Re: Why San Juan National Weather Service RADAR is out of service

[Josh Luthman]

Not sure why linking is difficult today ;)

Here's the post with pictures of the destroyed radome -
https://twitter.com/NWSSanJuan/status/912088552145645568


Josh Luthman
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Direct: 937-552-2343
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Troy, OH 45373

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Scott Weeks  wrote:

>
>
> --- s...@donelan.com wrote:
> From: Sean Donelan 
>
> The National Weather Service office in San Juan Puerto Rico is back on
> line.  They have posted pictures of the weather radardome, or rather
> what's left of the radardome after Hurricane Maria.
>
> https://twitter.com/NWSSanJuan/status/912082857518092288
> ---
>
> I got a "page does not exist".  Go to their main page and it's there.
>
> https://twitter.com/NWSSanJuan
>
> scott
>
>

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

[Mike Hammett]

Sorry, WISPs in the US48 to go to PR to help rebuild downed WISPs. 

Yes, they need to be able to get there first. Those already on the island are 
doing what they can until more supplies arrive. 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

- Original Message -

From: "Sean Donelan"  
To: nanog@nanog.org 
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:13:33 PM 
Subject: Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of 

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Mike Hammett wrote: 
> There are a bunch of WISPs waiting to go rebuild, but waiting for the 
> clearance to do so. 

I'm not sure what clearances they are waiting for. If they are already in 
Puerto Rico, self-sufficient, and respect curfews and other emergency 
responders, they should be able to start local restoration and recovery 
activities. 

Several local ISPs and communication providers have announced open public 
WiFi hotspots outside their Puerto Rico offices during non-curfew hours. 
I've also seen reports from individuals volunteering on the Virigin 
Islands setting up internet access. 

If they are not already on the island, most Puerto Rican airports and 
ports are still closed to non-military or relief activities. There is no 
U.S. mail or freight service. Only one airport was open for limited 
commercial flights. They will need to bring everything neccessary to 
support themselves, including food, water, shelter, etc. 

Managing volunteers who want to help is difficult in all disasters. 
Unless they have training how to survive and take care of themselves in 
such a situation, letting in outside well-meaning volunteers sometimes 
become additional people who need to rescue. 

WISPs already on Puerto Rico or U.S. Virigin Islands, with resources for 
recovery and restoration of communications; can contact the FCC Operations 
Center, (202) 418-1122, fccoperationcen...@fcc.gov 

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0920/DA-17-913A1.pdf
 

Re: Settle Free Peering - Default Route Abuse Monitoring

[Raymond Beaudoin]

Job,

Thanks so much for the helpful information, especially the RFC. This is
exactly what I was looking for. Have a fantastic week!


Warm Regards,
Raymond Beaudoin

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Job Snijders  wrote:

> Dear Raymond,
>
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 at 21:33, Raymond Beaudoin <
> raymond.beaud...@icarustech.com> wrote:
>
>> How is this monitored and tracked? Are ACLs applied to help enforce this
>> (seems to be limited at scale)? Flow export and alarming? Analytics and
>> anomalous behavior detection? Common professional courtesy?
>
>
> This RFC https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7789 covers the topic of
> “unexpected traffic flows” which is essentially the same as having default
> being pointed at you without you permission. May be worth reading!
>
> A most scalable option is to use a flow collection / monitoring program
> like pmacct (http://pmacct.net/) to inspect flows and flag the ones that
> shouldn’t exist according to your policy. Paolo Lucente has done excellent
> work to make this problem space manageable: http://wiki.pmacct.net/
> DetectingRoutingViolations
>
> Also, if you are at an internet exchange, make sure to enable MAC
> accounting (if available) on the IX facing interface, so you can easily
> monitor for traffic coming from MAC addresses with which you don’t have a
> BGP session.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Job
>

Re: Why San Juan National Weather Service RADAR is out of service

[Scott Weeks]

--- s...@donelan.com wrote:
From: Sean Donelan 

The National Weather Service office in San Juan Puerto Rico is back on 
line.  They have posted pictures of the weather radardome, or rather 
what's left of the radardome after Hurricane Maria.

https://twitter.com/NWSSanJuan/status/912082857518092288
---

I got a "page does not exist".  Go to their main page and it's there.

https://twitter.com/NWSSanJuan

scott

Why San Juan National Weather Service RADAR is out of service

[Sean Donelan]

The National Weather Service office in San Juan Puerto Rico is back on 
line.  They have posted pictures of the weather radardome, or rather 
what's left of the radardome after Hurricane Maria.


https://twitter.com/NWSSanJuan/status/912082857518092288

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

[Sean Donelan]

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017, Mike Hammett wrote:
There are a bunch of WISPs waiting to go rebuild, but waiting for the 
clearance to do so.


I'm not sure what clearances they are waiting for.  If they are already in 
Puerto Rico, self-sufficient, and respect curfews and other emergency 
responders, they should be able to start local restoration and recovery 
activities.


Several local ISPs and communication providers have announced open public 
WiFi hotspots outside their Puerto Rico offices during non-curfew hours. 
I've also seen reports from individuals volunteering on the Virigin 
Islands setting up internet access.


