Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread blitz
If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really are At 15:09 3/28/03 +0100, you wrote: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 -- Tomas Daniska systems engineer Tronet Computer Networks Plynarenska 5, 829 75 Bratislava, Slovakia tel: +421 2 58224111, fax: +421 2 58224199

Re: spamcop.net?

2003-03-04 Thread blitz
The only disadvantage I see, is a single point of failure, and a point for concentration of attacks. Marc At 13:14 3/4/03 -0600, you wrote: Thus spake "Martin Hannigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not for nothing, but there's so much time wasted with all these > diversified spam systems. Many of these

RE: spamcop.net?

2003-03-04 Thread blitz
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of blitz Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: spamcop.net? Anyone having trouble getting to/ know of any issues with spamcop.net today? They seemed to have dropped off the radar from me

spamcop.net?

2003-03-03 Thread blitz
Anyone having trouble getting to/ know of any issues with spamcop.net today? They seemed to have dropped off the radar from me... No pings No traceroute but they still show registered at 216.127.43.89 Tnx Marc macronet.net

RED ALERT! heads up Quick security alert

2003-02-27 Thread blitz
SRI if this is OT, BUT, its a security related subject. Since most of us deal with UPS this info may be helpful. --- FYI ... Quick security alert: $32,000 worth of UPS uniforms have been purchased over the last 30 days by perso

Re: manhole covers

2003-02-22 Thread blitz
At a University I "consult" for, this is a common problem, their 34.5kv lines, which incidentally travel the same hole as their fiber optics, blow open about once a month, due to failing old power lines. Get used to it, and make money off of it, is all I can say At 20:59 2/21/03 -0500, yo

Feds pull suspicious .gov site

2003-02-06 Thread blitz
Forwarded from: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983384.html By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 5, 2003 WASHINGTON--In a move that raises questions about the security of governmental domains, the Bush administration has pulled the plug

Re: uunet

2003-01-19 Thread blitz
I'll copy this email, and keep it for reference when someone asks about buying service from UUnet...thanks... At 17:17 1/18/03 -0800, you wrote: What's interesting is that I just tried to call the noc and was told "We have to have you e-mail the group" my response, I can't I have no route work

Safety alert

2003-01-14 Thread blitz
Check your UPS's January 14, 2003, 7:48 PM EST WASHINGTON -- A Rhode Island company is recalling about 900,000 backup power supply devices that can overheat and cause a potential fire hazard. American Power Conversion Corp., of West Kingston, R.I., has received six reports of overheated

RE: Anyone seen this?

2003-01-14 Thread blitz
n and exploits without notifying affected vendors in advance. Cheers, Arjen New Zealand -Original Message- From: blitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2003 2:17 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FYI: Anyone seen this? From ISN: >http://www.theregister.co

FYI: Anyone seen this?

2003-01-14 Thread blitz
From ISN: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28842.html By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 14/01/2003 The RIAA is preparing to infect MP3 files in order to audit and eventually disable file swapping, according to a startling claim by hacker group Gobbles. In a posting to the Bu

Re: fast ethernet limits

2003-01-13 Thread blitz
I find the same Kevin..I've done a lot of work in broadcast stations as well, and ground loops are a constant problem. Hum is introduced into audio lines, even in balanced pairs, and Cat5 is not much different. In a high rise, I can see a neutral failing somewhere on a high floor, and that pie

Crap grounds...

2003-01-11 Thread blitz
Yes, seen that and worse.. How about the di-electric fittings on either a water heater, or a water meter? Of course, "no one" would use a HOT water line as a ground, but it does happen, and I believe the NEC requires both be bypassed now with a conductor the same size as power neutral. I rout

Re: fast ethernet limits

2003-01-10 Thread blitz
AGREED, one end and one end only, or youre asking for a ground loopground the end with the best, shortest path to earth ground.in his case, that would prob be the telco room end, "usually" theres a decent ground there somewhere. Mileage may differ... At 16:30 1/10/03 -0600, you wr

Re: fast ethernet limits

2003-01-10 Thread blitz
I believe your pushing the limits as to ethernet over Cat5. I can suggest you use the very best cable (shielded of course) you can get, and be meticulous in your connector installations and you might get away with it. Avoid other wiring if possible (fat chance huh?) and anything electrical inte

FYI

2003-01-04 Thread blitz
This was in my mailbox, might be old news to you, but a FYI Coastal area silenced by cable break 01/04/03 Portland Oregonian JEFFREY KOSSEFF A fiber-optic line break cut off the southern Oregon coast from the rest of the world for much of Friday. After a state cleanup crew accid

RE: DC power versus AC power

2002-12-29 Thread blitz
Just some musings... Been watching this discussion for a couple loops now. I have to say you're both right on certain things, and that each individual design has to be done on the merits of the need for 100% uptime vs what's tolerable. AC is always easier to run, as the conductors are smaller

one final question...

