Re: microsoft / xbox contact

2014-03-13 Thread Jon Simola
I've had the same problem with several customers in the last 6 months. It's always someone playing games on Xbox live. I have one (extremely angry) customer that we've blocked the Xbox live ports on, as somehow within minutes of signing on he'd be the target of a >1 Gbps DDoS. I'd never thought to

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread shawn wilson
On Mar 13, 2014 7:37 PM, "Larry Sheldon" wrote: > > On 3/13/2014 8:22 AM, Sholes, Joshua wrote: >> >> On 3/13/14, 12:35 AM, "shawn wilson" wrote: >>> >>> A note on terminology - whether you know what you're doing, actually break >>> into a system, or obtain a thumb drive with data that you weren'

Re: Dell Power Volt 124T software

2014-03-13 Thread Michael Loftis
Basically anything. It works as a standard SCSI tape changer device using mtx, my, and your favorite archiving software, tar, Amanda, bacula, arkeia, many others. On Thursday, March 13, 2014, Maxime Godonou Dossou wrote: > Hello all > I just want to know someone here is using Dell Power Volt 124

RE: Dell Power Volt 124T software

2014-03-13 Thread Feargal Ledwidge
AMANDA (http://amanda.org/) also supports the 124T See here: http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Tapetype_definitions#Dell_PV124T_LTO3 -Original Message- From: Maxime Godonou Dossou [mailto:godomu...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:28 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Dell Power

RE: Dell Power Volt 124T software

2014-03-13 Thread Ray Sanders
Not that this is particularly network operations related, but... A quick Google search (https://www.google.com/search?q=Dell+Power+Volt+124T+red+hat+enterprise&oq=Dell+Power+Volt+124T+red+hat+enterprise&aqs=chrome..69i57.6018j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=2&es_sm=141&ie=UTF-8) yielded the User's Guid

Comcast DIA VoIP degradation

2014-03-13 Thread Nick Crocker
Has anyone been seeing voice degradation reports coming in from customers using Comcast DIA? We have several complaints that have came in the last week or so and the commonality is Comcast. Tracing out to the customer sites we are directly peered with L3 which drops the traffic straight into Comcas

Re: DNS resolver reaction to non-reachable authoritative DNS server

2014-03-13 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/13/2014 5:23 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: If your customers are using BIND there is a flag you can supply to named >to cause it to operate only in IPv4. That would avoid this problem >altogether. > And is basically not needed as the IP stack (with the exception of Solaris) informs named when th

Re: microsoft / xbox contact

2014-03-13 Thread Mehmet Akcin
Replied offlist. Mehmet > On Mar 13, 2014, at 18:11, Mike wrote: > > Hi, > >I can't seem to find a contact for microsoft / xbox security. I have some > punks ddos'ing a customer of mine and I'd like to see if those folks from > xbox could help us out here. > > Thank you. > Mike >

microsoft / xbox contact

2014-03-13 Thread Mike
Hi, I can't seem to find a contact for microsoft / xbox security. I have some punks ddos'ing a customer of mine and I'd like to see if those folks from xbox could help us out here. Thank you. Mike

Re: DNS resolver reaction to non-reachable authoritative DNS server

2014-03-13 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <5321eab8.3010...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > On 03/13/2014 12:35 AM, Anurag Bhatia wrote: > > Hello there! > > > > > > I am trying to troubleshoot a case of DNS failure issue with one of Indian > > Govt's domain (nic.in). I can see that 1 out of 4 authoritative DNS server > >

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Keegan Holley
I’ve seen past employers contact the FBI for a similar issue, but we had control of the network and logs in question so that made it easier. You may be able to contact interpol or a similar agency in the EU. They will at least be able to tell you the right agency to call. You can also have a

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 3/13/2014 8:22 AM, Sholes, Joshua wrote: On 3/13/14, 12:35 AM, "shawn wilson" wrote: A note on terminology - whether you know what you're doing, actually break into a system, or obtain a thumb drive with data that you weren't supposed to have - it has the same end so I'd refer to it by the s

Re: open source with flowspec ?

