RE: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-02-02 Thread Sam James
bert D. Cahalan; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN > > >On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:55:00PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: >> >> Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complain

RE: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-02-02 Thread Sam James
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:55:00PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they have a router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-31 Thread Alan Cox
> > mean that hotmail doesn't get ECN packets and the connection gets established > > just as if you were talking to a plain non-ECN server without a firewall. > > gozer IS my firewall. :) beyond it is a modem and a dailup point, my ISPs > LAN and then the innanet. and I tried from it and from a

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-31 Thread Alan Cox
mean that hotmail doesn't get ECN packets and the connection gets established just as if you were talking to a plain non-ECN server without a firewall. gozer IS my firewall. :) beyond it is a modem and a dailup point, my ISPs LAN and then the innanet. and I tried from it and from a box

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-30 Thread Michael B. Trausch
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I don't know if that's true. The headers I've seen from hotmail users -- > and Netcraft seem to agree -- indicate that they have migrated over to > Win2K. I do understand this was a forced migration for non-technical > reasons, and that they had

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
"Michael B. Trausch" wrote: > > On 29 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > He's keeping in mind who owns Hotmail. However, I think that's unfair > > to the Hotmail guys; all the ones I have ever spoken with have been > > very professional and genuinely concerned with standards compliance. >

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-30 Thread Michael B. Trausch
On 29 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > He's keeping in mind who owns Hotmail. However, I think that's unfair > to the Hotmail guys; all the ones I have ever spoken with have been > very professional and genuinely concerned with standards compliance. > I would also keep in mind, that

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-30 Thread Michael B. Trausch
On 29 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: He's keeping in mind who owns Hotmail. However, I think that's unfair to the Hotmail guys; all the ones I have ever spoken with have been very professional and genuinely concerned with standards compliance. I would also keep in mind, that Microsoft

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
"Michael B. Trausch" wrote: On 29 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: He's keeping in mind who owns Hotmail. However, I think that's unfair to the Hotmail guys; all the ones I have ever spoken with have been very professional and genuinely concerned with standards compliance. I would

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-30 Thread Michael B. Trausch
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: I don't know if that's true. The headers I've seen from hotmail users -- and Netcraft seem to agree -- indicate that they have migrated over to Win2K. I do understand this was a forced migration for non-technical reasons, and that they had quite

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-29 Thread David S. Miller
H. Peter Anvin writes: > He's keeping in mind who owns Hotmail. However, I think that's unfair > to the Hotmail guys; all the ones I have ever spoken with have been > very professional and genuinely concerned with standards compliance. Yes, I also think this has nothing to do with who owns

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-29 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:"Michael B. Trausch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Thunder from the hill wrote: > > > > > Don't they understand that Linux is actually a system that is growing to > > > be very popular? > > > > That's

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-29 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:"Michael B. Trausch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Thunder from the hill wrote: Don't they understand that Linux is actually a system that is growing to be very popular? That's why they ignore and

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-27 Thread Thunder from the hill
> Don't they understand that Linux is actually a system that is growing to > be very popular? That's why they ignore and don't support it. Thunder --- Woah... I did a "cat /boot/vmlinuz >> /dev/audio" - and I think I heard god... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-27 Thread Thunder from the hill
"David S. Miller" wrote: > > Chris Wedgwood writes: > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:34:47AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > > > That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto > > vger.kernel.org that speaks ECN. This is my official and only > > warning. > > > > Why

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-27 Thread Thunder from the hill
"David S. Miller" wrote: Chris Wedgwood writes: On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:34:47AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto vger.kernel.org that speaks ECN. This is my official and only warning. Why wait 4 weeks at

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-27 Thread Thunder from the hill
Don't they understand that Linux is actually a system that is growing to be very popular? That's why they ignore and don't support it. Thunder --- Woah... I did a "cat /boot/vmlinuz /dev/audio" - and I think I heard god... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 10:15:45PM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:55:00PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: > > Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they > have a router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN), > telling me that

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 10:14:14PM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +1100, CaT wrote: >> *screatches head* >> >> I'm not sure as to what the problem with hotmail may be. I have ECN >> turned on: >> >> gozer:~# more

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Steven N. Hirsch
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:55:00PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: > > Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they > have a router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN), > telling me that they "..won't upgrade

