Re: Peering VLANs and MAC addresses

2005-11-11 Thread Will Hargrave
Randy Bush wrote: the only stuff that makes me feel at all safe is what mike hughes of linx described, or something even stricter, but i bow to mike's experience. and folk wonder why the grown-ups use pnis for anything important. Isn't this due to the fact their engineering scale is bigger?

Toasters with webservers? (Was: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill])

2005-11-11 Thread Michael . Dillon
just wait for ipv6 and toasters with webservers! :) Actually, as more things get a network stack I imagine more interconnection will occur requiring more bandwidth and taxing the infrastructure even more :) Imagination is becoming reality... A webserver the size of a match head

The Cidr Report

2005-11-11 Thread cidr-report
This report has been generated at Fri Nov 11 21:45:55 2005 AEST. The report analyses the BGP Routing Table of an AS4637 (Reach) router and generates a report on aggregation potential within the table. Check http://www.cidr-report.org/as4637 for a current version of this report. Recent Table

Re: Peering VLANs and MAC addresses

2005-11-11 Thread Niels Bakker
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randy Bush) [Thu 10 Nov 2005, 03:35 CET]: [ the voice of experience speaks ] [..] thanks! this approaches reassuring. why does it tolerate 100 macs? at first blush, i would think three or four would be a bad enough sign. I've seen several cases where a router goes

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Robert E . Seastrom
Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but it will be a classic. if you can get and edit it, send it to boing boing or /. Pearls before swine. In my rss aggregator, boingboing and /. are labeled a Directory for Dilettantes and News for Goobers respectively.

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Randy Bush
but it will be a classic. if you can get and edit it, send it to boing boing or /. Pearls before swine. that's what a number of i* members have publicly stated is their opinion of talking to us operators. i saved in my mementos the following quote from an ipv6 architect and current iab

Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

2005-11-11 Thread Gordon Cook
Be careful Owen - i think you may be falling into a libertarian trap - worrisome because I respect highly things i have seen you write in past. Think about what you are saying: Something to consider about this proposed regulation... It is actually in many ways proposed deregulation

Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

2005-11-11 Thread Blaine Christian
On Nov 10, 2005, at 5:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Brett Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: November 9, 2005 10:43:40 AM EST Here's the latest draft of the Internet regulation bill, dated November 3rd. Note that, like earlier versions, it subjects all ISPs and

Re: Peering VLANs and MAC addresses

2005-11-11 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 11, 2005, at 4:06 AM, Will Hargrave wrote: Randy Bush wrote: the only stuff that makes me feel at all safe is what mike hughes of linx described, or something even stricter, but i bow to mike's experience. and folk wonder why the grown-ups use pnis for anything important. Isn't this

Re: Peering VLANs and MAC addresses

2005-11-11 Thread Randy Bush
Who said big carriers don't join IXes? There are plenty of networks who have more traffic than some teir ones at IXes. Hell, RANDY has a presence at least one IX. well, one of my routers does :-) and it moves almost 50kb/sec! i have spent long enough i don't want to count years trying to

Re: Peering VLANs and MAC addresses

2005-11-11 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 11, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Randy Bush wrote: Who said big carriers don't join IXes? There are plenty of networks who have more traffic than some teir ones at IXes. Hell, RANDY has a presence at least one IX. well, one of my routers does :-) and it moves almost 50kb/sec! :-) i have

Re: Peering VLANs and MAC addresses

2005-11-11 Thread Randy Bush
NAPs these days are stable, scalable, and useful. IXs (there were only four NAPs, and i'm too old and lazy to play droid terminology drift) have pretty much always been scalable (for the then current meaning of scale) and useful. though i have admiration and sympathy for folk such as steve,

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Sam Crooks
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 20:37 -1000, Randy Bush wrote: btw, for another great giggle (many thanks to brian candler for reporting it) From the documentation for Cisco's VPN client software for Linux:

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Fred Baker
None that I have spoken with. What I hear continually is that people would like operational viewpoints on what they're doing and are concerned at the fact that operators don't involve themselves in IETF discussions. On Nov 11, 2005, at 6:03 AM, Randy Bush wrote: that's what a number of

Fwd: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is being quoted on Nanog as reason to support the current so callednet neutrality bill

2005-11-11 Thread Gordon Cook
thank you Vint.folks please note Vint's remarks on common carriage.  This stuff gets very complicate very fast and i do not have it all at the tip of my tongue by any means.  Vint did engage with Fred Goldstein, Andrew Odlyzko, David Isenberg and others in a discussion of this about 3 weeks