If they are not already on the island, most Puerto Rican airports and 
ports are still closed to non-military or relief activities. There is no 
U.S. mail or freight service. Only one airport was open for limited 
commercial flights.  They will need to bring everything neccessary to 
support themselves, including food, water, shelter, etc.


Managing volunteers who want to help is difficult in all disasters. 
Unless they have training how to survive and take care of themselves in 
such a situation, letting in outside well-meaning volunteers sometimes 
become additional people who need to rescue.


WISPs already on Puerto Rico or U.S. Virigin Islands, with resources for 
recovery and restoration of communications; can contact the FCC Operations 
Center, (202) 418-1122, fccoperationcen...@fcc.gov


http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0920/DA-17-913A1.pdf

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

[Mike Hammett]

>From one of my colleages that has a decent sized WISP in Puerto Rico. 

" Guys, we are ok, network hurt pretty bad… will need help " 

There are a bunch of WISPs waiting to go rebuild, but waiting for the clearance 
to do so. 

https://radar.qrator.net/as14979/providers#startDate=2017-08-09=2017-09-23=current
 

It looks like they're still online via Critical Hub Networks and Columbus 
Networks, but not Liberty. 


- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

- Original Message -

From: "Sean Donelan"  
To: nanog@nanog.org 
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 2:28:35 PM 
Subject: Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of 

The ILEC, Claro, is reporting all 24 central offices in Puerto Rico are 
now operating on generators, and maintaining re-fueling operations. 

The CO's in the (San Juan?) metro area have voice, data and long distance 
service including to the mainland. 

The CO's elsewhere in Puerto Rico have only local voice service. The 
offices are isolated, with no long distance or inter-office data service. 

Although the CO's are operational, substantial outside plant is damaged. 
Which means most subscribers do not have service. Inter-office facilities 
outside the (San Juan) metro area are damaged, which means people with 
service in those areas can only make local calls. 

Wireless sites are still being evaluated. The Puerto Rico Transportation 
Department is providing road crews to clear/rebuild roads and escort 
cellular providers repair convoys to remote cell sites. 

The Puerto Rican government has not re-established communications with 
officials in the following municipalities: Aibonito, Jayuya, Lajas, 
Mayaguez, Quebradillas, Rincón, Sabana Grande, Vieques and Villalba. 

Re: Settle Free Peering - Default Route Abuse Monitoring

[Job Snijders]

Dear Raymond,

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 at 21:33, Raymond Beaudoin <
raymond.beaud...@icarustech.com> wrote:

> How is this monitored and tracked? Are ACLs applied to help enforce this
> (seems to be limited at scale)? Flow export and alarming? Analytics and
> anomalous behavior detection? Common professional courtesy?


This RFC https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7789 covers the topic of
“unexpected traffic flows” which is essentially the same as having default
being pointed at you without you permission. May be worth reading!

A most scalable option is to use a flow collection / monitoring program
like pmacct (http://pmacct.net/) to inspect flows and flag the ones that
shouldn’t exist according to your policy. Paolo Lucente has done excellent
work to make this problem space manageable:
http://wiki.pmacct.net/DetectingRoutingViolations

Also, if you are at an internet exchange, make sure to enable MAC
accounting (if available) on the IX facing interface, so you can easily
monitor for traffic coming from MAC addresses with which you don’t have a
BGP session.

Kind regards,

Job

Settle Free Peering - Default Route Abuse Monitoring

[Raymond Beaudoin]

Hello, Everyone!

Many SFP agreements include terms that the peering link will not be used as
an upstream with static defaults. A few examples are provided below.

*h. must agree not to abuse the peering relationship by engaging in
activities such as but not limited to: pointing a default route at the
other or otherwise forwarding traffic for destinations not explicitly
advertised, resetting next-hop, selling or giving next-hop to others;*
Source: http://www.level3.com/en/legal/ip-traffic-exchange-policy/

*2.6. Neither Network shall point default into or transit the other Network
where that network has*
*not advertised a route for the destination in question.*
Source: http://www.zayo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ZayoPeeringPolicy.pdf

How is this monitored and tracked? Are ACLs applied to help enforce this
(seems to be limited at scale)? Flow export and alarming? Analytics and
anomalous behavior detection? Common professional courtesy?

Thanks so much for any insight you may have. I'd like to ensure I'm
following all best practices when in IX and peer situations.


-Raymond Beaudoin

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

[Sean Donelan]

The ILEC, Claro, is reporting all 24 central offices in Puerto Rico are 
now operating on generators, and maintaining re-fueling operations.


The CO's in the (San Juan?) metro area have voice, data and long distance 
service including to the mainland.


The CO's elsewhere in Puerto Rico have only local voice service. The 
offices are isolated, with no long distance or inter-office data service.


Although the CO's are operational, substantial outside plant is damaged.
Which means most subscribers do not have service. Inter-office facilities 
outside the (San Juan) metro area are damaged, which means people with 
service in those areas can only make local calls.


Wireless sites are still being evaluated. The Puerto Rico Transportation 
Department is providing road crews to clear/rebuild roads and escort 
cellular providers repair convoys to remote cell sites.


The Puerto Rican government has not re-established communications with 
officials in the following municipalities: Aibonito, Jayuya, Lajas, 
Mayaguez, Quebradillas, Rincón, Sabana Grande, Vieques and Villalba.