Out of the office

2009-12-30 Thread Andrew . Claybaugh
I will be out of the office starting 12/30/2009 and will not return until 01/04/2010. If you need immediate assistance please call TechSupport at 651-665-5000.

Re: ip-precedence for management traffic

2009-12-30 Thread David Hiers
Totally out of the box, but here goes: why don't we run the entire Internet management plane out of band This has been one of my favorite conversation-stoppers for years. The PSTN fought tooth and nail against the need for OOB control, but 2600hz was a problem that they could not solve, so

Re: ip-precedence for management traffic

2009-12-30 Thread Alexander Harrowell
On Tuesday 29 December 2009 22:22:05 Randy Bush wrote: None of us knows precisely what we're going to absolutely require, or merely want/prefer, tomorrow or the next day, much less a year or two from now. Unless, of course, we choose to optimize (constrain) functionality so tightly around

Re: Article on spammers and their infrastructure

2009-12-30 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 01:58:47AM -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: The ARIN meetings (at least) are open, please come and help guide policies. I'm sure RIPE also wouldn't mind a discussion, if there could be some positive policy outcome. Why should I or anyone else do that? It will cost us,

Re: Article on spammers and their infrastructure

2009-12-30 Thread Randy Bush
If ARIN and/or RIPE and/or ICANN and/or anyone else were truly interested in making a dent in the problem, then they would have already paid attention to our collective work product. the rirs, the ietf, the icann, ... each think they are the top of the mountain. we are supposed to come to

Re: Article on spammers and their infrastructure

2009-12-30 Thread Jorge Amodio
If ARIN and/or RIPE and/or ICANN and/or anyone else were truly interested in making a dent in the problem, then they would have already paid attention to our collective work product. the rirs, the ietf, the icann, ... each think they are the top of the mountain.  we are supposed to come to

Re: ip-precedence for management traffic

2009-12-30 Thread Michael Thomas
David Hiers wrote: If the world wants an internet that is as predictable and reliable as the PSTN, it'll bear the cost of protecting the control plane. A fundamental choice in the protection scheme is physical architecture. IB or OOB, it's always a good thing to be explicit in design decisions,

Re: ip-precedence for management traffic

2009-12-30 Thread Joe Provo
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:19:32PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: [snip] Apparently I forgot the rant tag, but really, if you have sane CoPP policies, you are mostly protected. If the vendor does not provide this capability, please STOP BUYING THEIR CRAP. Another fine example of broken

Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Paul Bennett
Not sure whether this is an appropriate place to post this, but I thought I'd give it a shot, since you're all knowledgeable folks with regard to networking things... At home, I currently run two DSL lines. Right now, we just have two separate LANs, one connected to each line, with my

RE: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Tim Sanderson
Do you control or have access to the provider side-the PPPoE server-and would both PPPoE connections hit the same PPPoE server at the provider? If so, I recommend setting up a PPP multilink with both DSL lines. The DSL provider would have to support that capability. I also recommend something

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Dec 30, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Paul Bennett wrote: Not sure whether this is an appropriate place to post this, but I thought I'd give it a shot, since you're all knowledgeable folks with regard to networking things... At home, I currently run two DSL lines. Right now, we just have two

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Jason Bertoch
Paul Bennett wrote: At home, I currently run two DSL lines. Right now, we just have two separate LANs, one connected to each line, with my wife's devices attached to one, and my devices attached to the other. For a while now, I've been thinking about setting up a load-balancing routing

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Ken Chase
2x DSL not so backhoe-resistant. I like mixing cable with dsl. Tasty disparate paths (modulo garden shears applied to the single ingres point to your basement) if not technologies, orgs and methodologies. Or radio + dsl, or pigeon + mule, take your pick. Would be great if you could rate your

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Brandon Galbraith
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Ken Chase m...@sizone.org wrote: 2x DSL not so backhoe-resistant. I like mixing cable with dsl. Tasty disparate paths (modulo garden shears applied to the single ingres point to your basement) if not technologies, orgs and methodologies. Or radio + dsl, or

question regarding multi-homing

2009-12-30 Thread Simon Chen
Hi all, Happy new year... I have a question regarding multi-homing, mostly from stub network's operational point of view. My big question is: what kind of failures do you usually see from your providers? Link down? Link up, but withdraw some routes? Link up, no route change, but blackholing

