Re: [LINK] A security question

On 18/12/13 15:23, Dr Bob Jansen wrote: I don't think ANZ offers the token option, at least they have not mentioned it to me when I discussed my coming to Korea with them. No, not yet for personal customers. Annoying Hamish ___ Link mailing

Re: [LINK] FTTP soon normal

There's no CDMA on a switched network... Hamish On 28/04/14 19:29, Frank O'Connor wrote: Sorry, I meant CDMA ... collision detection. Error correction, as Hamish said ... is a level 3 Feature. Again ... just my 2 cents worth ... --- On 28 Apr 2014, at 6:39 pm, Hamish Moffatt ham

Re: [LINK] FTTP soon normal

On 29/04/14 12:41, Roger Clarke wrote: At 23:32 +1000 28/4/14, Hamish Moffatt wrote: There's no CDMA on a switched network... C'mon Hamish. You know he meant CSMA/CD.(:-)} Lots of us have had that slip of the tongue. Oops, I actually overlooked that. Still not on a switched network

Re: [LINK] Uber?

On 14/05/14 11:52, Jim Birch wrote: Hamish Moffatt wrote: whether a user-pays approach to everything is really in our best interests in the long term I'm not in favour of user-pays as some kind of general moral/economic principle, but I am strongly in favour of the Pigovian

Re: [LINK] Question re spoofing with bad reply address

On 09/07/14 16:35, Karl Auer wrote: If you are asking why the sender address used was yours, it is for several reasons: Spammers like to use real sender addresses, because they are less likely to be identified as spammy senders. Also, the backscatter (such as the bounces you received, or the

Re: [LINK] Question re spoofing with bad reply address

On 11/07/14 15:35, Jeremy Visser wrote: On 11/07/14 14:27, Stephen Rothwell wrote: Well, if for no other reason than that many ISPs insist that you use their mail server for outgoing email Who does this? I would invite you to name-and-shame them. But before you do so, check that you are

Re: [LINK] Is it true??? HFC can carry 100MBS ...

On 01/04/15 08:53, Jan Whitaker wrote: Can HFC carry 100 Mbps Telstra and Optus have offered this for years branded as the speed boost or speed pack. I saw 90+ mbit/s reported by speedtest.net on Optus in the past. I'm getting less now on Telstra but still 50+. Unfortunately the uplink is

Re: [LINK] Huawei GPON ONT support is a joke. In .AU too?

On 31/07/15 18:28, Fernando Cassia wrote: If you buy a Huawei consumer device, things are relatively normal with regards to the availability of fiwmare updates. If, however, you have a device that Huawei thinks is for business use (despite the fact that GPON optical network terminators can be

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

On 26/02/16 15:41, Andy Farkas wrote: On 26/02/2016 14:17, Karl Auer wrote: Implementing such technologies when we already have technologies available with upper limits so far away we can barely see them is stupidity that defies credence. Regards, K. Portugal is rolling out a 8Mbps [*]

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

On 28/03/16 09:15, Tom Worthington wrote: The most interesting aspect of Mark Gregory's article in the Business Spectator is the idea of the NBN satellites being used to provide broadband for passengers on Qantas aircraft. It seems reasonable for taxpayers to buy a satellite for outback kids

Re: [LINK] Australia Post to lose passport services

On 07/04/16 18:20, JanW wrote: At 06:15 PM 7/04/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: Then you pay and wait. Including the ten minute appointment the complete bureaucratic renewal process took maybe 20 painless minutes. With a photo & ID verification I wouldn't know how it could be more efficient. I

Re: [LINK] Australia Post to lose passport services

On 07/04/16 18:51, Andy Farkas wrote: On 07/04/2016 18:35, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Post have never taken the photos, you've always had to supply your own. Why couldn't they be uploaded as part of the application and verified when the application is checked? That is incorrect. I had to get

Re: [LINK] NBN domestic installations

On 06/03/16 10:33, Andy Farkas wrote: On 06/03/2016 08:51, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On 06/03/16 01:22, Andy Farkas wrote: That was then. Now we're talking about how malcs destroyed the previous NBNv1 plan. Back then, an NTU was supplied, for free, in to the premises. You connected your computer

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

On 04/04/16 18:56, JanW wrote: At 02:20 PM 4/04/2016, Hamish Moffatt wrote: And Nine estimates most people have MPEG-4 decoding ability already: http://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-is-broadcasting-its-channel-in-hd-but-not-for-everyone/ Just going through the whole channel line-up: 13 TenHD

Re: [LINK] RFI: Telstra DNS outage

On 13/05/16 09:02, Roger Clarke wrote: itNews reports: Telstra suffered a nationwide network outage last night, as two of its internet domain name servers ceased to respond to queries from thousands of customer systems. Am I missing something here? I've chastised small-time ISPs in the past

