Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Martin Hannigan
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: > > A second issue is ownership. I own my domain. > > Interesting statement, did you get a property title with your domain name ? > > Just curious > > I'd take that question up with your IP attorney. [ Summary: lots of lawyers and courts seem

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
As someone just said to me privately: "I dislike the pedantic nerds pull sometimes." (The "" is mine, not the original quote, so the Communications Committee doesn't send me a warning.) On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:10 PM, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: good question - does p

Re: about interdomain multipath routing.

2009-11-09 Thread Steven King
Those are very good points Jack. We stopped using multihop for those same reasons. Jack Bates wrote: > Matthew Petach wrote: >> >> I've outlawed the use of multihop eBGP for load-sharing here; when we >> get >> multiple links off the same router to a peer or upstream, they are >> configured >> wit

Re: about interdomain multipath routing.

2009-11-09 Thread Kevin Loch
Bin Dai wrote: Hi: These days, in the research, the interdomain multipath routing is pretty hot but i doubt its actually use in reality. Does anyone tell me any use of interdomain multipath routing like multipath BGP in the real world? "BGP multipath" is extremely common and used to load bala

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Jack Bates
Andrew Cox wrote: I think the issue is more that older apps would expect that if they can get a response then everything is ok.. perhaps this simply an outdated method and needs to be rethought. The app is expecting a response of some kind. When it gets back bogus information that has it co

Re: about interdomain multipath routing.

2009-11-09 Thread Jack Bates
Matthew Petach wrote: I've outlawed the use of multihop eBGP for load-sharing here; when we get multiple links off the same router to a peer or upstream, they are configured with multipath. We've got hundreds of BGP sessions across the network configured with multipath on them. Same here for

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Andrew Cox
Shouldn't such apps be checking the content they receive back from a server anyway? Regardless of if they think they're getting to the right server (due to a bogus non-NXDOMAIN response) there should be some sort of validation in place.. otherwise you're open in any sort of man-in-the-middle att

Re: about interdomain multipath routing.

2009-11-09 Thread Matthew Petach
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Bin Dai wrote: > Hi: > These days, in the research, the interdomain multipath routing is pretty hot > but i doubt its actually use in reality. > Does anyone tell me any use of interdomain multipath routing like multipath > BGP in the real world? I've outlawed the u

Re: about interdomain multipath routing.

2009-11-09 Thread Steven King
We use eBGP multipath where I work. We usually get two or more connections to each provider we have. Using multipath we are able to add hardware redundancy with bandwidth balancing (to an extent) with this method. There are some providers who will only allow multipath eBGP and not even let you run

Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations

2009-11-09 Thread Steve Bertrand
a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks to everyone that replied to my post on failover configuration. This > has lead me to this post. I'm at a point now where I'm looking at > dual-homing with two BGP peers upstream. Now what I am looking at doing is > as follows: > > BGP Peer wit

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:06 PST, Bill Stewart said: > For instance, returning the IP address of your company's port-80 web > server instead of NXDOMAIN > not only breaks non-port-80-http applications Remember this... > There is one special case for which I don't mind having DNS servers > lie ab

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread bmanning
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:32:38PM -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > > notbeing Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted this > > to a public list ... so here goes. > > > > Why do you find your behaviour in your domains acceptable and yet > >the > > same behaviour in others zones

about interdomain multipath routing.

2009-11-09 Thread Bin Dai
Hi: These days, in the research, the interdomain multipath routing is pretty hot but i doubt its actually use in reality. Does anyone tell me any use of interdomain multipath routing like multipath BGP in the real world? Best, Daniel

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Jorge Amodio
> A second issue is ownership.  I own my domain. Interesting statement, did you get a property title with your domain name ? Just curious

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any errors. On Nov 9, 2009, at 19:32, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 06:24:52PM -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Paul Vixie wrote: i loved the henry ford analogy -- but i think henry ford would ha

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread bmanning
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 04:52:35PM -0800, Buhrmaster, Gary wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com > > [mailto:bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com] > > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:32 PM > > To: Patrick W. Gilmore > > Cc: NANOG list > > Subject: Re: What D

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread David Andersen
On Nov 9, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Buhrmaster, Gary wrote: -Original Message- From: bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com [mailto:bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:32 PM To: Patrick W. Gilmore Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: What DNS Is Not ... notbeing Paul, it

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Edward Lewis
At 0:32 + 11/10/09, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: not being Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted this to a public list ... so here goes. Why do you find your behaviour in your domains acceptable and yet the same behaviour in others zones to