Re: question regarding multi-homing

2009-12-30 Thread Seth Mattinen
Simon Chen wrote: Hi all, Happy new year... I have a question regarding multi-homing, mostly from stub network's operational point of view. My big question is: what kind of failures do you usually see from your providers? Link down? Link up, but withdraw some routes? Link up, no route

RE: question regarding multi-homing

2009-12-30 Thread Dylan Ebner
Simon- We do exactly what you are trying to accomplish. We have two routers and two providers. Provider A is our primary and we receive partial routes from them (no static route). Then Router B is connected to Provider B with no default route (basically it looks like we are not advertising

Re: question regarding multi-homing

2009-12-30 Thread Steven Fischer
If you are using Cisco... http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6554/ps6599/ps8787/product_data_sheet0900aecd806c4ee4.html On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Dylan Ebner dylan.eb...@crlmed.comwrote: Simon- We do exactly what you are trying to accomplish. We have two

just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Jerry Pasker
I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most honest scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone would turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal with. Sadly, requests like these happen far too often, but never have I had someone

Re: just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Jerry Pasker wrote: I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most honest scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone would turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal with. Sadly, requests like these

Re: just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Jerry Pasker wrote: I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most honest scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone would turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal with. Sadly, requests like these

Re: question regarding multi-homing

2009-12-30 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Simon Chen simonche...@gmail.com wrote: I have a question regarding multi-homing, mostly from stub network's operational point of view. My big question is: what kind of failures do you usually see from your providers? Link down? Link up, but withdraw some

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Dorn Hetzel
I use a T1/26xx for primary and a sprint datacard in a little NAT router for secondary. The two boxes sit on the same LAN but provide different gateway IP addresses. The sprint router does the DHCP, so things that ask for DHCP wind up using that as the primary. Some boxes use the 26xx as

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Jared Mauch
On Dec 30, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Paul Bennett wrote: Is it going to be a more-effective solution to drop a few bucks on the 2960 and go through the hassle of learning how to set it up (and then setting it up), or would I be better off putting a secured Linux distro (e.g. gentoo-hardened, or

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Dorn Hetzel
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: On Dec 30, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Paul Bennett wrote: Is it going to be a more-effective solution to drop a few bucks on the 2960 and go through the hassle of learning how to set it up (and then setting it up), or would

RE: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Ivan Pepelnjak
At home, I currently run two DSL lines. Right now, we just have two separate LANs, one connected to each line, with my wife's devices attached to one, and my devices attached to the other. For a while now, I've been thinking about setting up a load-balancing routing solution to give both of

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Ken Chase
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: Back at the Toronto NANOG I bumped into someone who had an interesting solution to the multihoming problem. What they had was a machine that would key/sequence the packets and send them out each connection

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Jared Mauch
On Dec 30, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Dorn Hetzel wrote: I guess that method presume some cooperating box out there on the net somewhere to coordinate the far end? Yes. This allowed the provider to use a variety of different technologies to reach a site, eg: IP over CATV, DSL, Fiber, Wireless,

InterNAP FCP (again?)

2009-12-30 Thread Michael J McCafferty
All, I know this has been discussed to some degree before and I have searched the archives. However is it seems in my previous posts to this list about anything, the truly useful replies are the private replies ones that don't make it to this list. We are considering the InterNAP

RE: InterNAP FCP (again?)

2009-12-30 Thread Ric Moseley
Call me offline. Ric. 214-442-0555 -Original Message- From: Michael J McCafferty [mailto:m...@m5computersecurity.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:59 PM To: nanog Subject: InterNAP FCP (again?) All, I know this has been discussed to some degree before and I have

RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Bruce Williams
Interesting article about RBN, it's spin-offs and the global network infrastructure used for cybercrime. Has a passing mention of Atrivo's place in the global picture. http://www.newsweek.com/id/228674 Reportedly started by someone operating under the name Flyman, RBN is known as the mother of

RE: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Keith Medcalf
Reportedly started by someone operating under the name Flyman, RBN is known as the mother of cybercrime among online investigators. François Paget, senior expert for the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an Internet provider and offered impenetrable hosting for $600 a month. This meant

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Brett Frankenberger
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13:24AM -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote: I know nothing of how to do this on a Catalyst; for PCs, my own guess is that you're looking far too high-end. If the issue is relaying to the outside, I suspect that a small, dedicated Soekris or the like will do all you need