2002-12-22 Thread blitz
Does anyone here have a contact at Hotmail net? Let me know direct, thanks.

Softhome/Yahoogroups-Resolved

2002-12-22 Thread blitz
he best. My problem was insignificant compared to the daily grief you folks deal with and the bandwidths you manage. I'm proud to associate with you, and extend my thanks. Now you all go have a good, un-interrupted holiday.may the pagers and C-phones be silent, and the emails be few. Marc Blitz Macronet.net

Yahoogroups

2002-12-21 Thread blitz
Mail to yahoogroups for two days is giving some strange responses. Mail is attempting to go to 172.16.3.10 when sent to a yahoogroup. This looks real strangethat block is reserved I believe? Wondering why theyre resolving to that address? Router mismanagement? Poisoning? I dont know...but

Re: Fw: Re: White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet (fwd)

2002-12-21 Thread blitz
BRAVO FRED You encapsulated this well...now its up to us. The bureaucracy is bound to forge ahead in establishing the police-state, we do NOT have to help them... At 14:30 12/20/02 -0800, you wrote: I have restrained from saying this so far but... "I told you so." When I attended the Oakl

Re: White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet (fwd)

2002-12-20 Thread blitz
Methinks they'll try the Russian SORM model. Since this country is hell bent on establishing a police-state, this seems logical. Why not use the one thats been developed? http://www.libertarium.ru/eng/sorm/ > > :[This just jumped into the operational arena. Are you prepared > :with the router

RE: Networking in Africa...

2002-12-02 Thread blitz
As is the Secret Servicethey have an address for reporting as well: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 14:11 12/2/02 -0800, you wrote: The FBI unit working these cases will be happy to confirm most do originate in Africa even if the money ultimately ends up elsewhere. http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/

test

2002-12-02 Thread blitz
no reply needed

Re: Spanning tree melt down ?

2002-11-28 Thread blitz
Smells like it to me...sounds like they said, "HALP" to Cisco, and Cisco said, "Clean out the warehouse, we've got a live one!" At 16:08 11/28/02 -0600, you wrote: I'm still failing to see why this required a $3M forklift of new equipment to correct the problem. Was this just Cisco sales pounc

Re: Even the New York Times withholds the address

2002-11-19 Thread blitz
This is a good example of an area where governments can intervene and do some good. Ugh..I contend they never improve a situation, only make it worse. 1. Local governments can prohibit fuel storage and generators at telecom sites. Telecom/Datacom sites would leave. period. You would be at

Re: Even the New York Times withholds the address

2002-11-19 Thread blitz
One last addition to this idiotic water idea.. since the water doesn't get up there to the reservoir on the roof by itself, add your costs of huge pumps, plus the cost of pumping it up there, and a less than 100% efficiency in converting falling water to electricity. Also, add heating it in th

Port 137 scans

2002-11-03 Thread blitz
Seeing a ton of them mostly from South America rite now.

Specific Portscans

2002-10-24 Thread blitz
Is there any consensus of what's scanning all the 1020-1040 ports? (as in what program etc.) Lately, I've seen the scan jump from the 1000 range to 2000, meaning 2035 etc. Is this something that?s been documented? It's annoying at best. Thanks Marc Blitz macronet.net

Yahoogroups probs?

2002-10-23 Thread blitz
Anyone hearing of yahoogroups probs these past few days? I sent an email to a group im subscribed to there and it bounced, saying the bounce was from: Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.gallyas.cl Figure the esteemed group here might know if theres been a domain hijacking or other problem. Thanks Mar

WorldCom Suffers Widespread Internet Outage

2002-10-04 Thread blitz
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=575&u=/nm/20021003/wr_nm/tech_worldcom_outage_dc_5&printer=1 Made the news...