Re: [LINK] http://www.greater.sydney/

On 23/11/16 13:23, dloch...@key.net.au wrote: On Tuesday 22 November 2016 14:27:55 Marghanita da Cruz wrote: seems we have a new top level domain. [...] You will be able to read the draft District Plans and /Towards Our Greater Sydney 2056 /at www.greater.sydney **

Re: [LINK] NBN questions - HFC

On 08/12/16 16:56, David Lochrin wrote: There's been some off-Link discussion of this subject, and I found the following on the NBN Co. website at http://www.nbnco.com.au/blog/the-nbn-project/hfc-everything-you-need-to-know.html As I suspected, NBN over HFC is basically just a standard HFC

Re: [LINK] NBN questions - HFC

On 09/12/16 11:53, Andy Farkas wrote: Yes, NBN is a wholesaler and should be supplying the "nbn connection box" which you would plug your router into. Similar to FTTP and FW, the RSP does not have to provide any equipment, unlike FTTN. My point was that with the current Telstra/Optus cable

Re: [LINK] Jan's NBN experience

On 27/03/17 11:03, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: On 27/03/2017 10:06 AM, JanW wrote: My question: I am at the low speed setting of 12Mbs. If I upped it to the next tier, 25Mbs, would that increase my speed difference OR would I still get the jerky thru-put and the lower speeds? My guess is

Re: [LINK] Jan's NBN experience

On 27/03/17 11:46, Andy Farkas wrote: On 27/03/2017 10:30, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On 27/03/17 11:24, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: So what's the problem? Could still be a local wifi problem Come on guys, it's not a wifi problem. Jan is on a 12Mbps plan. Modern-day wifi (802.11ac) can do

Re: [LINK] Australian households, businesses on NBN slam +óunreliable+ó connection

On 17/03/17 12:01, Andy Farkas wrote: *My* point is that bandwidth to a node (FTTN) is limited. 1000Mbps. Divide that by 384 users (node capacity). You get 2.6Mbps per user. RSP's can't make it go any faster no matter how much CVC they buy. Just out of interest, where do you get your figures

Re: [LINK] Australian households, businesses on NBN slam +óunreliable+ó connection

On 17/03/17 13:09, Andy Farkas wrote: On 17/03/2017 11:53, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On 17/03/17 12:01, Andy Farkas wrote: *My* point is that bandwidth to a node (FTTN) is limited. 1000Mbps. Divide that by 384 users (node capacity). You get 2.6Mbps per user. RSP's can't make it go any faster

Re: [LINK] Australian households, businesses on NBN slam +óunreliable+ó connection

On 17/03/17 13:53, Andy Farkas wrote: On 17/03/2017 12:42, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On 17/03/17 13:09, Andy Farkas wrote: Page 32 & 33. Are you referring to the HFC Domain section? I don't see any figures at all in there about users or node connection bandwidth. Which part of pag

Re: [LINK] Adobe will kill Flash by 2020

On 28/07/17 10:00, David Lochrin wrote: On Wednesday 26 July 2017 at 12:44 Stephen Loosley wrote: Adobe has officially set a kill date for its beleaguered Flash. Dear me, the ABC iView nerds will have to find another obscure, proprietary scheme which is only implemented by Microsoft and

Re: [LINK] British researcher finds a 'kill switch' for global cyber attack

On 15/05/17 10:25, Paul Bolger wrote: The next one will have the kill switch encrypted. I think it was discovered by watching the network traffic from an infected computer - the investigator would have noticed the DNS lookup requests for the magic domain. You can't encrypt that. Hamish

Re: [LINK] By hook or by crook.

On 04/10/17 13:02, Brenda Aynsley wrote: On 04/10/17 12:13, Forename Surname wrote: forgive my bluntness and ignorance but who the hell are you?  If I wanted to communicate with unknown people I would join ashley madison - haha. At the very least you could use a name salutation so we know

Re: [LINK] Bitcoin is hitting new highs—here’s why it might not be a bubble

On 19/11/17 11:11, Kim Holburn wrote: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/its-time-to-admit-bitcoin-is-more-than-just-a-bubble/ The only thing of value in that article is the comments, which are a lot more sceptical than the article itself. Hamish

Re: [LINK] Bitcoin is hitting new highs—here’s why it might not be a bubble

On 20/11/17 16:18, David wrote: I agree with Frank's comments, below. I think we have to separate the subject of blockchain architecture and its' use in crypto-currencies. Blockchains have even found application in the avionics of fly-by-wire commercial aircraft where many complex subsystems

Re: [LINK] ASX CHESS and Blockchain

On 07/12/17 12:35, Roger Clarke wrote: [But shares are a form of commodity, i.e. they are undifferentiated, and no-one cares whose they used to be, only that they're mine now. Put another way, whereas provenance matters with some categories of goods (objets d'art being a good example), it

