Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 3/31/13, Karl Auer ka...@biplane.com.au wrote: On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 15:07 +1100, Mark Andrews wrote: In message 1364787851.2136.7.camel@karl, Karl Auer writes: A side effect of NAT is to clamp the source address range It depends on how the nat is configured. OK - how does one configure

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: If your packet source address is clamped, then, by definition a host can't spoof a packet, right; so maybe that's not a host that needs to be tested further (the upstream provider might still have no BCP38, it's just not exposed to that

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Karl Auer
On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 01:31 -0500, Jimmy Hess wrote: On 3/31/13, Karl Auer ka...@biplane.com.au wrote: OK - how does one configure NAT so that the source addresses of outbound packets are NOT clamped to a configured range on the outside of the NAT device? Given this general scenario, of

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 1, 2013, at 3:02 PM, Karl Auer wrote: Now I'm imagining a NAT process that translates only *destination* addresses - hm, is there such a beast? Sure - you just have rules in place which map the destination IPs of incoming packets, based upon classification criteria expressed in the

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 4/1/13, Karl Auer ka...@biplane.com.au wrote: So it may well be that a particular device, capable of doing NAT and other things, of NATting some packets but not others, may permit Yes. Many NAT devices of reasonable quality are fully capable of such things. And skipping NAT or NAT'ing the

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Alain Hebert
On 04/01/13 04:02, Karl Auer wrote: On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 01:31 -0500, Jimmy Hess wrote: On 3/31/13, Karl Auer ka...@biplane.com.au wrote: OK - how does one configure NAT so that the source addresses of outbound packets are NOT clamped to a configured range on the outside of the NAT device?

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Peter Baldridge
I can assume that If you are spoofing packets, resetting passwords on cpe and replacing the box would be trivial. So it's questionable how useful this is. It seems like it just adds cost to for customers that can't spoof a packet to save their lives. On Mar 31, 2013 6:37 PM, Jason Lixfeld

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Peter Baldridge
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Jason Lixfeld ja...@lixfeld.ca wrote: Maybe it's useful for the people who have no idea that their computers are infected by bots that spoof packets. I guess I can see that. You then have a question of implementation. Wouldn't a majority of those customers

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Jima
On 2013-03-31 08:48, Jay Ashworth wrote: Is there a program which users can run on an end-site workstation which would test whether they are being some link which is doing BCP38, or some related type of source-address ingress filtering? I don't have a canned solution, but I've had good luck

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Jared Mauch
On Mar 31, 2013, at 11:16 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:09:35 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: On 3/29/13, Scott Noel-Hemming frogstar...@gmail.com wrote: Some of us have both publicly-facing authoritative DNS, and inward facing recursive servers that may be open resolvers

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Alain Hebert
Hi, http://spoofer.csail.mit.edu/ is really the best place to certify for BCP38. - Alain Hebertaheb...@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. 50 boul. St-Charles P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:34:31 -0400, Alain Hebert said: I'm sad to confirm that my spoof test was successful with a: . SageMCom modem+router, which is used by a big TelCo around my part, for both their residential and commercial ADSL2+, VDSL customers. You might want to check more

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Chris Boyd
On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: Many thanks to everyone that is treating this as a critical issue to close these hosts. Just back to the office, and started checking my networks. Found one of the resolvers is a Netgear SOHO NAT box. EoL'd, no new firmware available.

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Alain Hebert
On 04/01/13 10:09, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:34:31 -0400, Alain Hebert said: I'm sad to confirm that my spoof test was successful with a: . SageMCom modem+router, which is used by a big TelCo around my part, for both their residential and commercial

AS1239 AS701 IP Transit sales folks

2013-04-01 Thread Jason Lixfeld
If there are any IP Transit sales folks[1] listening form Sprint or Verizon, please drop me a line off-list. Thanks. [1] No resellers, please.

