OT: New software mag (free download)

>From another list. While aimed at open-source users and developers, this new magazine publishes some very interesting articles of general interest to all computer users. Original post: --- Hello, Tony Mobily, along with a few amazi

Re: More on Vonage service disruptions...

;That said, this could be a feature that customers could be looking for >as IP connectivity becomes more of a utility-like service. One just puts the whole system (dsl modem, router, voip adapter) on a UPS. I do it; it works. Jeffrey Race -- No virus found in this outgoing messag

RE: More on Vonage service disruptions...

for research purposes, to download sex videos.) Jeffrey Race -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005

RE: bad Vonage connection,

contact me offlist Kind regards, Jeffrey Race, today in Bangkok Thailand USA tieline (rings at Bangkok residence) TIME ZONE GMT +7 -+1 617 395-4111 Tel +66 2 291-2235Fax +66 2 688-4540 Tel +66 6 709-7645 (mobile

RE: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing

m. Even the best software won't protect against the "whatever" users (a significant proportion of every community and increasing in recent years of new cultural norm of 'there is no right or wrong; if it feels good now, do it now'). Jeffrey Race -- No virus found

Re: People being removed from the list and such

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:35:24 -0400, Matthew McGehrin wrote: >Who fucking cares. Fuck the world. Fuck Susan. Fuck Nanog. Sir your English usage displays a serious lack of elegance

Re: OT- need a new GSM provider

eceiving calls in most European countries and the US. <http://www.t-mobile.com/international/coverage.asp> USA users roaming abroad payUS$ 0.99, 1.49, 1.99 2.99 or 4.99 /min depending on location Secret is to get a local sim card in foreign countries. Jeffrey Race

Re: OT- need a new GSM provider

o finds: MOT P8097 Ericson R520] - Meg says can buy in aftermarket unlocked triband (or T-Mobile/Voicestream) Ericson T68m or T68i, Mot P7389 Timeport or L7089 (buy on eBay) My daughter will take that Motorola V600! (She nags me daily to buy one for her.) Jeffrey Race

RE: Spyware becomes increasingly malicious

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:24:19 -0700, Michel Py wrote: > None of the >other crapware removers I have tried could clean the machine either. Try Bazooka spyware detector from <http://www.kephyr.com/>. This detected for me a bunch of malware neither Spybot nor Adaware caught. Jeffrey Race

Re: ultradns reachability

cannot mail an ORG correspondent since ORG domain lookups fail.What is happening and is there a workaround? Thanks for any help Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:27:32 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: >> It is the same way credit reporting works: you mess up, you get no>> credit. > Except then you can generate yet another fake credit card and go >on with your life. Do that a few thousand times a day, even -- no >problem. >

RE: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:39:26 -0600, Smith, Donald wrote: >I am not a lawyer. I am not aware of the law that requires uunet to >go to court to prevent spammers who are not their direct customers from using their network. Doctrine of attractive nuisance

RE: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

under the Va computer crimes act, and he refused. I would have been a witness. At this point (esp when he said the matter lay with "Mr Ebbers", who is now up on other criminal charges) it became obvious what was the ethical level of this firm's management. Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:33:35 + (GMT), Christopher L. Morrow wrote: >This is true. The 'security' or 'safety' of the backbone is not affected >by: >1) portscaning by morons for openshares >2) spam mail sending >3) spam mail recieving > >(atleast not to my view, though I'm no lawyer, just a chem

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

en-and-shut legal case to MCI, with the perp's legal service address, and Neil Patel refused to take any action. The management's intention was clear: continue to profit rather than take the perps to court. All this talk about how difficult it would be blah blah blah is just a smokescreen for inaction Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

e against spam, you have to stand up in court and say so. Anyway all the spamming is now in violation of contracts. These people would come to court with 'dirty hands' in the term of art, and the court would not look favorably on any case they might try to make Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

On 24 Jun 2004 09:26:15 -0400, Robert E. Seastrom wrote: >"Dr. Jeffrey Race" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:> >> Poof! MCI spam problem goes away in 30 days.> >http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/you-might-be.html> >I think the discussion is over. Ha ha ha!

