RE: nanog-l moderation (was Re: Dead Thread was (Re: Security gain from NAT))

2007-06-07 Thread michael.dillon
* More statistics on mailing list usage: ** Top posters ** Top threads The IETF discuss list does this. It's a good idea, if it is posted to the list on a weekly basis. * Curious stats - number of unsubscriptions vs posts /day Somebody thinks that volume chases people away and looks for

RE: nanog-l moderation (was Re: Dead Thread was (Re: Security gain from NAT))

2007-06-07 Thread alex
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * More statistics on mailing list usage: ** Top posters ** Top threads The IETF discuss list does this. It's a good idea, if it is posted to the list on a weekly basis. We'll try to get this done once we have our own server in place. *

RE: AUP enforcement, cont'd

2007-06-07 Thread michael.dillon
I fully agree with #7, and if everyone acted reasonably and polite, we wouldn't need rules at all. Unfortunately, we *do* need some sort of method to deal with ones who won't listen. What's wrong with private warnings to each offender? a) As I said above, I've asked [politely] to kill the

RE: AUP enforcement, cont'd

2007-06-07 Thread michael.dillon
As one of our resident experts on excessive posting (some of it even on topic), how do you suggest we approach the problem without acting dictatorial? Act editorial instead. --Michael Dillon

Re: Security gain from NAT: Top 5

2007-06-07 Thread Brandon Butterworth
#1 NAT advantage: it protects consumers from vendor lock-in. Speaking of FUD... NAT does nothing here that is not also accomplished through the use of PI addressing. True, diy PI (mmm, PI) is a major reason people use it for v4 and why they'll want something similar for v6. No

Re: Security gain from NAT: Top 5

2007-06-07 Thread Joe Abley
On 7-Jun-2007, at 02:48, Brandon Butterworth wrote: #1 NAT advantage: it protects consumers from vendor lock-in. Speaking of FUD... NAT does nothing here that is not also accomplished through the use of PI addressing. True, diy PI (mmm, PI) is a major reason people use it for v4

Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread James Blessing
Hi all, Sorry for the cross posting to a number of lists but this is an important topic for many of you (especially if you get multiple copies). As many people are aware there is an 'expectation' that 'consumer' broadband providers introduce network level content blocking for specified content

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
[trimmed other lists, not sure if they'd appreciate nanog volumes] On 7-jun-2007, at 11:06, James Blessing wrote: As many people are aware there is an 'expectation' that 'consumer' broadband providers introduce network level content blocking for specified content on the IWF list before the

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jun 7, 2007, at 6:44 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: [trimmed other lists, not sure if they'd appreciate nanog volumes] On 7-jun-2007, at 11:06, James Blessing wrote: As many people are aware there is an 'expectation' that 'consumer' broadband providers introduce network level content

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread James Blessing
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: [trimmed other lists, not sure if they'd appreciate nanog volumes] On 7-jun-2007, at 11:06, James Blessing wrote: As many people are aware there is an 'expectation' that 'consumer' broadband providers introduce network level content blocking for specified

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Jon Lewis
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, James Blessing wrote: Sorry for the cross posting to a number of lists but this is an important topic for many of you (especially if you get multiple copies). As many people are aware there is an 'expectation' that 'consumer' broadband providers introduce network level

RE: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Neil J. McRae
There are no British colonies in North America...are there? Or are the red coats coming again? No, but there are a large number of American operators that have networks in the UK and this +will+ affect them. There is also the fear that once this is deployed in one country that others might

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Joe Abley
On 7-Jun-2007, at 10:47, Jon Lewis wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, James Blessing wrote: Sorry for the cross posting to a number of lists but this is an important topic for many of you (especially if you get multiple copies). As many people are aware there is an 'expectation' that

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread James Blessing
Joe Abley wrote: Anyway, how does BT's cleanfeed work? How are British 3G operators doing equivalent blocking? I'd be interested in learning about the implementation. There is an excellent paper on the failures of clean feed here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/cleanfeed.pdf J -- COO

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Jeroen Massar
Joe Abley wrote: [..] Anyway, how does BT's cleanfeed work? How are British 3G operators doing equivalent blocking? I'd be interested in learning about the implementation. I wonder how this solves the, from what I found out, common situation that people rent cheap root servers in a country

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Chris L. Morrow
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Jeroen Massar wrote: The only thing that this 'content blocking' solves is that popsmoms who don't have any clue about the Internet at all will be deprived from some freedom, that the government can look into everything claiming that everything on the Internet is p0rn

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Alexander Harrowell
I strongly recommend you read Richard Clayton's paper on how (among other things) one could hack the Cleanfeed system to *find* the really bad stuff. He and his colleagues at the Cambridge Computer Lab also have a fine blog - http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, James Blessing wrote: 1. Revocation of mere conduit status; by inspecting certain content and preventing access to it the ISP is doing more that just passing packets and is getting involved in the content. Its not content blocking, its source/destination blocking. While