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Ferguson
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Chris Boyd cb...@gizmopartners.com wrote: On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: Many thanks to everyone that is treating this as a critical issue to close these hosts. Just back to the office, and started checking my networks. Found one of the

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Mon, 1 Apr 2013, Chris Boyd wrote: Just back to the office, and started checking my networks. Found one of the resolvers is a Netgear SOHO NAT box. EoL'd, no new firmware available. Anyone have any feeling for what percentage are these types of boxes? If you buy type of box mean small

FW: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Milt Aitken
Most of our DSL customers have modem/routers that resolve DNS externally. And most of those have no configuration option to stop it. So, we took the unfortunate step of ACL blocking DNS requests to from the DSL network unless the requests are to our DNS servers. Suboptimal, but it stopped the

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Apr 01, 2013, at 11:55 , Milt Aitken m...@net2atlanta.com wrote: Most of our DSL customers have modem/routers that resolve DNS externally. And most of those have no configuration option to stop it. So, we took the unfortunate step of ACL blocking DNS requests to from the DSL network

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: You can always make an exception if the user is extremely loud. It might be a good idea to make pinholes for the Google and OpenDNS recursors, as they're fairly popular. I agree that this is a good idea, similar to the same sort of

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Apr 01, 2013, at 12:09 , Dobbins, Roland rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: You can always make an exception if the user is extremely loud. It might be a good idea to make pinholes for the Google and OpenDNS recursors, as they're fairly

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Karl Auer ka...@biplane.com.au On Sun, 2013-03-31 at 22:32 -0400, Jay Ashworth wrote: This thought crossed my mind earlier today, when I asked Jeff if IP-forged packets would make it through a NAT, outbound. He said no (I think), but I'm not entirely

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Jimmy Hess mysi...@gmail.com Ah, but did you actually test your guess on a reasonably large variety of NAT platforms? He may not have, but now that I'm thinking (caffeine is a wonder drug), I have: I've worked on, for customers, nearly every brand of

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Brian Dickson
For filtering to/from client-only networks, here's the filtering rules (in pseudo-code, convert to appropriate code for whatever devices you operate), for DNS. The objective here is: - prevent spoofed-source DNS reflection attacks from your customers, from leaving your network - prevent your

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:18 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: Of course, since users shouldn't be using off-net name servers anyway, this isn't really a problem! :) ; It's easy enough to construct ACLs to restrict the broadband consumer access networks from doing so. Additional egress filtering

Re: alexandria cable cutters?

2013-04-01 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Warren Bailey wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: - Welding Gear is expensive, underwater gear is insanely expensive. - Welding is pretty difficult.. - Underwater welding requires knowledge of SCUBA *AND* welding techniques under water. ...going after

Re: alexandria cable cutters?

2013-04-01 Thread Warren Bailey
This was in reply to a posting that brought up the possible usage of a Thermal Lance. On 4/1/13 9:55 AM, Bill Woodcock wo...@pch.net wrote: On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Warren Bailey wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: - Welding Gear is expensive, underwater gear is insanely

Re: alexandria cable cutters?

2013-04-01 Thread Andrew Latham
Thermal Lances can be started with various heat sources. Some are self contained for emergency use. On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Warren Bailey wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: This was in reply to a posting that brought up the possible usage of a Thermal Lance. On 4/1/13 9:55

GlobalCrossing looking glass problem

2013-04-01 Thread Eduardo Schoedler
Hi all, Someone is getting access to the GlobalCrossing the looking glass? # telnet route-server.gblx.net Trying 67.17.81.28... telnet: connect to address 67.17.81.28: Connection refused Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:18 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: Of course, since users shouldn't be using off-net name servers anyway, this isn't really a problem! :) ; It's easy enough to construct ACLs to restrict the

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:19:16 -0400, Jay Ashworth said: So, how would Patrick's caveat affect me, whose recursive resolver *is on my Linux laptop*? Would not that recursor be making queries he advocates blocking? You're sending queries, not replies. That's why DPI is needed to do the

RE: GlobalCrossing looking glass problem

2013-04-01 Thread Siegel, David
The route-server is accessible again. Sorry for the inconvenience. Dave -Original Message- From: Eduardo Schoedler [mailto:lis...@esds.com.br] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 12:07 PM To: NANOG Subject: GlobalCrossing looking glass problem Hi all, Someone is getting access to the

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Jay Ashworth
Original Message - From: Valdis Kletnieks valdis.kletni...@vt.edu On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:19:16 -0400, Jay Ashworth said: So, how would Patrick's caveat affect me, whose recursive resolver *is on my Linux laptop*? Would not that recursor be making queries he advocates blocking?

