Re: Thank you, Comcast.

[Anthony Junk]

There is so much arrogance in these posts saying that these things should
be blocked because it's best or because it's negligible. The point of
having an open internet is that people are going to have use cases that you
haven't even thought of and should not be hindered. Even the reasons you
have identified--who are you to say that I can't run services for my own
use to my home? Why should I have to pay for two separate connections so
that I can have tv and internet because I require ports not being blocked
for it to function? I maintain a lab out of my home and it's on my dime to
maintain and for my personal use. Please tell me again about my need for a
business connection.

Sincerely,

Anthony R Junk
Network and Security Engineer
(410) 929-1838
anthonyrj...@gmail.com


On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Chris Adams  wrote:

> Once upon a time, Brielle Bruns  said:
> > >I'm fine with that. Residential customers shouldn't be running DNS
> > >servers anyway and as far as the outside resolvers to go, e... I
> > >see the case for OpenDNS given that you can use it to filter (though
> > >that's easily bypassed), but not really for any others.
> >
> >
> > Except that half the time people run their own DNS resolvers because
> > their provider's resolvers are
>
> Resolver != authoritative server.  Your local DNS resolver doesn't need
> to be (and should not be) listening to port 53 on the Internet.  Only
> DNS authoritative servers need to accept Internet traffic on port 53,
> and almost nobody needs to be running one on a typical residential
> connection (especially since residential IPs do change from time to
> time).
>
> --
> Chris Adams 
>

Re: Standard terminology for a dark fiber path?

[Anthony Junk]

Just my .02 but I would think to call it a "single fiber link" or perhaps
just a "fiber link". A fiber path doesn't strike me as being one solid
connection but could instead include patching in the middle and not be a
continuous strand. As far as fiber loop, that is used to reference the
OC192 transport ring that exists in the DC metro area. Again, this is just
from my experience but I find people misusing terms all the time so I've
come to accept that I need to always ask qualifying questions to determine
what they truly mean.

Sincerely,

Anthony R Junk
Network and Security Engineer
(410) 929-1838
anthonyrj...@gmail.com


On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:02 AM, Larry Sheldon  wrote:

> On 2/24/2016 14:55, Fletcher Kittredge wrote:
>
>> What is the standard terminology for strands of dark fiber spliced
>> together
>> to form a continuous path between points A and Z?
>>
>> I have seen:
>>
>> - *fiber circuit* [but also seen used to denote a connection at the
>> network layer over a physical fiber connection. This definition of
>> circuit
>> would include the dark fiber path, the transmitters and receivers and
>> logic
>> making up the data and network layers.]
>> - *fiber loop *[ Does a loop define an electrical circuit with two
>> physically separate positive and negative strands? In that case, is
>> this a
>> Bellhead remnant? ]
>>
>> I am particularly interested in last mile systems, but I don't see any
>> reason that the term wouldn't be the same in the middle mile.
>>
>
> What do you call it if it is made out of copper instead of glass?  Or air?
>
> I don't see anything wrong with "fiber path".
>
> (Answering my own question, maybe:  "dry pair from A to B". "[Microwave]
> Radio link between A and B.")
>
>
>
> --
> sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
>

Re: Verizon FiOS IPv6

[Anthony Junk]

I already have IPv6 on my router at home. They rolled out an update a few
months back that added the capability for the latest 802.1N model. I'm not
at home to look at it but I'll update with the model this evening.

Sincerely,

Anthony R Junk
Network and Security Engineer
(410) 929-1838
anthonyrj...@gmail.com


On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Bryan Seitz se...@bsd-unix.net wrote:

 On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 01:35:15AM -0400, Christopher Morrow wrote:
  On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Romeo Czumbil rczum...@xand.com wrote:
   Does anybody have any idea on when Verizon FiOS is turning up IPv6?
 (dual-stack)
 
  looking at the archives is helpful in this question/answer process..
  but to save you the digging: When there's ice in the devil's house
  (essentially)

 Yeah... although they seem to be releasing a new residential gateway that
 does IPV6 as
 well as 802.11AC.  Maybe this is a good sign ? :)


 http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Preps-Launch-of-New-FiOS-Gateway-130273

 --

 Bryan G. Seitz

Re: latest Snowden docs show NSA intercepts all Google and Yahoo DC-to-DC traffic

[Anthony Junk]

Hey expanoit,

There was a small part that jumped out at me when I read the article
earlier:

In recent years, both of them are said to have bought
or leased thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables for their own exclusive
use. They had reason to think, insiders said, that their private, internal
networks were safe from prying eyes.

It seems as if both Yahoo and Google assumed that since they were private
circuits that they didn't have to encrypt. This would've added cost in
engineering, hardware, and in the end, overall throughput; I would assume
they saw it as a low possibility that anyone would (a) have knowledge of
the their traffic inter-site and (b) would have the ability to not only
accomplish the task but not get caught as well.

This is just my take on the situation and I'm sure there are others more
experienced that could offer a more detailed perspective with much less
speculation. Thanks.


Sincerely,

Anthony R Junk
Network Engineer
(410) 929-1838
anthonyrj...@gmail.com



On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:48 PM, explanoit
explanoit.na...@explanoit.comwrote:

 As a top-posting IT generalist pleb, can someone explain why Google/Yahoo
 did not already encrypt their data between DCs?
 Why is my data encrypted over the internet from my computer to theirs, but
 they don't encrypt the data when it goes outside their building and all the
 fancy access controls they like to talk about?

 Thank you for your feedback,
 explanoit

 On 2013-10-30 13:46, Jacque O'Lantern wrote:

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/**world/national-security/nsa-**
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 snowden-documents-say/2013/10/**30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-**
 d89d714ca4dd_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html