RPKI performance metrics; your help requested

2012-05-14 Thread Alex Band
As the global RPKI data set and system load grows, we want to ensure that the system is performing well. This is why we have added measurement functionality to the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator toolset: https://www.ripe.net/certification/rpki-validator-metrics When enabled, it will gather the

UKNOF 23 - Call for Presentations

2012-05-14 Thread Mike Hughes
Hi all, The next UKNOF meeting will take place on Thursday 11th October 2012 in London, and the Programme Committee are seeking content from the community for this meeting. You may often hear it said that UKNOF's remit is distribution of clue, so if the content of your talk fits with that ethos,

NANOG 55 Agenda Published!

2012-05-14 Thread Dave Temkin
All, The NANOG 55 Agenda has been published and is viewable at: http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog55/agenda.php Detailed abstracts will be added to the agenda over the next few days. Please note that the hotel group rate expires on May 18th. Late registration for the meeting begins on

Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Jason Baugher
The emails on the Outages list reminded me to ask this question... I've done some searching and haven't been able to find much in the last 3 years as to their reliability and suitability as an upstream provider. For a regional ISP looking for GigE ports in the Chicago/St. Louis area, is

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread John T. Yocum
In my experience Cogent is fine when used in a BGP mix. When we used them, our service was quite reliable. Routing was funky at times, but we never had packet loss. --John On 5/14/2012 3:03 PM, Jason Baugher wrote: The emails on the Outages list reminded me to ask this question... I've done

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Michael J McCafferty
Jason, I agree with John. You can't use them as your only provider, but you wouldn't do that with *any* provider. I will add that they answer the phone quickly, and the person who answers usually has a clue, has access to the routers, and can be helpful. It's one of the benefits that they really

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Justin Wilson
I have very little issues with Cogent in the Chicago/Indiana/St. Louis areas. They are peered much better than they were a few years ago. We have 1 client at Cermack purchasing Cogent bandwidth through a third party at well under $1 a meg. Justin -- Justin Wilson

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Paul WALL
Cogent is really better suited as a tertiary provider. Not a bad option, but you don't want to lose redundancy when they get involved in their peering dispute or de-peering du jour. Drive Slow, Paul Wall On 5/14/12, Michael J McCafferty m...@m5computersecurity.com wrote: Jason, I agree with

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
I use Cogent as one of our upstreams at work, and I'll basically reiterate what others have said -- overall, I'd have no problems recommending them. Their routing can sometimes be a little weird (though this is MUCH better now than it was a couple of years ago), so I wouldn't necessarily use

Protocols for Testing Intrusion Detection?

2012-05-14 Thread Bill Stewart
I'm looking for recommended protocols to use for testing intrusion detection and maybe also firewall logging. Basically I need some kind of protocol that it's ok to discard traffic for in a production network, so I can be sure that the various systems that should be detecting it and generating

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Jason Baugher ja...@thebaughers.com I've done some searching and haven't been able to find much in the last 3 years as to their reliability and suitability as an upstream provider. Really? That surprises me; people complain about Cogent on here, roughly,

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Joe Maimon
Michael J McCafferty wrote: Jason, I agree with John. You can't use them as your only provider, but you wouldn't do that with *any* provider. I will add that they answer the phone quickly, and the person who answers usually has a clue, has access to the routers, and can be helpful. It's one

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Jason Baugher
On 5/14/2012 7:30 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: Jason Baugherja...@thebaughers.com I've done some searching and haven't been able to find much in the last 3 years as to their reliability and suitability as an upstream provider. Really? That surprises me; people

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Ameen Pishdadi
No way they stack up against level3 or any of the other 4 big tier 1s but if you throw them in a blend with level3 there shouldn't be any issue and I wouldn't pay more the .75 cents a meg for a gig Thanks, Ameen Pishdadi On May 14, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Jason Baugher ja...@thebaughers.com wrote:

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
I often tell folks, Cogent is the 'Heidi Fleiss' of the industry .. pretty much everyone of the major carriers / providers deal with them.. but no one wants to admit it. I don't think there is any carrier out there that could be considered 'Premium' in terms of quality of service (yeah

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Ameen Pishdadi
Has nothing to do with whether or not they deal with all the major carriers , they are a budget provider , always have , always will be. Aside from that what matters the most is eye ball user connectivity and level3 , ATT, Verizon significantly have more eye balls connected directly to there

Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

2012-05-14 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:27:57PM -0500, Jason Baugher wrote: On 5/14/2012 7:30 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: Jason Baugherja...@thebaughers.com I've done some searching and haven't been able to find much in the last 3 years as to their reliability and