2014-03-13 Thread joel jaeggli
exabgp from ripe labs can inject flowspec routes. typically some helper app would generate the policy for exabgp and then exabgp would do the heavy lifting. joel On 3/13/14, 3:42 PM, Piotr wrote: > Hi, > > There is some open source sflow collector wich can talk via flowspec > with juniper route

Re: open source with flowspec ?

2014-03-13 Thread ML
On 3/13/2014 6:42 PM, Piotr wrote: Hi, There is some open source sflow collector wich can talk via flowspec with juniper routers ? something like snort + nfdump ? I looking something besides Arbor because itis too expensive for me. thanks for help Peter I believe the goal of ExaDDOS is

open source with flowspec ?

2014-03-13 Thread Piotr
Hi, There is some open source sflow collector wich can talk via flowspec with juniper routers ? something like snort + nfdump ? I looking something besides Arbor because itis too expensive for me. thanks for help Peter

Re: Dell Power Volt 124T software

2014-03-13 Thread Brenno Oliveira
Hello, You can use Bacula. this is a CentOS 6 running bacula: # mtx -f /dev/changer inquiry Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'DELL' Product ID: 'PV-124T ' Revision: '0086' Attached Changer API: No # mtx -f /dev/changer status Storage Changer /dev/changer:1 Drives, 8 Slots

Dell Power Volt 124T software

2014-03-13 Thread Maxime Godonou Dossou
Hello all I just want to know someone here is using Dell Power Volt 124T as tape backup. I just get it but I would like to use Linux redhat 6.3 server as OS on my backup server. Can tell me if you know any open source software I can use to drive it . Sent from IPad

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Chris Boyd
On Mar 13, 2014, at 2:30 PM, James Downs wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:24 PM, William Herrin wrote: > >> I'm afraid my google-fu doesn't reach back to the 1960's. You don't >> happen to have a handy reference do you? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28term%29 > http://www.catb.o

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread James R Cutler
On Mar 13, 2014, at 3:24 PM, William Herrin wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:15 PM, James R Cutler > wrote: >> As of early 1960's - See history of WTBS, Ralph Zaorski, Dick Gruen, >> Alan Kent, and many others - The then current usage of "hacker" was >> simply one who produced a "hack" - an

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 3/13/2014 12:30 PM, James Downs wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:24 PM, William Herrin > wrote: > >> I'm afraid my google-fu doesn't reach back to the 1960's. You >> don't happen to have a handy reference do you? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/

Re: .org dns trouble?

2014-03-13 Thread Matthew Pounsett
On Mar 13, 2014, at 15:16 , Mike wrote: > Problem identified. My domain is on hold... ugh, my eyes are tired, thanks to > those who were able to help me (in email). > Also my information hiding was a bit weak, I should have used 'example.org' > to make it clear I was deleting the real info. e

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread James Downs
On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:24 PM, William Herrin wrote: > I'm afraid my google-fu doesn't reach back to the 1960's. You don't > happen to have a handy reference do you? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28term%29

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Joe Loiacono
Another use of 'hacking' has been around in software for awhile ... Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: Who is Just another Perl hacker? From: mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Message-ID: > "Juho" == Juho Cederstrom writes: Juho> But when do I become Just another Perl

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:15 PM, James R Cutler wrote: > As of early 1960's - See history of WTBS, Ralph Zaorski, Dick Gruen, > Alan Kent, and many others - The then current usage of "hacker" was > simply one who produced a "hack" - an unusual or unexpected design > or configuration or action whic

Re: .org dns trouble?

2014-03-13 Thread Mike
Problem identified. My domain is on hold... ugh, my eyes are tired, thanks to those who were able to help me (in email). Also my information hiding was a bit weak, I should have used 'example.org' to make it clear I was deleting the real info. Thanks all. Mike-

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread James R Cutler
On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:46 PM, William Herrin wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM, James R Cutler > wrote: >> And Bill documents yet another redefinition. Prior to that time, at MIT a >> "hacker" produced a novel variation of technology using it in ways not >> previously envisioned but

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread joel jaeggli
On 3/13/14, 11:09 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:46:06 -0400, William Herrin said: > (Contemplate for a bit why Kirk > wasn't bounced out on his butt from the Academy) Apparently the thinking about hacking was a little more permissive in 1966. > > signature.asc

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Sholes, Joshua
On 3/13/14, 1:23 PM, "Barry Shein" wrote: >A lot of us vowed to try to keep the "hackers" vs "crackers" >distinction alive in the public's mind but I can't say it worked. Yeah, that battle had already been lost by the time I entered the field (even though I tried to fight it for a while anyway.)