Re: just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Tony Varriale
Would it be possible to string along and coordinate with the appropriate law enforcement entity? tv - Original Message - From: Jerry Pasker i...@n-connect.net To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: just...wow. I got this email inquiring about data

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Brett Frankenberger wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13:24AM -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote: I know nothing of how to do this on a Catalyst; for PCs, my own guess is that you're looking far too high-end. If the issue is relaying to the outside, I suspect that a small, dedicated Soekris or

Re: just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Jerry Pasker
Would it be possible to string along and coordinate with the appropriate law enforcement entity? tv Probably, but the fourth basic law of human stupidity (google it, and have a laugh) promisees that I would suffer for doing so. It's why I've never ever attempted to deal with any of these

Re: just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Tony Varriale
LOL! That was purty good and mostly true. Well, I was thinking from the standpoint of 1) They are going somewhere, maybe not you 2) breaking law(s) 3) someone has to intervene, eventually. You could apply the above to any crime really. And they essentially told you they are going to commit

Re: Consumer-grade dual-homed connectivity options?

2009-12-30 Thread Steven Bellovin
On Dec 30, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: Brett Frankenberger wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13:24AM -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote: I know nothing of how to do this on a Catalyst; for PCs, my own guess is that you're looking far too high-end. If the issue is relaying to the

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Keith Medcalf kmedc...@dessus.com wrote: Reportedly started by someone operating under the name Flyman, RBN is known as the mother of cybercrime among online investigators. François Paget, senior expert for the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an

RE: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Keith Medcalf
Reportedly started by someone operating under the name Flyman, RBN is known as the mother of cybercrime among online investigators. François Paget, senior expert for the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an Internet provider and offered impenetrable hosting for $600 a month. This

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Keith Medcalf kmedc...@dessus.com wrote: Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy. It continues to exist right up until either (a) one party chooses to give up that privacy or (b) a third party

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread William Pitcock
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 20:12 -0800, Paul Ferguson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Keith Medcalf kmedc...@dessus.com wrote: Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy. It continues to exist right up until either (a) one

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Ferg nailed it. I'll shut up now as he's made my point and its new year's eve .. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Paul Ferguson fergdawgs...@gmail.com wrote: That's funny. You're assuming that the MLAT [1] process works -- it doesn't. - - ferg [1]

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Ricardo Tavares
Hey, I am not sure if this is the question asked in the first email. If I found a RBN fishing site, and ask RBN to shutdown the site, appears to me that this will not be done...so I need to block all the RBN cyber space, or initiate a fight for a warrant? I would prefer just block RBN sites...

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM, William Pitcock neno...@systeminplace.net wrote: It worked against Indymedia UK: http://www.indymedia.org/fbi/ indymedia is in texas, no mlat required. rbn was actually, for a good portion of their existence, in Russia (I believe St Petersburg, but my memory

Re: Article on spammers and their infrastructure

2009-12-30 Thread Paul Vixie
Randy Bush ra...@psg.com writes: If ARIN and/or RIPE and/or ICANN and/or anyone else were truly interested in making a dent in the problem, then they would have already paid attention to our collective work product. the rirs, the ietf, the icann, ... each think they are the top of the

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM, William Pitcock neno...@systeminplace.net wrote: It worked against Indymedia UK: http://www.indymedia.org/fbi/ indymedia is in

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread William Pitcock
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 23:25 -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM, William Pitcock neno...@systeminplace.net wrote: It worked against Indymedia UK: http://www.indymedia.org/fbi/ indymedia is in texas, no mlat required. It was an MLAT initiated by the Dutch

Re: Article on spammers and their infrastructure

2009-12-30 Thread Fred Baker
One might say the same about the IETF, which Randy likes to lampoon. Not sure how it comes up in this context, as (as Randy loves to remind us) while many operators attend, it is not first-and-foremost an operational community. As to ICANN, I think Rich may be talking about the registries

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Paul Ferguson fergdawgs...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM, William Pitcock neno...@systeminplace.net wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 23:25 -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at

RE: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Tomas L. Byrnes
He's also assuming that US on-shore law applies, which it doesn't when any one party is a non-US person, at which point it passes to the real of National Security. -Original Message- From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawgs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:12 PM To:

Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

2009-12-30 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Tomas L. Byrnes t...@byrneit.net wrote: That's funny. You're assuming that the MLAT [1] process works -- it doesn't. He's also assuming that US on-shore law applies, which it doesn't when any one party is a