Re: Drive-by spam hits wireless LANs

2002-09-11 Thread blitz
Getting your entire corporate LAN dumped into the RBL mess could be devastating, how much productivity lost? How much time wasted getting OFF the RBL? How many contacts missed, correspondences missed? You could be getting into a very rough ride for some days to some weeks, as the block inform

Re: How do you stop outgoing spam?

2002-09-11 Thread blitz
Fortunately, our founding fathers also gave us not only the right, but the duty and the tools to take the treasonous out and dispose of them when they became a threat to the republic. That time is once again here. At 21:53 9/10/02 -0400, you wrote: >Ya know Vadim, with all due respect, some

Drive-by spam hits wireless LANs

2002-09-10 Thread blitz
> > >And you think the terresterial sources are hard to shut down >Drive-by spam hits wireless LANs > >By Graeme Wearden >Special to CNET News.com >September 6, 2002, 10:14 AM PT >http://news.com.com/2100-1033-956911.html > >LONDON--The proliferation of insecure corporate wireless network

Re: Contact for dmisinetworks.com /

2002-08-29 Thread blitz
After literally YEARS of complaining, I think theres so one alive at bell south abuse...they're typical bell-spawn...fat, lazy, and un-responsive. At 07:13 8/29/02 +0100, you wrote: >Currently seeking an abuse contact for the above domain, or the party >responsible for netblock that 66.21.84.2

Bush's Cyber-Security Plan Targets E-Mail

2002-08-26 Thread blitz
>Here's Big brother...now we're all going to be spies on our fellow citizens. > >http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,481112,00.asp > >August 23, 2002 >By Caron Carlson and Dennis Fisher > >In an effort to bolster the nation's cyber-security, the Bush >administration has plans to create a centra

Safety Alert: Fwd: Company Recalls DVM's

2002-08-19 Thread blitz
SRI FOR THE OT, but this is a Safety Alert! PASS IT ON... >Company Recalls Electrical Meters >Mon Aug 19, 2:37 PM ET > >WASHINGTON (AP) - About 40,000 digital multimeters are being recalled >because they can put users at risk of shock, >thermal burns and even electrocution. > >The meters, whic

RE: ASN registry?

2002-08-19 Thread blitz
I thought Australia was aunic.net At 13:56 8/19/02 -0600, you wrote: >maybe you're forgetting Australia... think APNIC...

Re: Major Labels v. Backbones

2002-08-16 Thread blitz
Might just be better to stand aside, and let them be Ddos'ed off the air...for thats whats coming to them... >Might I suggest filtering the websites of the offending "major labels" as >an appropriate retort?

Re: Maybe just slightly operational Palladium information

2002-08-16 Thread blitz
Bruce Schneier seems to confirm the worst expected about Pd. At 11:13 8/16/02 -0700, you wrote: >OK. This is a bit beyond the charter, but there was a long and >annoying thread on Microsoft Palladium last week and I just read an >interesting article that seems to minimize the FUD I have been se

Re: kudo's to netops security people

2002-08-15 Thread blitz
Its GOOD to hear one of these once in a whilea hearty "attaboy" to all who did their jobs properly... At 07:28 8/15/02 -0700, you wrote: >since this list bashes on people/orgs for NOT dealing with >security matters, I thought I'd be contrary.. > >Qwest.net, FNSI.net, online-mac > >all sent

Re: FBI.GOV forgot to pay their DNS bill?

2002-08-12 Thread blitz
This is hilarious.reminds me of a similar prob they had at FCC. At 18:26 8/12/02 -0400, you wrote: >I guess the FBI/NIPC can't put out an alert about this one. > >Notice the absence of any domain servers > > > whois -h whois.nic.gov fbi.gov >% DOTGOV WHOIS Server ready >Federal Bureau of I

Re: Microslosh vision of the future

2002-08-12 Thread blitz
Well, I contend open source is much better positioned to make these changes, and in less time than M$ to the offending file formatI've seen changes made available in hours as opposed to weeks in the M$ case. If M$ decides to do this, they risk pi$$ing off a whole cadre of corporate custom

Cisco VPN Client Multiple Vulnerabilities

2002-08-12 Thread blitz
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpnclient-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml.