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread vijay gill
Randy Bush wrote: but it will be a classic. if you can get and edit it, send it to boing boing or /. Pearls before swine. that's what a number of i* members have publicly stated is their opinion of talking to us operators. i saved in my mementos the following quote from an ipv6 architect

Re: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is being quoted on Nanog as reason to support the current so callednet neutrality bill

2005-11-11 Thread Blaine Christian
On Nov 11, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Gordon Cook wrote: thank you Vint. folks please note Vint's remarks on common carriage. This stuff gets very complicate very fast and i do not have it all at the tip of my tongue by any means. Vint did engage with Fred Goldstein, Andrew Odlyzko, David

Re: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is being quoted on Nanog as reason to support the current so callednet neutrality bill

2005-11-11 Thread Gordon Cook
Blaine: This is about all I can offer under the circumstances. It is from page 45 of my nov-dec issue published about sept 30. you do ask a Reasonable question. === From Brett Glass on September 17 via Dave Farber’s IP List - Here it comes: Regulation of the Internet and ISPs

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread David Meyer
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 07:39:09AM -0800, Fred Baker wrote: None that I have spoken with. What I hear continually is that people would like operational viewpoints on what they're doing and are concerned at the fact that operators don't involve themselves in IETF discussions.

RE: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

2005-11-11 Thread Schliesser, Benson
Thinking of services in terms of /etc/services will get you nowhere with this. It's like using the term best effort to a lawyer. It's all about context. -Benson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 11

Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making

2005-11-11 Thread Robert Bonomi
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:15:40 + (GMT) From: Edward B. Dreger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making RB Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:43:54 -0600 (CST) RB From: Robert Bonomi RB Re-coding to eliminate all 'possible' buffer overflow situations is a *big* RB

Re: Fwd: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is being quoted on Nanog as reason to support the current so callednet neutrality bill

2005-11-11 Thread Sean Donelan
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Gordon Cook wrote: Please note also Vint's remark: If ISPs were to inspect packets and interfere with those of competing application providers (voice, video), I would consider that a violation of the principle of network neutrality. Would packet classification and

Weekly Routing Table Report

2005-11-11 Thread Routing Table Analysis
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any comments please contact Philip Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Routing Table Report 04:00 +10GMT Sat 12 Nov, 2005

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 20:37 -1000, Randy Bush wrote: btw, for another great giggle (many thanks to brian candler for reporting it) From the documentation for Cisco's VPN client software for Linux:

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Crist Clark
Christopher L. Morrow wrote: On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 20:37 -1000, Randy Bush wrote: btw, for another great giggle (many thanks to brian candler for reporting it) From the documentation for Cisco's VPN client software for Linux:

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Crist Clark wrote: Christopher L. Morrow wrote: encrypted how? cyrpt? md5? cisco7? Some way proven to take 'very long' to decrypt? is the passwd really necessary or is only the hash required? this is just wholey irresponsible of any vendor, nevermind one that

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Randy Bush
None that I have spoken with. that's what a number of i* members have publicly stated is their opinion of talking to us operators. i imagine you speak with the one i was quoting rather often, though you were not there when it was said. i was. ask others who were there, pitsburgh ietf, a

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread John Payne
On Nov 11, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Sam Crooks wrote: The password string is encrypted in the Profile, however, when you save it... http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Fred Baker
yes, a specific member of the IAB said that. A few moments ago, I was chatting with the chair of the IAB, who wondered out loud whether he had noticed everyone else on the IAB edging away from him (something about lightning strikes emanating from the dagger-eyes of fellow IAB members I

[Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

2005-11-11 Thread charles cala
--- Blaine Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I suspect the section regarding nondiscriminatory access could have been worded better. Half the text is repeated. Are they paid by the word you think? I believe this part is how utilities (ele, gas, tel(traditional), sewage, etc) who

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Tony Li
Do we *really* want to do anything to encourage a higher burn rate of AS numbers before we've deployed 32-bit AS number support? The only way to get 32-bit AS number support deployed is to run out of AS numbers in the 16 bit space. Tony

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Randy Bush
[ many folk may wish to skip to the *** ] yes, a specific member of the IAB said that. and we have let their name live in peace. and my message made it very clear that it was one member speaking. wondered out loud whether he had noticed everyone else on the IAB edging away from him