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Mon, 1 Apr 2013, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: You're sending queries, not replies. That's why DPI is needed to do the blocking, rather than just by port. What queries are sourced from port 53 nowadays? I'd imagine it's pretty safe to block Internet-customer UDP/53 packets. -- Mikael

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Joe Abley
On 2013-04-01, at 14:19, Jay Ashworth j...@baylink.com wrote: From: Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:18 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: Of course, since users shouldn't be using off-net name servers anyway, this isn't really a problem! :) ; It's easy enough to

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Tony Finch
On 1 Apr 2013, at 14:44, Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: On Mar 31, 2013, at 11:16 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: Anybody who is looking at this as an IPv4 issue is woefully misinformed about the nature of the problem. :) IPv4 it's easy to collect an inventory (the math

RE: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Frank Bulk (iname.com)
The good news is that source address spoofing does seem to fail with most CPE's NAT. At the end of the day, just turn on uRPF and/or use ACLs. It's amazing how much destination 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 our ACLs also block. Frank -Original Message- From: Jay Ashworth

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:40:03 +0100, Tony Finch said: You should be able to get a reasonable sample of IPv6 resolvers from the query logs of a popular authoritative server. Hopefully, said logs are not easily accessible to the miscreants. (I still expect the most feasible method for the

Re: alexandria cable cutters?

2013-04-01 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Andrew Latham lath...@gmail.com wrote: Thermal Lances can be started with various heat sources. Some are self contained for emergency use. either way, there's no mention of such a device in the reporting... or picts. right? On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:04 PM,

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread joel jaeggli
On 4/1/13 11:59 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:40:03 +0100, Tony Finch said: You should be able to get a reasonable sample of IPv6 resolvers from the query logs of a popular authoritative server. Hopefully, said logs are not easily accessible to the miscreants.

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Niels Bakker
On Apr 01, 2013, at 11:55 , Milt Aitken m...@net2atlanta.com wrote: Most of our DSL customers have modem/routers that resolve DNS externally. And most of those have no configuration option to stop it. So, we took the unfortunate step of ACL blocking DNS requests to from the DSL network unless

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Niels Bakker
* patr...@ianai.net (Patrick W. Gilmore) [Mon 01 Apr 2013, 18:18 CEST]: Of course, since users shouldn't be using off-net name servers anyway, this isn't really a problem! :) You're joking, right? Should they also use only the telco-approved search engine, via the telco-hosted portal?

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Jared Mauch
On Apr 1, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Niels Bakker niels=na...@bakker.net wrote: On Apr 01, 2013, at 11:55 , Milt Aitken m...@net2atlanta.com wrote: Most of our DSL customers have modem/routers that resolve DNS externally. And most of those have no configuration option to stop it. So, we took the

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Niels Bakker
* ja...@puck.nether.net (Jared Mauch) [Mon 01 Apr 2013, 22:24 CEST]: I would say this is the wrong solution. Prevent your customers from spoofing is the first step, then ask them to fix their broken CPE. I daresay that after ten years of discussion NANOG has reached consensus that

Eastern Canadian Wireless ISP Resources

2013-04-01 Thread Lorell Hathcock
All: I am seeking a wireless internet service provider to help with an off-shore project on the eastern coast of Canada. I am seeking to pump up to 400 GB per day back to shore from vessels at sea. Are there any wireless operators on this list that may be able to steer me in the

NAPA link from Latin America

2013-04-01 Thread Beavis
hello all, would like to politely ask if there are any folks from the NAPA here. Would you be so kind as to contact me off-list. many thanks, -Beavis -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments Disclaimer:

Re: Eastern Canadian Wireless ISP Resources

2013-04-01 Thread Mike Lyon
Lorell, Try wispa.org. They also have a mailing list you can join (like NANOG) and you can post there to see if there are any operators over in those neck of the woods. How far off of the coast are the stations? -Mike Lyon On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Lorell Hathcock lor...@hathcock.org

Providers with RTBH capability?