Re: Microslosh vision of the future

2002-08-11 Thread blitz
I just hope the anti-trust people are looking into thisi can't see a bigger case for them to spring into action... At 18:43 8/11/02 -0700, you wrote: >Microsoft already duped the software consumers into buying into fully >proprietary software. Given the prevalent time horizon of average

Re: Microslosh vision of the future

2002-08-11 Thread blitz
I agree wholeheartedly, "let 'em starve" At 18:17 8/11/02 -0700, you wrote: > Microsoft can have whatever vision of the future they want and > can use any >resources at their disposal to bring their vision to light. Everybody has >that right. If I don't like it, I won't buy it. If

Re: Microslosh vision of the future

2002-08-11 Thread blitz
Well, I may be a wet blanket to the chip houses, but how much speed DO you actually need? Any REAL reason to abandon the present working architecture? I don't personally think so, a 2 gig box is plenty fast for anything we have now, so why don't we just vote with our feet? DON'T buy this crap, the

Re: Microslosh vision of the future

2002-08-11 Thread blitz
We have given up on M$ when they started invading our hard drives with XP...no reason to think their plans are anything less than nefarious, judging from their past behavior. At 16:10 8/11/02 -0700, you wrote: >While I find much to worry about in Palladium, the vast majority of >the informat

Microslosh vision of the future

2002-08-11 Thread blitz
So read about Palladianism, and tell me the different between Palladium and Server 2000   Windows Palladium, the end of privacy as we know it. This taken from various sources encluding UHA and deviantart, the register and slashdot., Disturbing news.. Earlier this week, Microsoft outlin

Re: your mail

2002-08-09 Thread blitz
Absolutely..the corporate culture are whores, and not to be trusted...protect yourselves, use a throw-away email addy.. At 17:16 8/9/02 -0400, you wrote: >Don't forget general kookery where you make a customer mad, a >usenet poster, or some other irrational personality and they >contact your

Fwd: WorldCom Fraud News: Man these thieves just don't quit..

2002-08-09 Thread blitz
OOps..our looting figures have been revised upwards... >WorldCom Investor News: WorldCom Announces Additional Changes To Reported >Income For Prior Periods. CLINTON, Miss., August 8, 2002 - WorldCom, Inc. >today announced that its ongoing internal review of its financial >statements has dis

ATT Fire in Philly?

2002-08-02 Thread blitz
A guy on another list asked me about this, anyone else hear of it? It was supposedly a "switching station"..not much more info...some 1-800 service affected... Sounds like it might of been the POTS network, any outages noted here?

Re: OC-768 availability?

2002-07-30 Thread blitz
have a OC-768 interface under testing if I'm not >mistaken... > > >Signal received 0. Kurt Erik Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > > --On Monday, July 29, 2002 21:32:02 -0400 blitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > S

Re: OC-768 availability?

2002-07-30 Thread blitz
em of bubbles. >I'm not sure if it was foundry or Juniper or who but >someone was trying to route packets or rather switch packets in a device >at high speed by using bubbles to reflect and switch the light instead >of converting to electrons. > >On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, blitz

Re: OC-768 availability?

2002-07-29 Thread blitz
Seriously, I don't see OC768 coming online en masse until they get the kinks worked out of optical switching. The transit times are so short thru the innards, in the order of picoseconds, that electronics is way too slow to perform such mundane tasks like determining where a packet is supposed

Re: Sunspot Activity & Radio Blackouts

2002-07-24 Thread blitz
Also check http://www.maj.com/sun/ for current solar info...nice site.. >>There are many places to get more information about sunspots. Being an >>amateur radio operator who likes HF communications, I have a bit of an >>interest in the topic. >> >>The most succinct monitoring and information s

RE: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking

2002-07-24 Thread blitz
If it starts happening, just unplug whoever's doing it and treat them like a DDOSer...poof, you just lost your Internet connectivity. Something Sony or MCA would love to have happen...huh? Sorry, your'e causing malicious problems on the Internet, operational procedure requires us to disable you

Be glad you're not in the U.K.

