RE: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Gary Blankenship
Christian: > And I bet then still somebody will build an IPv6 NAT box for some bizarro > reason. ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2766.txt Gary Blankenship Foundry Networks (Japan)

Re: more on filtering

2003-10-30 Thread Greg Maxwell
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Chris Parker wrote: > The source of the problem of bad packets is where they ingress to my > network. I disconnect the flow of bad packets thorugh filtering. What > is the difference, other than I do not remove an entire interconnect, > only the portion of packets that is a

RE: IPv6 NAT

2003-10-30 Thread Tony Hain
Kuhtz, Christian wrote: > ... > All hairsplitting aside, given that the term NAT these days is mostly used > in a PAT (particularly in a customer connecting to the I) context, what > isn't secure about? mangling the header doesn't provide any security, and if you believe it does, do the following

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:12:22 EST, Alex Yuriev said: > > > > Leave content filtering to the ES, and *force* ES to filter the content. > > Its not content filtering, I'm not filtering only certain html traffic > > (like access to porn sites), I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to > > my ne

Re: more on filtering

2003-10-30 Thread matt
Recently, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yuriev) wrote: > > > So, electric grids do not have any mechanisms to disconnect from other > > grids ( ie, stop "transiting" their electricity ) if one is doing something > > that causes problems on the local grid? As a customer I would very > > much like my pr

Re: more on filtering

2003-10-30 Thread Chris Parker
At 03:54 PM 10/30/2003, Alex Yuriev wrote: > >The way currently people propose everyone operates is equivalent to a > >company that transmits AC to customer deciding that some part of the AC > >waveform is "harmful" to its equipment, and therefore should be filtered > >out. Of course, no one bother

more on filtering

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> >The way currently people propose everyone operates is equivalent to a > >company that transmits AC to customer deciding that some part of the AC > >waveform is "harmful" to its equipment, and therefore should be filtered > >out. Of course, no one bothers to tell the customer that the filter exi

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Chris Parker
At 03:25 PM 10/30/2003, Alex Yuriev wrote: > > > to the ES, he's filtering out packets that are causing him > > > problems directly, as the IS. > >And since the IS is not the ES, it SHOULD NOT be filtering based on content > >since it is NOT IS's content. Again, *force* ES to filter and hold it >

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> > > to the ES, he's filtering out packets that are causing him > > > problems directly, as the IS. > >And since the IS is not the ES, it SHOULD NOT be filtering based on content > >since it is NOT IS's content. Again, *force* ES to filter and hold it > >responsible for not doing it. > Do you hav

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Chris Parker
At 02:41 PM 10/30/2003, Alex Yuriev wrote: > Alex, please re-read the first paragraph. He said > "I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to *my* network..." > (emphasis mine). > > He's not filtering out packets he thinks are causing problems > to the ES, he's filtering out packets that are ca

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> Alex, please re-read the first paragraph. He said > "I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to *my* network..." > (emphasis mine). > > He's not filtering out packets he thinks are causing problems > to the ES, he's filtering out packets that are causing him > problems directly, as the IS.

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread matt
> Recently, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yuriev) wrote: > > > Leave content filtering to the ES, and *force* ES to filter the content. > > Its not content filtering, I'm not filtering only certain html traffic > > (like access to porn sites), I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to > > my netw

Re: Re: IPv6 NAT

2003-10-30 Thread Narelle
> Owen DeLong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact, Michael, there is no reason someone can't do everything you > describe with IPv4 if they are using unique address space. Now this is the point where my annoyance level goes up with the rampant aversion to IPv6 I see even in a community proud

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> > Leave content filtering to the ES, and *force* ES to filter the content. > Its not content filtering, I'm not filtering only certain html traffic > (like access to porn sites), I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to > my network and if I know what traffic is causing problems for me, I

traffic engineering (or lack of thereof)

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> And how many people here operate non-oversubscribed networks? The right question here should be "How many people here operate non-super oversubscribed networks?" Oversubscribed by a a few percents is one thing, oversubscribed the way certain cable company in NEPA does it is another.[1] > So ha

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> > Maybe the Yankee Group is a subsidiary of Ncatal Ventures. > > That was my thought. > Its "Dood, Where's my Core?" all over again! It got lost in san franCisco. Alex