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread David S. Miller
Chris Wedgwood writes: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:34:47AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto > vger.kernel.org that speaks ECN. This is my official and only > warning. > > Why wait 4 weeks at all? You seem to be very

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread James Sutherland
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > Some of the MX records that show up for hotmail.com go > to different machines, such as INKY.SOLINUS.COM which seems > to let ECN connections through just fine. Ahh.. In which case, *@hotmail.com list subscribers should still get their mail OK - it

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Helge Hafting
"David S. Miller" wrote: > [...] > That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto vger.kernel.org > that speaks ECN. This is my official and only warning. Fine. Those who get their mail at hotmail can get a free yahoo account for the list (and possibly other uses as well.) Yahoo have

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Helge Hafting
mirabilos wrote: > Correct - and additionally: what's about Win 95-ME, NT, W2K; *BSD? > When I'm end user they don't block an ECN connection I thought, or do they? > Idea: some1 makes up a web server. > - If I can connect ECN is working > - On the site I can enter my mail addy and get a mail

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 10:14:14PM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +1100, CaT wrote: *screatches head* I'm not sure as to what the problem with hotmail may be. I have ECN turned on: gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn 1

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 10:15:45PM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:55:00PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they have a router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN), telling me that they

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Steven N. Hirsch
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:55:00PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they have a router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN), telling me that they "..won't upgrade the

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread Helge Hafting
"David S. Miller" wrote: [...] That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto vger.kernel.org that speaks ECN. This is my official and only warning. Fine. Those who get their mail at hotmail can get a free yahoo account for the list (and possibly other uses as well.) Yahoo have no

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-26 Thread James Sutherland
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: Some of the MX records that show up for hotmail.com go to different machines, such as INKY.SOLINUS.COM which seems to let ECN connections through just fine. Ahh.. In which case, *@hotmail.com list subscribers should still get their mail OK - it

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Michael B. Trausch
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > > Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they have a > router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN), telling me that > they "..won't upgrade the router on the basis of one

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Steven N. Hirsch
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like > hotmail.com and others get their act together I'll certainly end up > removing *@*hotmail.com from the lists by the end of that day. > > That is the whole point of this

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 05:04:23PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > CaT writes: > > gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > 1 > > > > and I can contact hotmail just fine. > ... > > where should I go to on hotmail to see it fail? > > Try telnetting to port 25 on one of their >

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
CaT writes: > gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > 1 > > and I can contact hotmail just fine. ... > where should I go to on hotmail to see it fail? Try telnetting to port 25 on one of their "*.hotmail.com" MX records. For example: ? host -a hostmail.com ... hostmail.com651 IN

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:59:01AM +0100, Jan Niehusmann wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +1100, CaT wrote: > > gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > 1 > > > > and I can contact hotmail just fine. I also can ftp to your site > > non-passively. where should I go to on hotmail

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Jan Niehusmann
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +1100, CaT wrote: > I'm not sure as to what the problem with hotmail may be. I have ECN > turned on: > > gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > 1 > > and I can contact hotmail just fine. I also can ftp to your site > non-passively. where should I go to on

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 04:37:37PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > James H. Cloos Jr. writes: > > Are there any well know sites using ECN we can test against? > > Use non-passive FTP to my workstation and just do a directory listing > which will make the FTP server create a TCP connection

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
James H. Cloos Jr. writes: > Are there any well know sites using ECN we can test against? Use non-passive FTP to my workstation and just do a directory listing which will make the FTP server create a TCP connection back to your machine for the transfer of the directory listing. My workstation

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread James H. Cloos Jr.
> "alex" == alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: alex> I think the point of a test address is that this could alex> conceivably affect more providers than just Hotmail, and it alex> would be useful for people to be able to check to make sure alex> their own provider isn't also ECN brain damaged

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread mirabilos
Alex wrote: > Regarding Hotmail.. has anybody actually tried informing them that Cisco has a > stable patch available? It's possible they're just misinformed about its > status. I do think they should at least be given credit for: Hotmail actually, as whole M$, is unreachable, so no1 could

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread alex
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 11:13:03AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > Albert D. Cahalan writes: > > How about some way to test before you do this? > > Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. > > "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like > hotmail.com and

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Jeremy Hansen
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > > Albert D. Cahalan writes: > > How about some way to test before you do this? > > Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. > > "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like > hotmail.com and others get their