RE: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Buhrmaster, Gary
> -Original Message- > From: bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com > [mailto:bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com] > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:32 PM > To: Patrick W. Gilmore > Cc: NANOG list > Subject: Re: What DNS Is Not ... > notbeing Paul, its rude of me to respond - yet you posted th

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread bmanning
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 06:24:52PM -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Paul Vixie wrote: > > >i loved the henry ford analogy -- but i think henry ford would have > >said that > >the automatic transmission was a huge step forward since he wanted > >everybody > >to hav

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Andrew Cox
David Ulevitch wrote: On 11/9/09 6:06 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: Anything else is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I don't understand how or why this could possibly be controversial. Because some people want the ability and choice to block DNS responses they don't like; just as they have the ability a

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Kevin Oberman
> From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:24:52 -0500 > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Paul Vixie wrote: > > > i loved the henry ford analogy -- but i think henry ford would have > > said that > > the automatic transmission was a huge step forward since he wanted > > everybody >

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Jack Bates
Alex Balashov wrote: When I write applications that make DNS queries, I expect the request to turn NXDOMAIN if the host does not exist - HTTP as well as non-HTTP, but especially non-HTTP. Actually, the one I hate is when they return NXDOMAIN for any RR type other than A, breaking DNS. Most

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Paul Vixie wrote: i loved the henry ford analogy -- but i think henry ford would have said that the automatic transmission was a huge step forward since he wanted everybody to have a car. i can't think of anything that's happened in the automobile market that h

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread David Ulevitch
On 11/9/09 6:06 PM, Alex Balashov wrote: Anything else is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I don't understand how or why this could possibly be controversial. Because some people want the ability and choice to block DNS responses they don't like; just as they have the ability and choice to reject em

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Alex Balashov
When I write applications that make DNS queries, I expect the request to turn NXDOMAIN if the host does not exist - HTTP as well as non-HTTP, but especially non-HTTP. Anything else is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I don't understand how or why this could possibly be controversial. -- Alex Balash

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Bill Stewart
Hi, Paul - I share your dislike of DNS services that break the DNS model for profit in ways that break applications. For instance, returning the IP address of your company's port-80 web server instead of NXDOMAIN not only breaks non-port-80-http applications, it also breaks the behaviour that brows

Re: AT&T Admin

2009-11-09 Thread Seth Mattinen
Aaron Wendel wrote: > Ok, guess we'll see if this really works or not. > > Would an AT&T mail admin contact me offlist? I have an issue I need to > start moving up the chain since I'm getting nowhere fast with normal > channels. > FYI replying and changing the subject keeps your message under t

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Paul Vixie
i loved the henry ford analogy -- but i think henry ford would have said that the automatic transmission was a huge step forward since he wanted everybody to have a car. i can't think of anything that's happened in the automobile market that henry ford wouldn't've wished he'd thought of. i knew t

AT&T Admin

2009-11-09 Thread Aaron Wendel
Ok, guess we'll see if this really works or not. Would an AT&T mail admin contact me offlist? I have an issue I need to start moving up the chain since I'm getting nowhere fast with normal channels. Thanks, Aaron

Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations

2009-11-09 Thread Seth Mattinen
William Herrin wrote: > > Be aware that provider A's diverse network for provider A's service is > the same diverse network they'll use to connect you to provider B. As > a result, many or most of the outages which impact provider A will > also impact your connectivity to provider B, defeating the

Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations

2009-11-09 Thread Joe Greco
> Don't let them cross connect over their network. Bring it in to your > site separate from A, otherwise there's no point in the multihoming > exercise. s/no point/less benefit/ ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the a

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Joe Greco
> Most purpose-built routing "appliances" use ternary content > addressable memory (TCAM) in order to accomplish deterministic, > hardware-based, longest-prefix lookups in large routing tables, > such as a full Internet BGP feed. TCAM is used to replace > software-based table lookup algorithms

Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations

2009-11-09 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, wrote: > I have an existing relationship with provider A, colo, cross connects > etc.  Provider A has offered to get the PI space, ASN number, > purchase the transit for us with provider B and manage cross > connects to provider B (they say they have a diverse "fi

Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations

2009-11-09 Thread Seth Mattinen
a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks to everyone that replied to my post on failover configuration. This > has lead me to this post. I'm at a point now where I'm looking at > dual-homing with two BGP peers upstream. Now what I am looking at doing is > as follows: > > BGP Peer wit