2013-04-01 Thread Rabbi Rob Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, team. Apologies to those of you seeing this in multiple forums. I'm looking for a list of transit providers who have well-supported, customer-enabled (not ring the NOC) RTBH [0][1] capability. I'm not yet looking for sales calls, just the

RE: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Keith Medcalf
And only the telco approved web sites are accessible, and the only protocol supported is the telco approved http and then only to port 80 ... --- () ascii ribbon campaign against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -Original Message- From: Niels Bakker

Re: BCP38 tester?

2013-04-01 Thread Matt Palmer
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 12:31:05PM -0400, Jay Ashworth wrote: From: Jimmy Hess mysi...@gmail.com Ah, but did you actually test your guess on a reasonably large variety of NAT platforms? He may not have, but now that I'm thinking (caffeine is a wonder drug), I have: I've worked on, for

New Product Launch from 2600hz

2013-04-01 Thread Joshua Goldbard
Hello, Normally I wouldn't bother the respected members of NANOG with a product launch email, but this is such a unique application that I felt it was necessary. 2600hz is saying goodbye to SMS, Voice and even Video. Today we're launching a service we'd like to call BrainRTC. It's going to

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Måns Nilsson
Subject: Re: Open Resolver Problems Date: Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:21:42PM +0200 Quoting Niels Bakker (niels=na...@bakker.net): * patr...@ianai.net (Patrick W. Gilmore) [Mon 01 Apr 2013, 18:18 CEST]: Of course, since users shouldn't be using off-net name servers anyway, this isn't really a

Re: New Product Launch from 2600hz

2013-04-01 Thread Scott Weeks
--- j...@2600hz.com wrote: From: Joshua Goldbard j...@2600hz.com It's going to completely revolutionize communications. --- Ummm, yeah. Lemme know how that goes for you... scott (but not on NANOG)

Re: New Product Launch from 2600hz

2013-04-01 Thread Owen DeLong
Goes in the same category as this bit of news: IETF Announces IPv4 flag day for 1/1/2014. Today, IETF and IESG jointly announced that IPv4 would no longer be supported on the global internet after 1/1/2014. Those wishing to continue using the internet in 2014 and beyond should move to IPv6.

Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test

2013-04-01 Thread Lorell Hathcock
All: I am having some speedtest results that are difficult to interpret. I am a small WISP multi-homed with Cogent and Level 3 in Houston, TX. I am running BGP with each with 100 Mbps+ on each link. Some of my customers have begun complaining that they are not getting the proper

Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test

2013-04-01 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Mon, 1 Apr 2013, Lorell Hathcock wrote: I am having some speedtest results that are difficult to interpret. Some of my customers have begun complaining that they are not getting the proper speeds. They are using speedtest.net and/or speakeasy.net to test the results. Take the speedtest

Re: New Product Launch from 2600hz

2013-04-01 Thread Bryan Tong
Haha, strange this comes out on April 1st On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: Goes in the same category as this bit of news: IETF Announces IPv4 flag day for 1/1/2014. Today, IETF and IESG jointly announced that IPv4 would no longer be supported on the global

RFC 1149

2013-04-01 Thread Ed Schweitzer
Given we are moving into the hurricanes season in a few months, I was wondering if this is now an accepted standard. I haven't seen many updates - it appears to be complete as is. Thanks,

Re: New Product Launch from 2600hz

2013-04-01 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On 1 April 2013 17:06, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: Goes in the same category as this bit of news: IETF Announces IPv4 flag day for 1/1/2014. Today, IETF and IESG jointly announced that IPv4 would no longer be supported on the global internet after 1/1/2014. Those wishing to continue

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Mark Andrews
In message 44ecd7b5-d9a4-408b-a132-29241de3a...@ianai.net, Patrick W. Gilmore writes: On Apr 01, 2013, at 11:55 , Milt Aitken m...@net2atlanta.com wrote: Most of our DSL customers have modem/routers that resolve DNS externally. And most of those have no configuration option to stop it.