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Chris L. Morrow
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Alexander Harrowell wrote: I strongly recommend you read Richard Clayton's paper on how (among other things) one could hack the Cleanfeed system to *find* the really bad stuff. He and his colleagues at the Cambridge Computer Lab also yup, read it, which was part of the

Researchers Chart Internet's 'Black Holes'

2007-06-07 Thread Hank Nussbacher
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/hubble Despite its robust appearance, more than 10 percent of the internet flickers out like a candle every day, according to researchers who unveiled on Wednesday an experimental tool that probes the network's dark places. Ethan

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Leigh Porter
Alexander Harrowell wrote: I strongly recommend you read Richard Clayton's paper on how (among other things) one could hack the Cleanfeed system to *find* the really bad stuff. He and his colleagues at the Cambridge Computer Lab also have a fine blog - http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org I

Re: Researchers Chart Internet's 'Black Holes'

2007-06-07 Thread Jeroen Massar
Hank Nussbacher wrote: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/hubble Despite its robust appearance, more than 10 percent of the internet flickers out like a candle every day, according to researchers who unveiled on Wednesday an experimental tool that probes the network's

re Data Center Managers Needed in London

2007-06-07 Thread Joseph Grajewski
Does anyone have any leads on any job posting web sites, or leads or resumes on managers of data centers in London, England. We are currently staffing our offices there. Requires significant data storage expertise. (see backup.com and swapdrive.com) thanks Joe Grajewski

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Chris L. Morrow
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Sean Donelan wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, James Blessing wrote: 1. Revocation of mere conduit status; by inspecting certain content and preventing access to it the ISP is doing more that just passing packets and is getting involved in the content. Its not content

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote: Its not content blocking, its source/destination blocking. oh, so null routes? I got the impression it was application-aware, or atleast port-aware... If it's proxying or doing anything more than port-level blocking it's likely it sees content as

RE: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread michael.dillon
There are no British colonies in North America...are there? Or are the red coats coming again? In fact, there are several British colonies now squatting in North America in that great British squatter tradition. One of them occupies a corner of the NANOG list which is why the meeting was

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 7-jun-2007, at 20:46, Sean Donelan wrote: Its more than null routes, but not much more. The router does a re- route on a list of network/IP address, and then for the protocols the redirector box understands (i.e. pretty much only HTTP) it matches part of the application/URL pattern.

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Sean Donelan wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote: Its not content blocking, its source/destination blocking. oh, so null routes? I got the impression it was application-aware, or atleast port-aware... If it's proxying or doing anything more than port-level

RE: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread michael.dillon
Anyway, how does BT's cleanfeed work? How are British 3G operators doing equivalent blocking? I'd be interested in learning about the implementation. Well, first of all Cleanfeed's not perfect. And it's not that secret either. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/cleanfeed.pdf --Michael Dillon

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK) for people who cant be bothered to read the article..

2007-06-07 Thread Leigh Porter
Sean Donelan wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote: Its not content blocking, its source/destination blocking. oh, so null routes? I got the impression it was application-aware, or atleast port-aware... If it's proxying or doing anything more than port-level blocking it's likely

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Leigh Porter
Sean Donelan wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Sean Donelan wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote: Its not content blocking, its source/destination blocking. oh, so null routes? I got the impression it was application-aware, or atleast port-aware... If it's proxying or doing anything

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: Its more than null routes, but not much more. The router does a re-route on a list of network/IP address, and then for the protocols the redirector box understands (i.e. pretty much only HTTP) it matches part of the application/URL pattern.

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 7-jun-2007, at 22:05, Sean Donelan wrote: That's a cool way to implement monitoring of traffic towards random parts of the internet. There are much easier, cheaper ways to do that. Easier and cheaper? Can't think of any... This method nicely gets around the need to tap and process

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:40:20 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum said: Interestingly, nobody has mentioned on the list what the offending content is yet. Or why this would even remotely be a good idea. Quoting the article http://publicaffairs.linx.net/news/?p=497 At present, the government does not

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread William Allen Simpson
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: Interestingly, nobody has mentioned on the list what the offending content is yet. Or why this would even remotely be a good idea. I would think that if the content in question is legal, ISPs and the government shouldn't touch it, and if it isn't, law enforcement

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Deepak Jain
Ok. I'll chime in. William Allen Simpson wrote: Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: Interestingly, nobody has mentioned on the list what the offending content is yet. Or why this would even remotely be a good idea. I would think that if the content in question is legal, ISPs and the government

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Leigh Porter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:40:20 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum said: Interestingly, nobody has mentioned on the list what the offending content is yet. Or why this would even remotely be a good idea. Quoting the article http://publicaffairs.linx.net/news/?p=497

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 7-jun-2007, at 23:29, William Allen Simpson wrote: Interestingly, nobody has mentioned on the list what the offending content is yet. Or why this would even remotely be a good idea. I would think that if the content in question is legal, ISPs and the government shouldn't touch it, and

Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)

2007-06-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:01:54PM +, Chris L. Morrow wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Alexander Harrowell wrote: I strongly recommend you read Richard Clayton's paper on how (among other things) one could hack the Cleanfeed system to *find* the really bad stuff. He and his colleagues at the