RE: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Holmes,David A
Most purpose-built routing "appliances" use ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) in order to accomplish deterministic, hardware-based, longest-prefix lookups in large routing tables, such as a full Internet BGP feed. TCAM is used to replace software-based table lookup algorithms which have

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Charles Wyble
On Nov 8, 2009, at 2:39 PM, a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote: So if my requirements are as follows: - BGP router capable of holding full Internet routing table. (whether I go for partial or full, I think I want something with full capability). - Capable of pushing 100meg plus of mixed tra

BGP Peer Selection Considerations

2009-11-09 Thread adel
Hi, Thanks to everyone that replied to my post on failover configuration. This has lead me to this post. I'm at a point now where I'm looking at dual-homing with two BGP peers upstream. Now what I am looking at doing is as follows: BGP Peer with Provider A who is multihomed to other provider

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:39:34 GMT, Adam Armstrong said: > Sure, if you want to hand over your entire profit margin to a 3rd party. > Do you really want to give away the keys to your business, and rely > entirely upon a third party organisation? Better to acquire the skills > which are vital to yo

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Seth Mattinen
a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote: > Actually thinking about this, I still need to understand the implications of > not taking a full routing table to my setup. So what is the likely impact > going to be if I take partial instead of full routing table. Would > appreciate any feedback on this. My

Cisco Security Advisory: Transport Layer Security Renegotiation Vulnerability

2009-11-09 Thread Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cisco Security Advisory: Transport Layer Security Renegotiation Vulnerability Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20091109-tls http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20091109-tls.shtml Revision 1.0 For Public Release 2009 November 9 1600 UTC (GMT

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread adel
Hi Joe, I agree with most of what you say below regarding linux sysadmin, BSD etc. I'm quite happy and actually would prefer building a linux solution on our own hardware. However, politically I think this is going to be difficult. I just feel that they will be more comfortable with embedded

Re: What DNS Is Not

2009-11-09 Thread Jack Bates
Alex Balashov wrote: Thought-provoking article by Paul Vixie: http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1647302 Bah, many of the CDN's I've dealt with don't seed geographical responses based on DNS, but rather use many out of band methods for determining what response they will hand out. The pri

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Joe Greco
> > Thanks, > > I've taken your advice and decided to reconsider my requirement for a full > routing table. I believe I'm being greedy and a partial table will be > sufficient. With regards to Linux/BSD, its not the CLI of quagga that will > be an issue, rather the sysadmin and lack of suppo

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread adel
Actually thinking about this, I still need to understand the implications of not taking a full routing table to my setup. So what is the likely impact going to be if I take partial instead of full routing table. Would appreciate any feedback on this. My organisation is only looking at using

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Adam Armstrong
Ken Gilmour wrote: Hi Adel There are companies like packet exchange (www.packetexchange.net) (whom i have personally used) who will do all of the legwork for you, such as applying for the ASN, address space, transit agreements, and get the tail connections directly to your building. You just nee

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread adel
Thanks, I've taken your advice and decided to reconsider my requirement for a full routing table. I believe I'm being greedy and a partial table will be sufficient. With regards to Linux/BSD, its not the CLI of quagga that will be an issue, rather the sysadmin and lack of supporting infrastru

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread adel
Thanks, Their offering certainly looks appealing. Will be interested to hear user experiences of the Vyatta BGP router range. Having said that I will still be examining the Cisco offering, just because of the support, larger user community and skills base issue. However if I can't meet the pr

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread Joe Greco
> > > Basically the organisation that I'm working for will not have the skills > > > in house to support a linux or bsd box. They will have trouble > > > with supporting the BGP configuration, however I don't think they will be > > > happy with me if I leave them with a linux box when they > > > do

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread adel
Looking at two 100Mbit/s BGP connections, so I think I want something that will do more than 100 but nowhere close to a gig. So full routing table capability with throughput of mixed traffic around 200Mbit/s. If that makes sense. Do the 2850s fall into that sort of price point? Adel On Mo

Re: Failover how much complexity will it add?

2009-11-09 Thread adel
You will laugh, but the budget at the moment looks like £13k. Impossible? Do only linux and openbsd solutions remain in the mix for this pittance? On Sun 11:47 PM , Dale Rumph wrote: > What does your budget look like? A pair of Cisco 7246vxr's with G1's > sitting on the edge of the networ