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Daniel Golding
Heh. Forwarding, of course. - Dan On 10/30/03 2:15 PM, "E.B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DG> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:52:54 -0500 > DG> From: Daniel Golding > > > DG> Lets all be thankful they are now using ASICs, though! All > DG> that software based routing was making me nervo

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Tom (UnitedLayer)
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, E.B. Dreger wrote: > SR> What brand of switch is this guy selling? And what is he > SR> smoking? Sure would be interesting to find out :) > > Maybe the Yankee Group is a subsidiary of Ncatal Ventures. That was my thought. Its "Dood, Where's my Core?" all over again!

Re: 'Net security gets root-level boost

2003-10-30 Thread Paul Vixie
> BW> Love this quote from Verisign: > BW> > BW> "We tested Anycast for about a year...to monitor its behavior," > BW> Silva says. "These are important servers, and we didn't want to > BW> make any rash decisions about deploying it." > > *gag* > > And wildcard entries? at the icann-secsac meeti

Re: [Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)]

2003-10-30 Thread joshua sahala
"E.B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [cut] > > So STP is now the control plane protocol of choice? ;-) no, not at all - remember he said 'layer 3 switch', stp is no longer needed, just like those router things ;) /joshua > > Eddy > -- > Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Di

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
DG> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:52:54 -0500 DG> From: Daniel Golding DG> Lets all be thankful they are now using ASICs, though! All DG> that software based routing was making me nervous - five DG> years ago :) Routing or forwarding? Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Alexei Roudnev
Routers exists everywhere; Catalist 6509, for example, IS A ROUTER not less than A SWITCH. Perfectly, it is a router with extensive switching capabilities. Problem is that (1) most devices today support both L3 routuing and L2 switching (which is MAC level routing de facto), and (2) some devices

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Daniel Golding
Hmm. Don't you just love it when folks say things like "Layer 3 Switches are better than routers". Its very illuminating as to clue level. I suppose what they were trying to say, is that products that were designed as switches, but are now running routing code, are superior to products that were

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
SR> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:18:28 -0500 SR> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian SR> What brand of switch is this guy selling? And what is he SR> smoking? Sure would be interesting to find out :) Maybe the Yankee Group is a subsidiary of Ncatal Ventures. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
RAS> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:08:01 -0500 RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen RAS> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&e=18&u=/nf/22581 RAS> RAS> Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. RAS> "You might have found a router there five years ago, but m

Re: 'Net security gets root-level boost

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
BW> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:41:56 -0500 BW> From: Barney Wolff BW> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:58:20AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote: BW> > BW> > http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html BW> BW> Love this quote from Verisign: BW> BW> "We tested Anycast for about a year...to monitor its be

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Scott Weeks
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: : : Richard A Steenbergen writes on 10/30/2003 1:08 PM: : : > Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. : > "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly : > you have a switch today," said

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Richard A Steenbergen writes on 10/30/2003 1:08 PM: Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly you have a switch today," said Yankee Group vice president Zeus Kerravala. What brand of switch i

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete

2003-10-30 Thread Scott Bradner
and the Yankee Group has an unblemished history of understanding the Internet and ISPs Scott (ps - unblemished with accuracy that is)

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Bruce Pinsky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard A Steenbergen wrote: | On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:43PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: | |>On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |> |>>I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit

Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:43PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > > Converters), > > but I need to know how many of you are us

RE: IPv6 NAT

2003-10-30 Thread Kuhtz, Christian
> Or you could simply call it what it is -- a firewall -- since > that's what most consumers think NAT is anyways. > > While I disagree with the general sentiment that NATs create > security, the standard usage of such devices is certainly > that of a stateful firewall. All hairsplitting aside

Re: IPv6 NAT

2003-10-30 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Now, I'm not claiming that every device capable of IPv4 NAT is currently > able to function in this way, but there are no technical barriers to prevent > manufacturers from making IPv6 devices that function in this way. The > IPv6 vendor marketing folks can even in

Re: hinet.net contact

2003-10-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
John Obi writes on 10/30/2003 12:22 PM: Hello folks, I can tell you that hinet.net hosts being exploited by script kiddies and no one in hinet.net cares. And I really failed to get a contact of their abuse department, or any live person bothers to reply. You might want to contact the TW-CERT peop

