Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users?

2023-05-15 Thread Matthew Petach
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 6:42 PM Dave Phelps wrote: > I think it's safe to assume they are selling such data. > > > https://www.techdirt.com/2021/08/25/isps-give-netflow-data-to-third-parties-who-sell-it-without-user-awareness-consent/ > > >

Re: G root servers unreachable via ICMP(v6)

2023-05-15 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 8:38 PM Willy Manga wrote: > Side question: even if it was by design, is it a good practice to > completely restrict ICMP(v6)? Answering only your side question: there's a difference between completely restricting ICMPv6 and restricting echo-request. Restricting

G root servers unreachable via ICMP(v6)

2023-05-15 Thread Willy Manga
Hi, DNS speaking, I can query G root servers; at least, that's the most important. However, from several sites, either on IPv4 or IPv6, I cannot ping(6) them. Is it by design, or it's an issue? Side question: even if it was by design, is it a good practice to completely restrict ICMP(v6)?

Re: Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users?

2023-05-15 Thread Dave Phelps
I think it's safe to assume they are selling such data. https://www.techdirt.com/2021/08/25/isps-give-netflow-data-to-third-parties-who-sell-it-without-user-awareness-consent/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3z9a/fbi-bought-netflow-data-team-cymru-contract On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Do ISP's collect and analyze traffic of users?

2023-05-15 Thread Michael Thomas
And maybe try to monetize it? I'm pretty sure that they can be compelled to do that, but do they do it for their own reasons too? Or is this way too much overhead to be doing en mass? (I vaguely recall that netflow, for example, can make routers unhappy if there is too much "flow").

Re: Routed optical networks

2023-05-15 Thread joel
> On May 13, 2023, at 4:03 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 5/12/23 22:14, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> "I remember 10y ago every presentation started from the claim that 100B of >> IoT would drive XXX traffic. It did not happen" >> >> Often the type of people making these kinds of predictions

Spectrum/Charter business (cable) contact

2023-05-15 Thread Daniel Corbe
I’m having zero luck getting an issue with Charter/Spectrum escalated and I’m hoping to find a sympathetic ear that can contact me off-list. Thanks, Daniel signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP