Re: DNS question, null MX records

2009-12-18 Thread Tony Finch
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, James Hess wrote: Other tricks may be more obscure, will be less obvious that you don't want mail, and may look like a mistake -- you might even get visitors to your domain contacting you to report the broken MX record. I think that's true with the suggestions in the rest

used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Mehmet Akcin
Hello there.. I am looking to sell and buy some used hardware, where is the best place for this, other than ebay ? Mostly juniper stuff thanks in advance. Mehmet

Re: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread rodrick brown
Craigslist Sent from my iPhone 3GS. On Dec 18, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Mehmet Akcin meh...@akcin.net wrote: Hello there.. I am looking to sell and buy some used hardware, where is the best place for this, other than ebay ? Mostly juniper stuff thanks in advance. Mehmet

RE: DNS question, null MX records

2009-12-18 Thread Jay Mitchell
I concur, in fact I see them come in at precisely the wrong order, lowest preference first in the hopes that we're not running spam filtering on those particular hosts. I have found that putting a bogus mx record at lowest preference slows stuff down though. One of my services is for a company

Re: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Mehmet Akcin wrote: Hello there.. I am looking to sell and buy some used hardware, where is the best place for this, other than ebay ? Mostly juniper stuff network-res...@network-resell.com -- Mikael Abrahamssonemail: swm...@swm.pp.se

Re: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Brian Feeny
just an FYI they are down for a week or so while they relocate that list serv, suppose to be back up in about a week. Brian On Dec 18, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Mehmet Akcin wrote: Hello there.. I am looking to sell and buy some used hardware,

Re: sink.arpa question

2009-12-18 Thread Jason Bertoch
Ted Hardie wrote: Silly question: how well would using 1.0.0.257.in-addr.arpa match the need identified in draft-jabley-sink-arpa ? It seems like it would be equally well guaranteed to be non-existant (short of change in the def of IPv4 and in-addr.arpa). Like sink.arpa, it would get you a

Re: sink.arpa question

2009-12-18 Thread Tony Finch
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Jason Bertoch wrote: Isn't the fundamental problem that SMTP can fall back to an implicit MX? None of these solutions will stop spammers from skipping MX records and using direct-to-host connections. This has nothing to do with spam. Shouldn't we just consider dropping

Re: sink.arpa question

2009-12-18 Thread Jason Bertoch
Tony Finch wrote: On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Jason Bertoch wrote: Isn't the fundamental problem that SMTP can fall back to an implicit MX? None of these solutions will stop spammers from skipping MX records and using direct-to-host connections. This has nothing to do with spam. For the OP in the

Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Joly MacFie
I have posted sa comment on this from ISOC England on http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=134 Please feel free to add comments there. -- --- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com -

Re: sink.arpa question

2009-12-18 Thread Ted Hardie
I wouldn't call it impossible...difficult, maybe. Do metrics exist on how many current installs still rely on the implicit MX? Is the abuse of the implicit MX causing more harm than the effort it would take legacy DNS admins to specify an MX? If I understand your question, you're

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Joly MacFie wrote: I have posted sa comment on this from ISOC England on http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=134 Please feel free to add comments there. If anyone has questions about this, the invited experts who managed to wedge their feet in the door at the

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Marshall Eubanks
There is also a discussion of this going on on the IETF discuss list. Regards Marshall On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Joly MacFie wrote: I have posted sa comment on this from ISOC England on http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=134 Please feel free to add comments there. --

Weekly Routing Table Report

2009-12-18 Thread Routing Analysis Role Account
This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Internet Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. Daily listings are sent to bgp-st...@lists.apnic.net For historical data, please see http://thyme.apnic.net. If you have any comments please contact Philip Smith

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote: On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Joly MacFie wrote: I have posted sa comment on this from ISOC England on http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=134 Please feel free to add comments there. If anyone has questions about this, the invited experts who managed

RE: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Ryan Gelobter
We use Network Hardware Resale every couple of months and they are great. I haven't had experience selling anything to them, only purchasing. http://www.networkhardware.com/ Ryan G IT Assistant/Support Technician Limestone Networks, Inc. r.gelob...@limestonenetworks.com

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Fred Baker
On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Steven Bellovin wrote: Could you post a summary, in appropriate technical terms, of precisely what is being requested, and what changes to BGP they want? Really. I can read tea leaves with the best of them, and the tea leaves I see tell me the reporter (in

Re: sink.arpa question

2009-12-18 Thread Jason Bertoch
Ted Hardie wrote: But I think the key question is actually different. Look at this text in RFC 2821: If one or more MX RRs are found for a given name, SMTP systems MUST NOT utilize any A RRs associated with that name unless they are located using the MX RRs; the implicit MX rule

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Fred Baker wrote: On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Steven Bellovin wrote: Could you post a summary, in appropriate technical terms, of precisely what is being requested, and what changes to BGP they want? Really. I can read tea leaves with the best of

re: used hardware

2009-12-18 Thread Bill Lewis
http://www.networkhardware.com/ContactNHR/ Mostly Cisco, but I think they'll do Juniper. Bill -- -Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:34:05 -0800 -From: Mehmet Akcin meh...@akcin.net -Subject: used hardware.. -To: nanog@nanog.org list

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 18/12/2009 18:19, Joly MacFie wrote: I have posted sa comment on this from ISOC England on http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=134 Please feel free to add comments there. I tried to read this article earlier today, but my lolwut meter exploded. It's not really clear whether the confusion in

Re: used hardware

2009-12-18 Thread Barrett Lyon
I buy a lot of gear from Peter Giberd at Townsend. I have been working with him for a good 7 years. It's budded into a friendship, good people there. -B http://www.townsendassets.com/ On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Bill Lewis wrote: http://www.networkhardware.com/ContactNHR/ Mostly

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Williams, Marc
SIIA Chair Simon Tay on Clinton's Asia visit (Bloomberg, 20th Feb 2009): Steve Engel (Bloomberg): Speaking of provoking, where do you see Hillary bringing the tact in bringing the issues that Obama wants to raise to the Chinese in her trip this time. Yuan revaluation is one, and also of course

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Jonny Martin
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:47 AM, Fred Baker wrote: I can read tea leaves with the best of them, and the tea leaves I see tell me the reporter (in the story the blog points to) doesn't have a clue. What is the substance of the proposal? The report seemed a reasonably accurate account of what

RE: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Deepak Jain
From the BBC article quoted in the isoc-ny.org link: An ITU spokesman said: The ITU has no plans to modify the BGP protocol, which is not an ITU-T standard. A proposal has been made, and is being studied, to use BGP routers to collect traffic flow data, which could be used, by bilateral

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Jonny Martin wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:47 AM, Fred Baker wrote: I can read tea leaves with the best of them, and the tea leaves I see tell me the reporter (in the story the blog points to) doesn't have a clue. What is the substance of the proposal? The

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Dec 19, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Jonny Martin wrote: Mixing billing with the reachability information signalled through BGP just doesn't seem like a good idea. This is done all the time via combinatorial BGP/NetFlow analysis, for peering/transit analysis reports, offnet/on-net billing

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Dec 19, 2009, at 2:26 AM, Deepak Jain wrote: A proposal has been made, and is being studied, to use BGP routers to collect traffic flow data, which could be used, by bilateral agreement, by operators for billing purposes. Lots of 'BGP routers' are used to collect traffic flow data

RE: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Deepak Jain wrote: ITU is already acknowledging that BGP isn't its baby, so it has nothing to say there. Yes, that was the successful (for us) outcome of the meeting, which would not have been the case had we not been prepared and had people there. Just to

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:47 AM, Fred Baker wrote: But what is all this about is the ITU interested in changing BGP? If the word metering makes any sense in context, BGP doesn't meter anything. Neither the reporter nor the Chinese proponents nor the ITU seem to understand that making use of

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Dec 19, 2009, at 2:49 AM, Bill Woodcock wrote: The decision on that will mostly be made in mid-March. By whom? The RIRs aren't just going to say, OK, ITU folks, it's all yours, heh. --- Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net

RE: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Paul Stewart
Our results with NHR were a disaster - that's all I'm say on a public list. I highly recommend Knowledge Computers anytime someone asks - mention my name as a reference and you'll get a good price for sure ;) Hit me up offline for contact details should you wish... Paul -Original

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Dobbins, Roland wrote: The decision on that will mostly be made in mid-March. By whom? A working group of the ITU Council. The RIRs aren't just going to say, OK, ITU folks, it's all yours, heh. Indeed not. However, the RIRs don't have a voice in the

Re: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Azher Mughal
Not advocating NHR, but I bought one 6509 switch with several blades and no trouble for about a year. -Azher Paul Stewart wrote: Our results with NHR were a disaster - that's all I'm say on a public list. I highly recommend Knowledge Computers anytime someone asks - mention my name as