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

they go in the common database. It is the same way credit reporting works: you mess up, you get no credit. Come on guys, you are all smart engineers. This is not rocket science. Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:34:39 -0600, Mike Lewinski wrote: >. How do you >retroactively modify your contract to tell all your existing clients >"don't do business with company X" or we'll terminate you It is ALREADY in the contracts and TOS. Just has to be enforced. >(actually, >such a contr

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

ness. These are the facts. Lots of companies have procedures like this in place which is why they don't have spam problems. Jeffrey Race On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:34:25 + (GMT), Christopher L. Morrow wrote: >On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote: >> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 0

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

o do and your firm's failure to do so and to enforce this rule on your contracting parties definitively proves your management's decision to profit from spam rather than to stop spam. Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

a massively insecure network by management choice is not an operational issue for the victims, what is? Jeffrey Race

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

You will find the answer to your questions Jeffrey Race

Re: The Uneducated Enduser (Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT))

is to apply rigorously the same rules to the internet as are used everywhere else in society. It is simple, it pays for itself, it works, and it works immediately. Some people will be upset, like the smokers who have to go outside for a puff or even give up their habit. However the result is better for EVERYONE including "the uneducated". Jeffrey Race

Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:53:45 -1000 (HST), Scott Weeks wrote: >Neither can happen. That's just another way of saying make all your users >skilled or go out of business. The SPs whose business model entails externalizing the costs SHOULD go out of business

Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

7;t do; I believe some will but many won't) so the only solution is to cut the latter off. If you are not willing to do that, then you will just have to accept the spam and we might as well stop whining about it. It is your choice. Jeffrey Race

Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)

are a big help.) So, the logical inference is training and licensing to get internet access. When I was 16 in Connecticut many many years ago, we had to take a driver-training course (given by a policeman) to get a driver's license. I see no discussion about this approach, here or elsewher

Re: Lazy network operators - NOT

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:01:45 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Jerry Eyers wrote: >>Spamming is pervasive mainly due to the inattention or failure to enforce > >>acceptable use policies by the service provider. > >I must point out that this statement is just flat wrong. It's flat right. See docum

Re: Lazy network operators - NOT

On 18 Apr 2004 06:13:35 +, Paul Vixie wrote: >The new motto here is: "Blackhole 'em all and let market forces sort 'em out." Hooray. May Comcast rot in hell. They are completely irresponsible. Don't even send an auto-ignore message. Jeffrey Race

RE: SPAM Directly from AT&T Data Networking

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:38:54 -0500, Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS wrote: >It looks like you as an attglobal.net customer might have received it from >another attglobal.net user Yes this is what I suspected >(or else there was other header forgery going on - >it looks like you didn't provi

RE: SPAM Directly from AT&T Data Networking

llent. Please contact the casino spammer below (strictly illegal activity, btw) and let us know what he has to say. This was injected from 127.0.0.1. Jeffrey Race Received: from att.com (localhost[127.0.0.1]) b

Re: SPAM Directly from AT&T Data Networking

In the last few days I have had two spams with injection point 127.0.0.1. This definitely needs to be addressed by ATT. Anyone online from ATT like to say something? Jeffrey Race On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:17:08 -0400 (EDT), William R. Lorenz wrote: > >So, with AT&T being a network p

Re: Lazy network operators

and need this service. I have read rfc2476.html. Jeffrey Race

Re: Spamhaus Exposed

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:54:00 -, Peter Galbavy wrote: > Wonder what other countries have sold their souls to Satan ? Are any leases on offer? :)

Re: Platinum accounts for the Internet (was Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?)