Re: .org dns trouble?

2014-03-13 Thread Matthew Pounsett
On Mar 13, 2014, at 14:05 , Mike wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if there's another list for this, but Im observing a strange problem > with a .org domain. Right now when I query dns, I am getting only a SOA for > '.org' which looks like this: Your example query is only checking your local recursive

Re: .org dns trouble?

2014-03-13 Thread Christopher Morrow
time travel, they haz it. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Mike wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if there's another list for this, but Im observing a strange problem > with a .org domain. Right now when I query dns, I am getting only a SOA for > '.org' which looks like this: > > > > dig -t ns somedomain.o

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:46:06 -0400, William Herrin said: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but by the time "hacker" emerged as a word > distinct from "hack" it already carried implications of mischief and > disregard for the rules in addition to the original implication of > creatively solving a technica

.org dns trouble?

2014-03-13 Thread Mike
Hi, Sorry if there's another list for this, but Im observing a strange problem with a .org domain. Right now when I query dns, I am getting only a SOA for '.org' which looks like this: dig -t ns somedomain.org ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> -t ns somedomain.org ;; global options:

Re: DNS resolver reaction to non-reachable authoritative DNS server

2014-03-13 Thread Doug Barton
On 03/13/2014 12:35 AM, Anurag Bhatia wrote: Hello there! I am trying to troubleshoot a case of DNS failure issue with one of Indian Govt's domain (nic.in). I can see that 1 out of 4 authoritative DNS server is IPv6 only. We have quite a few users running IPv4 only setup and hence 1/4 of these

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Barry Shein
Re: hackers vs crackers I was at one of the early "Hackers Conferences" in the late 1980s, organized by Stewart Brand (The Whole Earth Catalog, The Well.) The attendees were quite impressive, not sure why I was invited :-) Todd Rundgren, Jerry Pournelle, Ted Nelson, the founders of a number of

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
>> I'm an ISP in Germany and a cracker (not a hacker :) ) has targeted a >> customers of mine in the last days. The cracker was successful and caused >> financial damage / was successful with data theft. I set a trap and finally >> caught his real IP address - a Comcast user in the US (100% not

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM, James R Cutler wrote: > And Bill documents yet another redefinition. Prior to that time, at MIT a > "hacker" produced a novel variation of technology using it in ways not > previously envisioned but not necessarily unlawful. > > Mating two different generations

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread James R Cutler
On Mar 13, 2014, at 11:08 AM, William Herrin wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:13 AM, wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:22:40 -, "Sholes, Joshua" said: >> >>> If one came up in this field with a mentor who was old school, or if one >>> is old school oneself, one tends use the original (

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:13 AM, wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:22:40 -, "Sholes, Joshua" said: > >> If one came up in this field with a mentor who was old school, or if one >> is old school oneself, one tends use the original (as I understand it) >> definitions--a "cracker" breaks security

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:22:40 -, "Sholes, Joshua" said: > If one came up in this field with a mentor who was old school, or if one > is old school oneself, one tends use the original (as I understand it) > definitions--a "cracker" breaks security or obtains data unlawfully, a > "hacker" is some

Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?

2014-03-13 Thread Sholes, Joshua
On 3/13/14, 12:35 AM, "shawn wilson" wrote: >A note on terminology - whether you know what you're doing, actually break >into a system, or obtain a thumb drive with data that you weren't supposed >to have - it has the same end so I'd refer to it by the same term - >hacking. Trying to differentia

DNS resolver reaction to non-reachable authoritative DNS server

2014-03-13 Thread Anurag Bhatia
Hello there! I am trying to troubleshoot a case of DNS failure issue with one of Indian Govt's domain (nic.in). I can see that 1 out of 4 authoritative DNS server is IPv6 only. We have quite a few users running IPv4 only setup and hence 1/4 of these DNS servers are non-reachable from the recursor