2002-07-18 Thread blitz
And coming soon to the US! >BBC News Online: Sci/Tech >Wednesday, 17 July, 2002, 09:15 GMT 10:15 UK >Switch on for state snooping > >Police forces want to plug in to lots of networks > > >From August net service providers in the UK will be obliged to carry out >surveillance of some customers'

The Adelphia update

2002-07-15 Thread blitz
US prosecutors set to indict Adelphia family-paper Last Updated: July 15, 2002 12:23 AM ET WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors looking into questionable corporate dealings at bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corp. ADELQ.PK are set to bring charges against the Rigas family, USA Tod

Re: CA Power

2002-07-12 Thread blitz
At 18:47 7/11/02 -0700, you wrote: >Its all the same! > >Just remember. > >Be sure to pillage before you burn! "Leif Stupidison"...world's dumbest Viking, he died penniless...he never understood you loot THEN you burn...

RE: CA Power

2002-07-12 Thread blitz
At 21:41 7/11/02 -0400, you wrote: >When it's high-tech /rioting/ it's then called sabotage right? No "hacking">>>(grin)

Re: Notes on the Internet for Bell Heads

2002-07-12 Thread blitz
>Add into the mix the government is desprately seeking ways to >make the Internet "secure." No, "control the internet"...security only applies to THEMand their "big brother' intents... >So many vendors are trying their darndest to >find a problem so they can sell a solution, even if that

Re: CA Power

2002-07-12 Thread blitz
More likely, theyre trying to CYA! >Could it be that CA is experiencing a normal surge in power utilization and >the warning is part of a normal cycle?

Re: Kudos to Qwest

2002-07-09 Thread blitz
Well, theres a matter of "customer acceptance" too then, "Let the billing begin!!" At 16:27 7/9/02 -0400, you wrote: >Maybe some of the telco's are finally learning that the quicker you can >install, the sooner you can bill. :) > >K > > > > > > "Vincent > J. > >

Re: Kudos to Qwest

2002-07-09 Thread blitz
That sounds like the path needed little more than cross-connects, and the 24 hr loopback test. It also sounded like both companies worked well together to expedite construction. I can remember circuits I turned up that waited months for some vendor on the end to do their work. The old "Bell Sc

Re: wcom overbilling

2002-07-06 Thread blitz
At 11:37 7/6/02 -0400, you wrote: >Jeff Mcadams wrote: > >>Also sprach Dan Hollis >> >>>On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Chris Beggy wrote: >>> Wcom's overbilling will be investigated: Sure will be, the SEC is including that in its investigation. See: http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/scottmoritz/

Speaking of taking down the internet

2002-07-01 Thread blitz
Just a FYI folksfrom one of the hacker lists I'm on... >Speaking of taking down the internet > > > Extra points for only needing to affect one device and having that device > > successfully spread the payload to every other device as a part of it's > > routine network communications. Think

Re: Worldcomm network question

2002-06-26 Thread blitz
For that and other reasons, Wcom will be bailed out, at taxpayer expense if necessary, for national security reasons. At 18:19 6/26/02 -0400, you wrote: >Anyone have any ideas, speculation, or info on how adverse future of WCOM >would play out for ISPs and such? Among other things, WCOM is th

RE: How low can Worldcom stock go?

2002-06-26 Thread blitz
This is at least the second purge of that many bodies, maybe third...they just let 20k go a month or so ago.. These business practices will continue, as long as the benefits of doing things this way outweigh the punishment for doing them. Ask Bill Gates...for example. I'd venture a guess: In

Re: packet inspection and privacy

2002-06-24 Thread blitz
At 09:31 6/24/02 -0700, you wrote: >I recently claimed that, in the USA, there is a law that prohibits an >ISP from inspecting packets in a telecommunications network for >anything other than traffic statistics or debugging. > >Was I correct? I would imagine privacy laws prohibit disclosure of

Jamming authorized:

2002-06-22 Thread blitz
Wouldn't count on that cell phone in Canada. >Jamming of radio signals authorized > >Special permission for RCMP, military >restricted to G8 summit, Pope's visit > >By PAUL WALDIE > >Friday, June 21, 2002 ­ Print Edition, Page A1 > >TORONTO -- The Canadian military and the RCMP have been g

Re: Bet on with my boss

2002-06-21 Thread blitz
We have this wonderful invention called two-way radio. (grin) Our repeater has an autopatch, so you can hold a conversation from any landline to the mobile unit in the field or vice versa. Its been real helpful, like when aligning microwave dishes. At 18:04 6/21/02 -0400, you wrote: >We rece

chinanet cleanup?