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:57:03 -0500 (EST), Sean Donelan wrote: > NANOG has less than 500 attendees, >yet has about the same number as infected computers as any other >ad-hoc network population. If true this is a very significant fact

"waste of time"

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:55:09 -0700 (MST), guy wrote: >I can think of one university who requires students to login through a web >> portal before giving them a routable address. This is such a waste of >> time for both parties. Translation: "It is too much trouble for us to keep the kids from

Re: dealing with w32/bagle

newuser http://www.kturn.com/ http://www.swapdrive.com/ Anyone who has used please report results back Jeffrey Race

Re: [IP] VeriSign prepares to relaunch "Site Finder" -- calls

transient DNS lookup failure. Jeffrey Race

Re: Clueless service restrictions (was RE: Anti-spam System Idea)

(I am guessing) 95% of the cases, it is trivially easy. Jeffrey Race

Re: Stopping open proxies and open relays

machine on how to be a good internet member is free; second costs $100; third results in permanent discontinuance of service and refusal to accept back as a client. These measures will fix your problem. Jeffrey Race

Re: SMTP authentication for broadband providers -- A MODEST PROPOSAL

lunteer to help, contact me offlist. Kind regards to all, Jeffrey Race, today in Bangkok Thailand USA tieline (rings at Bangkok residence) TIME ZONE GMT +7 -+1 617 395-4111 Tel +66 2 291-2235Fax +66 2 688-4540 Tel +66 6

Re: Dumb users spread viruses (here's one!)

the world via ADSL. Took half a day. Found 2 viruses, 4 trojans, and 122 registry entries for assorted malware, spyware, adware, etc. Jeffrey Race

Re: Stopping open proxies and open relays

machine on how to be a good internet member is free; second costs $100; third results in permanent discontinuance of service and refusal to accept back as a client. These measures will fix your problem. Jeffrey Race

Re: Good network sniffer?

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:48:46 -0600, Borger, Ben wrote: >Can anyone recommend a good network monitor that can replay captured >packets? Windows or *nix. Free is great, commercial is ok too. TCP/IP connection logger Windows and Linux (GNU freeware) Windows Jeffrey Race

Re: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 06:22:08 -0500 (EST), Sean Donelan wrote: > >http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=6232&cat=HOME > >No explaination why Sante Fe officials had not patched the city's >computers in the three months since Microsoft announced the vulnerability >and released the softwar

Re: [Re: Fun new policy at AOL]

s low in bloodstream . . . RSI . . . sleepy . . . (: Jeffrey Race

Re: Fun new policy at AOL

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:05:50 +0100 (BST), Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: >On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:07:30 -0400, Matthew Crocker wrote: >> >It can be built without choke points. ISPs could form trust >> >relationships with each o

Re: ISPs' willingness to take action

at a previous post, those with a quiet moment you might wish to take a look at <http://www.camblab.com/nugget/spam_03.pdf> and <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt> I'd welcome any comments. Jeffrey Race

Paging Jim McBurnett

t;<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have mail for you (being bounced as above). Please advise me a fax # or better e-mail address Jeffrey Race

Re: Wired mag article on spammers playing traceroute games with trojaned boxes

7;ll tell you. I am sure there are BIG BIG damages to be had for a little litigation. Jeffrey Race

Re: Wired mag article on spammers playing traceroute games with trojaned boxes

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:28:30 -0700 (PDT), Andy Ellifson wrote: >And as soon as you call law enforcement what happends? The spammer is >located offshore. Then what? This is an easy one. Again, see

Re: Wired mag article on spammers playing traceroute games with trojaned boxes

ff would do nothing. Jeffrey Race

Re: Wired mag article on spammers playing traceroute games with trojaned boxes

sions to use the Environmental Polluter business model . . . .) It's not a technical problem and there are NO technical solutions. The only one that works is what is used in every other type of human activity. Jeffrey Race

RE: Internet privacy

Domains are >forged a lot more than IP's are. As long as you can see some contact info >for 1.2.3.4, who cares what the listed contact info for spammer.com is? You need it for a legal service address Jeffrey Race

Re: williams spamhaus blacklist

the bad news to their masters. Jeffrey Race

Re: williams spamhaus blacklist

(some details dated) and <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt> (work in progress) I'd welcome any comments. Jeffrey Race