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread John Curran
At 7:10 PM -1000 11/10/05, Randy Bush wrote: reported from tonight's iitf iab (internet archetecture board) plenary. proclaimed by an esteemed iab member from the podium: it is bad in the long term to add hierarchy to routing this will save a lot of work. whew! That is exceptionally good

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread bmanning
have been attacked as a clueless operator, and heard operators as a class denigrated, by each and every one of them [0]. randy --- [0] - just yesterday, i wore my bottom feeding scum sucker tee shirt from ivtf, i think, summer '95. mar1996 - Los Angeles. CIDRd

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread bmanning
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 04:29:33PM -0500, John Curran wrote: At 7:10 PM -1000 11/10/05, Randy Bush wrote: reported from tonight's iitf iab (internet archetecture board) plenary. proclaimed by an esteemed iab member from the podium: it is bad in the long term to add hierarchy to

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Per Gregers Bilse
On Nov 11, 1:14pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only way to get 32-bit AS number support deployed is to run out of AS numbers in the 16 bit space. Exactly. - When will the Internet deploy X? - Just before it's too late. How many people on this list remember the transition from BGP3

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread bmanning
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 09:41:49PM +, Per Gregers Bilse wrote: On Nov 11, 1:14pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only way to get 32-bit AS number support deployed is to run out of AS numbers in the 16 bit space. Exactly. - When will the Internet deploy X? - Just before

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread Randy Bush
CIDRd working group. ahh yes. a memorable period of openness, cooperation, and respect for operators in the ivtf community. i still have the artwork i always loved the baby diaper yellow shirt color far more than the barely decipherable koi on the back. great color!

Re: the iab simplifies internet architecture!

2005-11-11 Thread David Meyer
but please don't plan yet another the wonderful things the ivtf is doing in area x. Actually, that is not at all what I had intened or planned, and if it came across that way then to some extent we failed. In any event, I do appreciate this feedback. try

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Wayne E. Bouchard
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 09:41:49PM +, Per Gregers Bilse wrote: On Nov 11, 1:14pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only way to get 32-bit AS number support deployed is to run out of AS numbers in the 16 bit space. Exactly. - When will the Internet deploy X? - Just before

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Per Gregers Bilse
On Nov 11, 9:50pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: EGP-BGP BGP-BGP2 BGP2-BGP3 Yes ... but those were easier, more overlap was possible, especially at the edge. We had EGP peers right into BGP4 times. CIDR was more universal, outright a 'flag day' all things considered. But never

Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

2005-11-11 Thread Sean Donelan
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: Actually, thinking about this, does a bit cost more when delivered from china or 'mci' (pick any domestic isp)? I'm asking not about the total cost, but say the cost from (to pick on sbc) SBC's front door to the consumer's front door ? Does a

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Wayne E. Bouchard
Okay, so as people pointed out, I forgot that hardware engineers like to make assumptions about software for the sake of efficiency in ASICs and the like. So add a few exponents of pain. Still shouldn't be *all* that bad I wouldn't think. On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 03:19:45PM -0700, Wayne E.

Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

2005-11-11 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 05:26:59PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: MCI Friends Family charged different rates for phone calls depending [snip] rate? Level 3 charges different rates for on-net versus off-net It's not that any of these are bad, but it's that the consumer must be

reminiscing (was re: level 3)

2005-11-11 Thread brett watson
On Nov 11, 2005, at 2:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we clustered the engineers into the IETF terminal room since we're reminiscing, we did this at dallas ietf in 1995, i think it was (yes, http://merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2000-11/ msg00222.html). we had hit a timer bug in

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 11, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Wayne E. Bouchard wrote: I think, however, that this will be less dramatic than other things. This is a relatively simple software change. The one thing it *will* do is make sure that all the old hardware out there that runs BGP won't work anymore and have to be

Re: Level3 Question

2005-11-11 Thread Lincoln Dale
i think you misunderstand the h/w / s/w distinction here. BGP is a 'control-plane'-driven protocol. control-plane = software. no vendor would have BGP in hardware per-se (although its forseeable that they may have 'AS# accounting for netflow' in h/w and that may be limited to addressing

IAB and private numbering

2005-11-11 Thread Tony Tauber
Hi Dave, In response to your request for more interaction w/the IAB, here's a peeve I've been developing lately and perhaps this outlet might be appropriate for it. There are some resources, like IP addresses and AS numbers, the proper operation of which hinges on their uniqueness. Generally,