Re: [LINK] Don’t believe the hype: We’re a long way from 5G

On 04/06/18 20:00, David wrote: One thing the Coalition overlooked when they redesigned the NBN was that NBN Co. had complete control of the network terminating equipment and thus of its security and performance. But now it comes from anywhere, much of it from China, and voice

Re: [LINK] Electric car disposal

On 04/07/18 08:32, Tom Worthington wrote: Cars in Australia using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) are required to have a warning label on the numberplate. Perhaps electric cars should have something similar, along with a QR code for the first responder

Re: [LINK] 4 Things to tell a Bitcoin Skeptic

On 02/01/18 15:10, Kim Holburn wrote: https://medium.com/@mikeland86/4-things-to-tell-a-bitcoin-skeptic-6d6a46fe0fe8 The voices claiming Bitcoin is the next big thing or the biggest asset bubble in history are as loud as ever. Skeptic #1: It’s the Blockchain, stupid

Re: [LINK] This incredibly simple privacy app helps protect your phone from snoops with one click

On 13/11/18 4:57 pm, Kim Holburn wrote: The problem is that DNS is currently basically broken. DNS requests go unencrypted, in the clear and there is no kind of proof that the answer has not been read or tampered with. This (app) solves one part of that problem and not well really. The

Re: [LINK] This incredibly simple privacy app helps protect your phone from snoops with one click

On 13/11/18 8:42 pm, Kim Holburn wrote: On 2018/Nov/13, at 5:55 pm, Hamish Moffatt wrote: DNSSEC proves that the answer has not been tampered with. It does not prevent eavesdropping, but DNS over HTTPS or DNS over TLS do. Yes, and neither of these have been rolled out to retail or domestic

Re: [LINK] NBN upgrade questions

On 09/10/18 14:55, Dr Bob Jansen (in Korea) wrote: Thanks everyone. Hamish, your answer is the one that seems to be contentious and hence the reason for my question to the list. However, your answer confirms my previous impression. Do you also know whether there is a physical limitation to

Re: [LINK] NBN upgrade questions

On 09/10/18 18:31, JLWhitaker wrote: In all cases the customer must supply a router. NBNco provides the network interface only. That wasn't true for my HFC connection. The RSP provided it (I bought it). But you're right, the NBN provides your first point of connection outside and inside

Re: [LINK] NBN upgrade questions

On 09/10/18 12:14, David wrote: AFAIK FTTC and FTTN connections have the same terms & conditions, FTTC is just faster.  I presume a VDSL2 modem is required in both cases, does anyone have experience of FTTC? No, NBNco provides the modem for FTTC. They call it an NCD. Although it's just

Re: [LINK] NBN upgrade questions

On 09/10/18 20:08, David wrote: On 9/10/2018 7:04 PM, Hamish Moffatt wrote: No. I meant that NBN never provides a router. The customer must supply one or buy one from their RSP. My understanding is that NBNCo. never provide a router but do provide a media convertor (for FTTC-Ethernet

Re: [LINK] NBN connections

On 14/12/18 3:13 pm, Dr Bob Jansen wrote: We are close to being connected to the NBN. Today, I rang TPG, our current ADSL2 provider to discuss the connection. I was told that the time for a connect is anywhere from 2 to 30 days and that the existing connection will be disabled during that

Re: [LINK] ‘We have been cheated’: Australia's biggest cities dudded with inferior NBN

wrote: > On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:30:33 AEST Hamish Moffatt wrote: > >> HFC is delivering 100Mbit to anyone connected, while FTTN depends on the >> distance to the node and the quality of your internal house wiring. > ...and the quality of your modem, which of course is

Re: [LINK] ‘We have been cheated’: Australia's biggest cities dudded with inferior NBN

On 8/5/19 8:21 am, Antony Broughton Barry wrote: https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2019/05/07/nbn-hfc-australia/ I'm surprised that they are complaining about HFC because most of the issues seem to be about FTTN, not HFC. HFC is delivering 100Mbit to anyone connected, while FTTN depends

Re: [LINK] .nsw.gov.au and privacy

On 5/3/20 1:47 pm, David wrote: But according to Privacy Badger, the page https://www.nsw.gov.au/privacy-statement/ contains eight potential trackers: 2x flagged red: www.google-analytics.com bam.nr-data.net 2x flagged yellow: cdnjs.cloudflare.com www.facebook.com 4x the Badger

Re: [LINK] ABC Landline: Are we too reliant on technology?

