Metromedia Fiber Network files for bankruptcy

2002-05-20 Thread Mitch Halmu
As predicted: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020520/nym120_1.html --Mitch NetSide "I am here to bury Caesar not to praise him".

Re: "portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)

2002-05-19 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Dan Hollis wrote: > netside has been a long time lunatic opponent of RBLs First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics,

Re: "portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)

2002-05-19 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Dan Hollis wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2002, Greg A. Woods wrote: > > Such technology is very dangerous if automated. > > And if its not? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Such technology is very dangerous, period. Here they go again, trying to elevate some Internet masterrace

Re: Interconnects

2002-05-18 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Mike Leber wrote: > Also, when considering where to locate equipment I can't help but remind > the other person posting about MNFX (which isn't the same corporate > entitiy as PAIX) that they should have posted (if they were going to > bother to post that kind of thing, whi

Re: Interconnects

2002-05-17 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Fri, 17 May 2002, todd glassey wrote: > Mitch what has MFN's financial problems have to do with the quality of the > agreements that are in place for peering. If you are worried that they may > blow off the face of the earth - I too agree that money is tight and there > are a number of othe

Re: Interconnects

2002-05-17 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Fri, 17 May 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote: > MH> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:39:13 -0400 (EDT) > MH> From: Mitch Halmu > > MH> "Incredibly rich environments" indeed: > > > > Well, I guess that financial status says everything about their > technica

Re: Interconnects

2002-05-17 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Fri, 17 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2002 18:46:15 BST, "Stephen J. Wilcox" said: > > The question related to places where network interconnect, not who's > > friends with who this week. > > (Note - I'm assuming here the news story is factual. If not, that's > a whole

Re: Interconnects

2002-05-17 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Fri, 17 May 2002, todd glassey wrote: > PAIX is a division of MFN (Metropolitan Fiber Networks) as Above.NET is as > well. That means they share MFN's connectivity and peering agreements and as > such are incredibly rich environments. Especially with someone like Paul > Vixie running it, (PA

C&W outage in So. Florida

2002-05-13 Thread Mitch Halmu
Cable & Wireless had an outage in South Florida approx. between 12:50 - 16:10 EDT today. Anoyone privy to details? --Mitch NetSide

Re: anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

2002-05-04 Thread Mitch Halmu
On 4 May 2002, Paul Vixie wrote: > a cost that you are forced to pay in order to enrich somebody else is > theft, no matter how microscopic the payment might be. "we all know what > (they) are, now we're just arguing about the price." "There will be a day when folks will need to pay to transi

Re: anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

2002-05-03 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Paul Vixie wrote: > > I hate to sound like the big idiot here, but what exactly in the email > > you received indicates no-ip.com spammed? It looks to me like you just > > have some secret "admirer" who thought you wanted a no-ip.com account, > > and no-ip.com emailed you to

Re: RoadRunner abuse?

2002-05-03 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Fri, 3 May 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote: > Sorry to post this, but it appears that past emails to RoadRunner > re a spammer (sending out attachments to boot) have been > ineffective. Only ~150kB, but multiply that by however many > victims... I'd think and hope *someone* cares. > > Back to on-t

Re: Qwest Transit

2002-04-02 Thread Mitch Halmu
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Andy Dills wrote: > Ok, we have an opportunity to get Qwest bandwidth amazingly cheap. [...] > Can anybody speak positively or negatively about the quality of Qwest You may want to also consider economic factors, as described in this article: http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/