2002-06-21 Thread blitz
The guy "cleaning up" Chinanet should be given a medal, ..no better yet, we should ask everyone in the US who's ever been spammed from them to send in a US dollar to be forwarded to this guysomething tells me he's overworked and his job doesn't pay muchhe needs to be supported in his

Adeklphia update

2002-06-18 Thread blitz
Adelphia announced price increases today 90 cents a month for cable TV, bringing the package to about $39. a month in Buffalo, and $41. outside. Also they increased the "powerlink" cablemodem $2.00 a month. (this is the second increase this year)

Re: XO

2002-06-18 Thread blitz
At 12:46 6/18/02 -0400, you wrote: >On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Martin Hannigan wrote: > > > The difference is XO will be fine, Adelphia will be bought by , or > > potentially liquidated. > >They're talking about selling out to Charter. The deal with Charter fell through a week ago.Adelphia's so di

Re: spare fibers

2002-06-16 Thread blitz
tic. Worst case, is some contractor digs up the place where your fiber enters your building and severs everythingnot much you can do about that kind of outage. At 20:41 6/16/02 +0200, you wrote: >Hi blitz, > >I think that you talk about multiple outage in the Telefonica >Net

spare fibers

2002-06-16 Thread blitz
The Spanish ministry of science and technology has asked telecommunications companies to activate a backup plan in the case of such emergencies in future. Spare fibers in the same duct ;-? Doesn't sound like it would be much protection from "backhoe fade"...heh

Adelphia update: WSJ SAYS DELISTING MEANS CREDITORS CAN ASK FOR 1.4 BILLION CASH, NOW.

2002-06-01 Thread blitz
Don't hold your breath for Adelphia, theyr'e toast... Adelphia update: Bankrupcy looms. Insider report follows: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE THE LATEST NEWS IS A LITTLE OLDER.  BY NOW I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF YOU SAW THAT THEIR STOCK CAN'T BE TRADED ANYMORETHE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS - AND

'SQLsnake' Worm Blamed For Spike In Port 1433 Scans

2002-05-22 Thread blitz
> 'SQLsnake' Worm Blamed For Spike In Port 1433 Scans >http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176701.html > >By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes >SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., >21 May 2002, 11:04 AM CST > >A mounting trail of evidence has security experts warning that a new >Internet worm targeting Micr

Spammers could face fines

2002-05-21 Thread blitz
We can hope cant we? Forward from another list: >Spammers could face fines > >Reuters >May 17, 2002, 12:20 PM PT > >A bill aimed at limiting unwanted junk e-mail was approved and sent >to the floor by the Senate Commerce Committee on Friday with >unanimous support from Democrats and Republican

Fwd: RE: Network Reliability Engineering

2002-05-18 Thread blitz
>AHH, MTBF date from vendorswell, there goes the idea of THAT project. >You'll find that data, IF you can find it, will be calculated by sales >cretins, not engineers. >Check out this book: > > "High-Availability Network Fundamentals" > Cisco Press > ISBN 1-58713-017-3 > >Despite it

and from the Supreme's..

2002-05-14 Thread blitz
FYI: - - - - - - - - Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n Decided: 05/13/02 No. 00-511 Full text: http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/00-511.html TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Rules Under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Valid) The United S

portscan?

2002-05-06 Thread blitz
I know theres knowledgable opinion on this list on this topic. Besides Gibson's (www.grc.com) port scan and www.DSLreports.com port scanning tools, is there any others you folks have found that are reliable and don't breed spam? TIA Marc

World-wide distributed DoS and "warez" bot networks (fwd)

2002-05-04 Thread blitz
From a forward to me on the DDos stuff...this might shed some light on the DDos problem, if not sorry for the bandwidth. begin forward >[Note: I just noticed last night, after giving a talk on this incident, that >several threads on the SANS Unisog list going back as far as February

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

2002-05-03 Thread blitz
When I re-read my post, I'd like to clarify the "clean" part a bit. I mean technically clean, as in all of the parts working properly as best as the fine people represented on this list can make it happen that is...so lets say "properly operating"...to be a little more specific. The Internet

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

2002-05-03 Thread blitz
Picture it as a fellow stopping by every night and filling your home mailbox with horse manure...I'm sure you'll get a feeling for how most of us regard it. A) it wastes bandwidth B) It wastes our time C) It's the "litter" of an otherwise clean Internet. D) It's a method of placing the costs f

Forget Bernie...