On 28/2/20 2:37 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: 4 comments Cam Atkinson: This is part of the reason why cloud computing is terrible. You want to access your important business documents to plan a budget, or your personal records for something like confirming your legal identity? Sorry, the system

Re: [LINK] ABC Landline: Are we too reliant on technology?

the cloud enough there are self hosted options. Hamish Sent from Nine From: JLWhitaker Sent: Friday, 28 February 2020 17:22 To: link@mailman.anu.edu.au Subject: Re: [LINK] ABC Landline: Are we too reliant on technology? On 28/02/2020 3:01 pm, Hamish Moffatt wrote

Re: [LINK] Hhm .. a package from China Post

On 31/1/20 5:28 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: From: Hamish Moffatt<mailto:hamish@moffatt.email> Sent: Friday, 31 January 2020 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [LINK] Hhm .. a package from China Post I don't disagree, but the cheap Chinese post is so slow that your parcel could have easily been posted 6

Re: [LINK] Hhm .. a package from China Post

On 31/1/20 1:42 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: It should be illegal to send sealed-goods from a declared quarantine zone, no matter what the science claims. My wife, in particular, is not a happy camper. And won’t find any peace for several weeks at least. Thank you, people. So .. what idiot

Re: [LINK] The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile

You can turn telemetry off in the settings. Is that not enough to avoid this? (Honest question.) Hamish Sent from Nine From: JLWhitaker Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2020 12:33 To: priv...@lists.efa.org.au; link Subject: [LINK] The Firefox Browser is a privacy

Re: [LINK] RFC: Does CovidSafe Actually Work?

On 29/4/20 12:56 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: I'm sceptical. I've flung together some preliminary notes, with a view to establishing what's known about the effectiveness of apps like this. I'd appreciate feedback, pointers to sources, and pointers to people who are actively working on such

Re: [LINK] RFC: Does CovidSafe Actually Work?

On 29/4/20 3:24 pm, Karl Auer wrote: On Wed, 2020-04-29 at 05:02 +, Stephen Loosley wrote: Roger writes, I'm sceptical.  I've flung together some preliminary notes I'm interested in knowing how many healthy people have either mistakenly or deliberately pressed the "I'm infected" button and

Re: [LINK] CovidSafe?

On 29/4/20 9:42 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: Good point. I wonder how much/fast data the app accumulates and what the impact might be on the phone if it maxes out the storage space? Do we know what language this app is written in? What libraries it utilises / links, if any? There's a

Re: [LINK] reverse engineering the COVIDSafe app

Here's another breakdown of the Android app which is also fairly positive: https://twitter.com/matthewrdev/status/125433610520320?s=19 Hamish Sent from Nine From: Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sent: Monday, 27 April 2020 07:47 To: Link List Subject: [LINK] reverse

Re: [LINK] About those COVIDSafe download numbers

On 16/5/20 1:43 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: 1. Total number of downloads - i.e. pre-update plus since update 2. Downloads of updated version The download number is irrelevant. The interesting number is how many people have registered, or better, how many people are actively running

Re: [LINK] Australians Record World’s Fastest Internet Speed At 44.2 Tbps

On 23/5/20 11:30 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: And there's more detail here .. https://theconversation.com/internet-traffic-is-growing-25-each-year-we-created-a-fingernail-sized-chip-that-can-help-the-nbn-keep-up-138620 As I read the paper, they demonstrated an optical transmitter capable of

Re: [LINK] Google-Cloud IP addressing

On 13/10/20 10:37 pm, David Lochrin wrote: I searched for 23.236.62.147 on https://dnslytics.com/reverse-ip as you suggested, and that site reported "Found 6,281,493 domains hosted on IP address 23.236.62.147". Over six million IP domains hanging on one address!! I can't imagine the

Re: [LINK] Google-Cloud IP addressing

On 13/10/20 1:59 pm, David Lochrin wrote: I presume Google-Cloud has sub-allocated a space containing 23.236.62.147 to wix.com, and wix.com is even sharing that specific address between , , and no doubt others by parsing DNS lookups. I know I'm retired and rapidly becoming out of touch, but

Re: [LINK] Telstra “Game Optimiser” Snake Oil?

On 24/9/20 9:27 am, Karl Auer wrote: On Thu, 2020-09-24 at 08:55 +1000, Tom Worthington wrote: According to Leigh Stark Telstra is planning to charge $10 a month for a “Game Optimiser” to "prioritise traffic to gaming devices". Will this really improve gaming?

Re: [LINK] COVIDsafe app update requires location on

On 11/8/20 11:36 am, kheit...@kheitman.com wrote: Thanks Bernard, that's the answer. Specifically, https://github.com/vteague/contactTracing/blob/master/blog/2020-07-07IssueSummary.md#25--android-app-loses-location-permission-after-1039-update- I noticed this myself a couple of weeks back.

Re: [LINK] The ACT Govt's COVID-19 Exclusion Zone

On 23/12/20 9:23 am, jw...@internode.on.net wrote: We had a similar confusion in Melbourne when they tried the LGA restriction approach. No one knew where the boundaries were, even people who lived there. They know their own postcode, but that's it. I live in Surrey Hills, VIC and to say