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Fred Baker
My sense is that the ITU has played with such ideas in the past, and the governments have for the most part found it in their interest to not screw with the Internet. Do you have any specific recommendations on how to keep that true? On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Bill Woodcock wrote:

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Jorge Amodio
Why can't we carry price per kilosegment on BGP ? And don't be so hard on the ITU folks, the only thing they want to break is the monopoly of IP address allocation. J

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Fred Baker
On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: And don't be so hard on the ITU folks, the only thing they want to break is the monopoly of IP address allocation. With all due respect, they don't want to break said monopoly, assuming one agrees that it is a monopoly (I think there's a

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Jorge Amodio
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Fred Baker f...@cisco.com wrote: On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: And don't be so hard on the ITU folks, the only thing they want to break is the monopoly of IP address allocation. With all due respect, they don't want to break said

Rackspace outage

2009-12-18 Thread Justin T. Sharp
Rackspace seems to have a severe routing loop, which appears to have taken a lot of sites down. Does anyone have any information on this? Host Loss% Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.

BGP Update Report

2009-12-18 Thread cidr-report
BGP Update Report Interval: 10-Dec-09 -to- 17-Dec-09 (7 days) Observation Point: BGP Peering with AS131072 TOP 20 Unstable Origin AS Rank ASNUpds % Upds/PfxAS-Name 1 - AS23577 16590 2.0% 24.1 -- ATM-MPLS-AS-KR Korea Telecom 2 - AS28477 13270

The Cidr Report

2009-12-18 Thread cidr-report
This report has been generated at Fri Dec 18 21:11:23 2009 AEST. The report analyses the BGP Routing Table of AS2.0 router and generates a report on aggregation potential within the table. Check http://www.cidr-report.org for a current version of this report. Recent Table History Date

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread John Levine
And don't be so hard on the ITU folks, the only thing they want to break is the monopoly of IP address allocation. That's OK with me if they're willing to let the IETF break the monopoly on telephone number allocation. R's, John

Re: Rackspace outage

2009-12-18 Thread James Downs
On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Justin T. Sharp wrote: Rackspace seems to have a severe routing loop, which appears to have taken a lot of sites down. Does anyone have any information on this? http://status.mosso.com/2009/12/cloud-sites-dfw-investigating-current-issue.html

Re: sink.arpa question

2009-12-18 Thread Mark Andrews
In message 4b2bcea2.7010...@i6ix.com, Jason Bertoch writes: Ted Hardie wrote: But I think the key question is actually different. Look at this text in RFC 2821: If one or more MX RRs are found for a given name, SMTP systems MUST NOT utilize any A RRs associated with that

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread tvest
Nobody here remembers ICAIS? This is actually an old story/ambition, which started elsewhere, and not long after the the 1997-1998 rebalancing of ITU-mediated switched telecom settlements. Two nuggets from the history books pasted in below. Of course, just because it's not new doesn't mean

Routing to multiple uplinks

2009-12-18 Thread rodrick brown
This may be slightly off topic however I have a very unique situation where I need to provide two diverse paths to a major stock exchange. Each host may either use route A or B for any given reason to access this particular exchange using two distinct routers and target address. The

Re: Routing to multiple uplinks

2009-12-18 Thread Peter Hicks
rodrick brown wrote: This may be slightly off topic however I have a very unique situation where I need to provide two diverse paths to a major stock exchange. Each host may either use route A or B for any given reason to access this particular exchange using two distinct routers and target

Re: Routing to multiple uplinks

2009-12-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:46:42 EST, rodrick brown said: The applicatiOn running on these hosts must only see/use one target address this needs to be transparent as possible. NIC bonding/teaming on the host side isn't a viable solution because of the latency overhead same goes for

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread James Hess
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Jonny Martin jo...@pch.net wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:47 AM, Fred Baker wrote: .. modified if need be - to achieve this.  Mixing billing with the reachability information signalled through BGP just doesn't seem like a good idea. Indeed not.. but it might

Re: Chinese bgp metering story

2009-12-18 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Dec 19, 2009, at 11:09 AM, James Hess wrote: Otherwise, new router hardware could more easily provide suitable counters and IPFIX data (with suitable changes to ip flow export formats) to track the tarrifs due to all tarrif payee IDs, or whatever that would be. Existing hardware does