Verizon abuse contact

2003-10-30 Thread John Obi
Hello folks, I reported exploited hosts in Verizon network to their abuse department since one week now. I only get auto reply but no real person did take action till this moment. If there is Verizon person who can help, please contact me off list. Thanks, -J ___

hinet.net contact

2003-10-30 Thread John Obi
Hello folks, I can tell you that hinet.net hosts being exploited by script kiddies and no one in hinet.net cares. And I really failed to get a contact of their abuse department, or any live person bothers to reply. All the complaints and report got no where. I need to report security issues ab

Re: IPv6 NAT

2003-10-30 Thread Owen DeLong
In fact, Michael, there is no reason someone can't do everything you describe with IPv4 if they are using unique address space. Owen --On Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:22 PM + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NAT also has the advantage that if packets do leak bogon filters at the border will drop th

Re: IPv6 NAT

2003-10-30 Thread Michael . Dillon
>NAT also has the advantage that if packets do leak >bogon filters at the border will drop them. NAT is simply an algorithm which causes a firewall to drop all traffic which doesn't match an entry in a set of internal state tables. The NAT algorithm sets up these state tables based on outgoing t

RE: Fed. Govt and IEEE ban contributions to/from Cuba, Libya, Iran, Syria

2003-10-30 Thread Irwin Lazar
Thought it might be useful to pass on a copy of a letter from the IEEE President that was published in the last issue of "Spectrum" - On Serving Members In Embargoed Countries In January of 2002, the IEEE took action to fulfill the U.S. Treasury Department trade regulations administ

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Paul Timmins
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 09:22, Scott McGrath wrote: > That was _exactly_ the point I was attempting to make. If you recall > there was a case recently where a subcontractor at a power generation > facility linked their system to an isolated network which gave > unintentional global access to the is

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Scott McGrath
That was _exactly_ the point I was attempting to make. If you recall there was a case recently where a subcontractor at a power generation facility linked their system to an isolated network which gave unintentional global access to the isolated network. a NAT at the subcontrator's interface wo

Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings

2003-10-30 Thread Daniel Golding
Title: Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings I’m not sure “outrage” is the appropriate way to describe this. AOL is probably looking at this from the support point of view. They get a certain number of support calls complaining about messenger service spam/trickery. The will get many fewer

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread Scott McGrath
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Scott McGrath wrote: > > > Life would be much simpler without NAT howver there are non-computer > > devices which use the internet to get updates for their firmware that most > > of us would prefer not to be globally reachable due to the human error > > factor i.e. "Oops f

Re: 'Net security gets root-level boost

2003-10-30 Thread Daniel Golding
It is a little bit surreal - its not like anycast is some weird, new, or revolutionary technology. BGP is surely not a black art to the folks at Verisign - and little is required to do anycast, other than some minor routing configuration. Two possible solutions - Verisign is so big that instituti

Re: Content filter (was - Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space)

2003-10-30 Thread william
in On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Booth, Michael (ENG) wrote: > > William, they might be rejecting your post for SPAM. Take a look at the > link below: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=dns1.elan.net&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wg > > Michael Booth That post was rejected because

Re: ISPs' willingness to take action

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Galbavy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, tell me--are you willing to pay a premium for > unfiltered access to the Internet?:) Yes, that's why I don't use AOL. Peter

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
JB> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:27:27 -0600 JB> From: Jack Bates JB> I think the point that was being made was that NAT allows the JB> filtering of the box to be more idiot proof. Firewall rules JB> tend to be complex, which is why mistakes *do* get made and JB> systems still get compromised. NAT

Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:51:01 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The real problem is that we have an environment where the > malware can figure out how to disable the firewall but the user > can't. And part of why the current Internet has so much peer-to-peer traffic on it. ;-) Eddy -- Bro

Re: peer/transit circuits

2003-10-30 Thread Tom (UnitedLayer)
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi folks, > I am looking for some advice on how to place the peer/transit circuits > on the edge routers. > Would like to find the best practice that would provide enough diversity > without having an operation nightmare. e.g. putting peer and transit