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread mirabilos
Intolerable, that's right. Isn't ECN a good new technology? Isn't there an open implementation on the `net? - So why don't they at least _start_ converting to it? mirabilos - favouring security, too -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12+custom(^=href;C-style-comments) GO/S dx@ s--:

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
Albert D. Cahalan writes: > How about some way to test before you do this? > Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like hotmail.com and others get their act together I'll certainly end up removing *@*hotmail.com

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
> That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto vger.kernel.org > that speaks ECN. This is my official and only warning. How about some way to test before you do this? Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
Jeremy Hansen writes: > > After mentioning ECN, this is the response I received from hotmail. Hmmm... > From: MSN Hotmail Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: CST23725481ID - Ban on Ecropolis ... > There are firmware updates being planned by our vendor,

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
Albert D. Cahalan writes: How about some way to test before you do this? Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like hotmail.com and others get their act together I'll certainly end up removing *@*hotmail.com from

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread mirabilos
Intolerable, that's right. Isn't ECN a good new technology? Isn't there an open implementation on the `net? - So why don't they at least _start_ converting to it? mirabilos - favouring security, too -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12+custom(^=href;C-style-comments) GO/S dx@ s--:

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread mirabilos
Alex wrote: Regarding Hotmail.. has anybody actually tried informing them that Cisco has a stable patch available? It's possible they're just misinformed about its status. I do think they should at least be given credit for: Hotmail actually, as whole M$, is unreachable, so no1 could tell

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread James H. Cloos Jr.
"alex" == alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: alex I think the point of a test address is that this could alex conceivably affect more providers than just Hotmail, and it alex would be useful for people to be able to check to make sure alex their own provider isn't also ECN brain damaged ... I

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Jan Niehusmann
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +1100, CaT wrote: I'm not sure as to what the problem with hotmail may be. I have ECN turned on: gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn 1 and I can contact hotmail just fine. I also can ftp to your site non-passively. where should I go to on hotmail

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread CaT
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:59:01AM +0100, Jan Niehusmann wrote: On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +1100, CaT wrote: gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn 1 and I can contact hotmail just fine. I also can ftp to your site non-passively. where should I go to on hotmail to see it

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
That's it, in 4 weeks time I am putting a kernel onto vger.kernel.org that speaks ECN. This is my official and only warning. How about some way to test before you do this? Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
James H. Cloos Jr. writes: Are there any well know sites using ECN we can test against? Use non-passive FTP to my workstation and just do a directory listing which will make the FTP server create a TCP connection back to your machine for the transfer of the directory listing. My workstation

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
Jeremy Hansen writes: After mentioning ECN, this is the response I received from hotmail. Hmmm... From: MSN Hotmail Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: CST23725481ID - Ban on Ecropolis ... There are firmware updates being planned by our vendor, but they

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread David S. Miller
CaT writes: gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn 1 and I can contact hotmail just fine. ... where should I go to on hotmail to see it fail? Try telnetting to port 25 on one of their "*.hotmail.com" MX records. For example: ? host -a hostmail.com ... hostmail.com651 IN MX

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread alex
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 11:13:03AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: Albert D. Cahalan writes: How about some way to test before you do this? Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like hotmail.com and others

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Steven N. Hirsch
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like hotmail.com and others get their act together I'll certainly end up removing *@*hotmail.com from the lists by the end of that day. That is the whole point of this experiment.

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Michael B. Trausch
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: Adelphia Communications just blew off my problem complaint (they have a router between me and the POP server that DENY's ECN), telling me that they "..won't upgrade the router on the basis of one

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 05:04:23PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: CaT writes: gozer:~# more /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn 1 and I can contact hotmail just fine. ... where should I go to on hotmail to see it fail? Try telnetting to port 25 on one of their "*.hotmail.com" MX

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread Jeremy Hansen
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David S. Miller wrote: Albert D. Cahalan writes: How about some way to test before you do this? Example: an ecn.kernel.org host that replys to mail. "test"? I know exactly whats going to happen, and unless folks like hotmail.com and others get their act

Re: hotmail can't deal with ECN

2001-01-25 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 04:37:37PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: James H. Cloos Jr. writes: Are there any well know sites using ECN we can test against? Use non-passive FTP to my workstation and just do a directory listing which will make the FTP server create a TCP connection back to