2002-05-02 Thread blitz
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/020502/telecoms_worldcom_1.html Bernie was dragged kicking and screaming out of Wcom today according to news I readperhaps they chained him to his multi-milliondollar sailboat and pushed it twords the Bermuda triangle. John Sidgmore is now CEO. Yawn... Of course, th

EarthLink Financier Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

2002-04-30 Thread blitz
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020430/wr_nm/crime_slatkin_dc_1&printer=1 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reed Slatkin, the investment advisor who provided start-up funds for Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. , pleaded guilty on Monday to 15 charges of fraud and conspi

Re: If you were in a government Cyber-warning center

2002-04-26 Thread blitz
You can also add to that: If the original derailment didn't cut the cable, the subsequent construction surely would. The cable buried is an afterthought, rail repair crews will undoubtedly bulldoze things flat and straight, bring in fill and push the debris to one side, and get the ballast and

Fwd: [ISN] Hackers exploit Korea to attack global systems

2002-04-26 Thread blitz
Hmm speaking of the Asian rim: >http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/26/200204260031.asp > >By Yang Sung-jin Staff reporter >2002.04.26 > >Hackers are increasingly using South Korea as an entry point to attack >computer systems in other countries, a serious situation that co

RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

2002-04-25 Thread blitz
Has anyone noticed how the stories about insiders trading and selling airline and insurance company stocks short just before 9.11 disappeared real quick. Someone had plenty notice it seems. >If true, these are not script kiddie type threats. I hate to say it, but 911 >is an example that the u

RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

2002-04-25 Thread blitz
threats. I hate to say it, but 911 >is an example that the unthinkable isn't. > >Bruce Williams >"A healthy paranoia is the beginning of sound operations policy" > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > &g

RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

2002-04-25 Thread blitz
I put nothing past them, of course theyre not alone, as we all must assume by now. Theyve threatened to nuke LA if we interfere with their plans to take Tiawan by force, and smile and say, kill 300 million of us, do us a favor. Kinda hard to deal with an enemy like that. At 18:01 4/25/02 -040

Re: UUNET instability?

2002-04-25 Thread blitz
At 16:59 4/25/02 -0400, you wrote: >On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Lionel wrote: > > > >> > > >>"A butterfly in outter mongolia flapped its wings" will probably be cited > > >>before long... > > > > > >telnet bofh.engr.wisc.edu 666 The Archive of BOFH is here: http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html

Cisco blunders with insecure web page

2002-04-25 Thread blitz
Cute..like they didn't know any better, sheesh! >http://www.silicon.com/public/door?6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=52897&REQSTR1=silicon.com > >Wednesday 24th April 2002 > >Cisco has been forced to close an online registration form after >neglecting to secure the web page. > >The page was part of a ma

RE: The Myth of Five 9's Reliability (fwd)

2002-04-25 Thread blitz
But THAT was when phones had cranks on the side. ;) 5 nines is a myth, conjured up by sales cretins to have something to sell...If I remember, 5 nines translates to 6 minutes outage a YEAR..? (Correct me if I'm wrong here) It's a marketing ploy for liar sales people and CEO's, it has absolutely

Re: Qwest Transit

2002-04-04 Thread blitz
I'd appreciate a copy as well... At 01:45 4/4/02 -0500, you wrote: > >>Bear in mind that the financial situation at Qwest is bad. > > >Isn't that partially due to deals with Enron on which they > >misrepresented sales numbers? > >Partially, but not primarily. The lead front page article in the

Re: How to get better security people

2002-03-29 Thread blitz
>Problem is, some feces for brains boss is always going to come along and >tell you to do what you know is not in the best interest of security. And >when the problem rears its ugly head, YOU take the heat, not the idiot who >insisted you go against proper procedure. All I can advise, is doc

EarthLink founder guilty of operating a Ponzi scheme

2002-03-27 Thread blitz
LOS ANGELES – The co-founder of EarthLink, one of the nation's largest Internet providers, agreed yesterday to plead guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme that involved $593 million and 800 investors, including celebrities.

Re: Network Outage

2002-03-21 Thread blitz
during a co-op >test did the problem "clear on its own". Any details you can provide would >be great. > > >- Original Message - >From: "blitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:00 PM >Su

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