Re: monkeys.dom UPL being DDOSed to death

he public prosecutors can hardly handle the criminals at MCI, Enron, the leading finance firms, we may have to wait a while. Jeffrey Race

OT: Interesting visuals. interesting message, 560 kb, 5 min to run (if you have a moment)

Interesting diversion from quotidian banalities <http://www.fdnylodd.com/BloodofHeroes.html> Jeffrey Race

Re: Change to .com/.net behavior

ign.com/resources/gd/sitefinder/implementation.pdf The file is mutilated by the ColorSpace Error which will cause difficulties for persons on some platforms in reading it. You may wish to recreate it without this error. See <http://www.camblab.com/nugget/colorspc.htm>. Thanks for making this file available. Jeffrey Race

RE: dry pair

t happens when you staff your "support" departments with dropouts from McDonalds. They need people who have climbed poles and been down in manholes (among other things). The training is abysmal and management doesn't care. Jeffrey Race

Re: Fun new policy at AOL

ew location each time? (I experience the same inconvenience when travelling with my notebook computer i.e. I need to amend the outgoing SMTP server in my mail client on the fly. But it takes only a moment [admittedly I use only two accounts] but it seems like a reasonable rule.) Jeffrey Race

Re: Fun new policy at AOL

r an improved variant is to make the entire internet a 'trust relationship' using the (obvious) steps you propose. For several months I have been pondering possible details of implementing same; see <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt>. Comments welcome. Jeffrey Race

RE: Sobig.f surprise attack today

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:13:27 -0400, Todd Mitchell - lists wrote: >See the following message sent out by X-Force a few hours ago.>Todd >Computers infected with the Sobig.F worm are programmed >to automatically download an executable of unknown function >from a hard-coded list of servers at 19:00 UT

Re: The status of consumer rate-limiting?

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:13:35 +0200, Niels Bakker wrote: >We're asking everybody to turn off HTML when they post to mailing lists. Here's some boilerplate I wrote for this purpose:

RE: Put part of Google on 69/8 (was Re: 69/8...this [degenerate linguistic usage elided)

fic implied not female. Now it's just 'Hi $first_name'. I'm glad I'm on the way out. Jeffrey Race

RE: 69/8...this sucks -- Centralizing filtering..

step to the strategy I draft-outline in <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt>. I hope volunteers will replicate Owen's efforts at RIPE, APNIC and LACNIC. As for subject above, all those whose miserable life needs a little uplift, please turn to <http://www.camblab.com/nugget/s

Re: Issue with 208.192.0.0/8 - 208.196.93.0/24?

352 ms 335 ms 20 0.so-3-0-0.XL1.NYC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.27.29) 321 ms 321 ms 21 0.so-0-0-0.XR1.NYC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.19.85) 336 ms 336 ms 22 207.ATM6-0.GW11.NYC1.ALTER.NET (152.63.29.185) 360 ms 352 m 23 * * * 24 * [dies] [C:\]host 208.196.93.204 208.196.93.204 = ecobeauty.org Jeffrey Race

RE: Abstract of proposed Internet Draft for Best Current Practic e (please comment)

t is all spelt out there. Jeffrey Race

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

t. See <http://www.camblab.com/nugget/spam_03.pdf> for hard data. There seems to be some logical fallacy in your plaint. Ethical firm - successful, suppresses spam does not entail Does not suppress spam - unethical firm. There may be other reasons. Jeffrey Race

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

ical solution. All technical solutions will fail, always, because the spammers are as smart as the anti- spammers but more motivated. This is a behavioral solution. It is the only one that will work. Everything else will fail. Jeffrey Race

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

igence. GE used to work on that business model. They are no longer dumping effluents into the ground in Pittsfield Mass. This could happen to the Internet! (with your help--go for it!) Kind regards to all Jeffrey Race

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

iate bodies. I travel a great deal and don't expect to be able to give this project the push it deserves. Mail me privately. Thanks for all help. Jeffrey Race D_R_A_F_T BEST CURRENT PRACTICE FOR DUTY OF CARE OF INTERNET RESOURCES Pre-release