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: Such lines are tantamount to extortion especially if the ISP supplies commercial grade lines. Patrick's talking about consumer broadband access. Such AUP stipulations are quite common. This is in no way 'tantamount to extortion'. Folks can

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Mark Andrews
In message cf4e9f59-4a9e-4e03-8eb4-469c3db15...@arbor.net, Dobbins, Roland writes: On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: Such lines are tantamount to extortion especially if the ISP supplies commercial grade lines. Patrick's talking about consumer broadband access. Such

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: I know and I would still argue that they are tantamount to extortion. There is no coercion involved, so, by definition, it can't be called 'extortion'. If you don't like the AUP, don't sign up for the service - simple as that. Hyperbole isn't

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Dobbins, Roland rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: I know and I would still argue that they are tantamount to extortion. There is no coercion involved, so, by definition, it can't be called 'extortion'. If you don't

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Ferguson
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Dobbins, Roland rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Mark Andrews wrote: I know and I would still argue that they are tantamount to extortion. There is no coercion involved,

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: In an oligopoly situation, that's hardly a valid set of choices There's enough choice in most US markets (not all) to provide for a variety of services offered, AUPs, and price points. Wireless has brought an additional option to many

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote: Yeah, I thought so, too, but apparently the FCC and the SEC hasn't seen it that way for the past 20 years. Go figure. :-) The situation is gradually getting better, not worse - and that's progress, even if it isn't as fast as we'd all like.

Re: RFC 1149

2013-04-01 Thread Scott Weeks
--- esch...@comcast.net wrote: From: Ed Schweitzer esch...@comcast.net Given we are moving into the hurricanes season in a few months, I was wondering if this is now an accepted standard. I haven't seen many updates - it appears to be complete as is.

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Owen DeLong
Yeah, I thought so, too, but apparently the FCC and the SEC hasn't seen it that way for the past 20 years. Go figure. :-) The FCC doesn't understand that 4Mbps customer-facing speed on the tail circuit alone does NOT define broadband in a meaningful way. The SEC does not understand that

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Dobbins, Roland rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: In an oligopoly situation, that's hardly a valid set of choices There's enough choice in most US markets (not all) to provide for a variety of services offered, AUPs,

Re: RFC 1149

2013-04-01 Thread Eric Adler
Make sure you don't miss the QoS implementation of RFC 2549 (and make sure that you're ready to implement RFC 6214). You'll be highly satisfied with the results (presuming you and your packets end up in one of the higher quality classes). I'd also suggest a RFC 2322 compliant DHCP server for

Re: RFC 1149

2013-04-01 Thread Jeff Kell
On 4/1/2013 10:15 PM, Eric Adler wrote: Make sure you don't miss the QoS implementation of RFC 2549 (and make sure that you're ready to implement RFC 6214). You'll be highly satisfied with the results (presuming you and your packets end up in one of the higher quality classes). I'd also

Re: RFC 1149

2013-04-01 Thread George Herbert
Packets, shmackets. I'm just upset that my BGP over Semaphore Towers routing protocol extension hasn't been experimentally validated yet. Whoever you are who keeps flying pigeons between my test towers, you can't deliver packets without proper routing updates! Knock it off long enough for me to

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: With all due respect, sir, you are mistaken. Even in such populous areas as San Jose, there is a limited selection to a majority of the customers, especially if they want more than 1.5Mbps. I lived in San Jose for several years, and had

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: In the majority of the US where it is rural, there is even less choice. Largest in geography largest in population. Even where there are multiple providers, they often all provide the same limitations in their AUP unless you go to higher

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Ferguson
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Dobbins, Roland rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: Even in such populous areas as San Jose, there is a limited selection to a majority of the customers, especially if they want more than 1.5Mbps. I lived in San Jose for

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Paul Ferguson wrote: In any event, depending on where you are in the U.S., many consumers have a choice between bad and worse. :-) I certainly do agree with that general sentiment. Living abroad, I have more choices in terms of both wired broadband and wireless.

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-04-01 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Måns Nilsson wrote: What percentage of the SOHO NAT boxes actually are full-service resolvers? I was under the impression that most were mere forwarders; just pushing queries on toward the DHCP'd full service resolvers of the ISP. What does that help? They can still be