forced, but I finally got motivated to submit them to altdb last night. Altdb definitely rocks. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: OT: question re. the Volume of unwanted email (fwd)

718k rejected (83%) 0 reject warnings 0 held 0 discarded (0%) Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: OT: question re. the Volume of unwanted email (fwd)

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Jack Bates wrote: Andy Dills wrote: How do you get your mail delivery attempts to occur so linearly? :) I think something's busted with your mrtg script... Depends on which stats he wants. He's showing the total since midnight in the graph instead of the count

Re: IntraLATA vs. InterLATA Ckt Reliability

line is that you're going to have to rely 100% on the last mile provided by your LEC. You could contract with a CLEC to take your circuit cross-LATA; it's cheaper, and will most likely ride their fiber from CO to CO as opposed to on the LECs fiber. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301

Re: IPv6

a nice dotted quad to remember. So, how does IPv6 go from the shores of Japan and the minds of geeks across America to being the primary protocol used on the net? Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: NAT for an ISP

of the IOS before looking into that again. Why on earth would you do anything other than push NAT responsibility to the end-user CPE? So you can do the aforementiond cool stuff? Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: NAT for an ISP

, and if NAT breaks, a single customer dies. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

Re: Looking for advice on datacenter electrical/generator

Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access

Re: Curing the BIND pain

of this security upgrade functionality. So we'd really be only partially solving a problem in which we won't see any benefit for years to come, which is usually enough impetus to kill a project these days. Andy Andy Dills

Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?

with the emaulated PC, and you can use SecureCRT, the best terminal emulator ever. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, Inc.www.xecu.net

Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?

solution. .cshrc: alias console sudo /usr/local/etc/conserver.rc start; sleep 2; \ /usr/local/bin/console -p 1025 -M 127.0.0.1 serial; sudo \ /usr/local/etc/conserver.rc stop I didn't like zterm... Andy Andy Dills

Re: Co-lo best practices on IP allocations

a huge revenue customer, to who you would give whatever they want (within reason). $50 per /24 at the high end, $5 per /29 at the low end. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC

Re: APNIC returning 223/8 to IANA

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Re: 69/8...this sucks

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Peter E. Fry wrote: Andy Dills wrote: Sure. If the NSPs would just filter the bogon routes, nobody else would have to bother. Why is it that they don't? Filter (public, private and transit) peers or customers...? Or themselves? Yes. Andy

Re: Put part of Google on 69/8 (was Re: 69/8...this sucks)

it. If my name was Andrea, I wouldn't be pissed if people assumed I was a woman. I'd correct them and move on. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

route filtering in large networks

network staffed by banana eaters. If nothing else, it seems like a worthy stopgap until the next iteration of BGP comes along to really address the trust issues. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC

RE: 69/8...this sucks

fragmented and greedy. And if that doesn't poison your inverse arp, then multiplex a private bogon server with a centralized host scanner-based DNSBL. Don't forget the trailing dot! And don't forget to invert the subnet mask! Andy Andy Dills

RE: 69/8...this sucks

for a little while, and it works great. All of my customers get routes that point the bogons to a traffic sink on my network. If they were so inclined, they could sink that traffic before leaving their network. Andy Andy Dills

RE: 69/8...this sucks

. But at the same time, I can't think of a place this stuff would be more relevant. Which is why it's good to filter...so you still be subscribed to the list AND not be annoyed. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet

Re: 69/8...this sucks

their filters. But is that the only way? And would your answer change if you were one of the first networks to be assigned space in the new range? Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC

Re: Abstract of proposed Internet Draft for Best Current Practice(please comment)

greater (through collateral damage), and I'm here to tell you that what you propose is the technical equivalent of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC

Re: 923 Mbps across the Ocean ...

and women. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access

Re: Abstract of proposed Internet Draft for Best Current Practice(please comment)

are the driving force in this industry, not us. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High

Re: OT: level3 contact

of demanding a service credit Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed

RE: OT: level3 contact

the first time (but with multiple emails and calls, it's still inexcusable). However, if you're already exchanging routes with them, there's no excuse for not being able to get somebody who understands BGP on the phone. Andy Andy Dills

Re: anti-spam vs network abuse

as it can be, which IS NOT the same as My network is invulnerable. Don't put words into my mouth simply so you can call them naive. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

Re: BGP to doom us all

), who should be allowed to announce which prefix. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E

Re: anti-spam vs network abuse

abuse by criminals? Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access

Re: anti-spam vs network abuse

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Charlie Clemmer wrote: At 03:52 PM 2/28/2003 -0500, Andy Dills wrote: Why is probing networks wrong? Depends on why you're doing the probing. If so, why outlaw the act of probing? Why not outlaw probing for the purposes of...? If you're randomly walk up to my house

Re: Cisco 7507, erratic behaviour

On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Andy Dills wrote: On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Drew Weaver wrote: Howdy, Im having a little difficulty with a 7507, when I do sh run it just returns a newline and doesn't show me any the running-configuration. My privelege level is 15, and this worked yesterday. I also

Re: Cisco 7507, erratic behaviour

Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access

Re: FW: Re: Is there a line of defense against Distributed Reflectiveattacks?

their electricity to grow weed? I assume you were beating down the doors of Congress, tyring to get rock artists to be responsible for the people who committed suicide after listening to their albums? Andy Andy Dills 301

Re: Scaled Back Cybersecuruty

be happy if every ISP had at least one competent engineer who cared about their job... Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

Re: OT. - The end of inet-access

unless you do what she tells you to. But I'm bitter and biased...mea culpa. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup

RE: fast ethernet limits

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Al Rowland wrote: And you are using shielded cable, correct? Nah, I'm guessing he strung bare copper seperated by cotton balls. That's what I like to use in my 27-floor 100tx runs. Andy Andy Dills

Re: Using link congestion to control routing updates

work or would be a poor idea... Andy ([EMAIL PROTECTED] HASCS guys hate me, I was a huge pain in the ass when I was an undergrad...still am, I guess) Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC

Re: i think terroists are going to love ipv6

confusing people is why you continue to post self-serving lunacy to the list. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup

Re: How do you stop outgoing spam?

(with reasonable limits on number of recipients per arbitrary time period, which all of your mail servers should have anyway). Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

Re: casual programming and network operations

perlrun`, it details some of the most useful and least used features. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup

RE: IRR listing of IANA-reserved, a question..

, will IPv6 remain a barely supported protocol for too long to be implemented? Will IPv6 be surpassed by a superior protocol before it becomes neccessary to be implemented? 10 years is a long time... Andy Andy Dills

Re: Paul's Mailfrom (Was: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at

be quite nice... Thanks, Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access

Re: ASN registry?

. No idea why ARIN doesn't have a record for it...they only carry records for ASN 16779, which is Telstra-USA. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

Re: custom dialup kits

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Miguel Mata-Cardona wrote: who make these kits nowaday? Had some contacts, but most of them are gone. URL or contact email will be very appreciated. www.rockstar.com is the current industry favorite... Andy Andy

Re: solving problems instead of beating heads on walls [was: somethingabout arrogance]

solution. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access

Re: solving problems instead of beating heads on walls [was: somethingabout arrogance]

is solved. Then, when you have the Ottawa 100m transit link up, you can announce your /20 to both transit providers all the time. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

Re: solving problems instead of beating heads on walls

the transit links in both cities. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed

RE: debugging packet loss

% packetloss from the router itself, but 0% packetloss for everything behind it. Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net Dialup

Re: Requirement to store email for 90 days.

, but that doesn't require you to keep records... I'd love for somebody to point out what I'm missing... Andy Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLCwww.xecu.net

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