Re: Yahoo is now recycling handles

2013-09-04 Thread Leo Bicknell
no logs. - There is no way to get an account back that is in the recycling phase, which is frankly stupid. As a result Yahoo! has lost a Flickr and Groups member, and I'm not sure I see any reason to sign up again at this point. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440

Re: Yahoo is now recycling handles

2013-09-04 Thread Leo Bicknell
, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote: Apparently it was implemented by a group of low-bid programmers in a far off land. I have, err, had, a Yahoo! account I used for two things, getting e-mail from Yahoo! groups and accessing Flickr. I was on Flickr not a two or three months ago to fix

Re: IP Fragmentation - Not reliable over the Internet?

2013-08-27 Thread Leo Bicknell
best-case scenario for this sort of broken behavior. I bet the ISC Netalyzer folks have somewhat better data, perhaps skewed a bit towards broken connections as people run Netalyzer when their connection is broken! I suspect reality is somewhere between those two book ends. -- Leo

Re: WaPo writes about vulnerabilities in Supermicro IPMIs

2013-08-16 Thread Leo Bicknell
firewall rules. No IP stack on it what so ever. That would be highly secure and simple. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/

Re: How big is the Internet?

2013-08-15 Thread Leo Bicknell
out = in - (packet loss + undeliverable), which means on the scale of the global Internet I suspect out == in, when rounded off. So please, carry on and spout off as to how big that is, I think an estimate would be very interesting. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440

Re: How big is the Internet?

2013-08-15 Thread Leo Bicknell
that's easier to count and defend than say a peering or backbone number. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/

Re: Service provider T1/PPP question

2013-06-28 Thread Leo Bicknell
interfaces, but that's much more rare. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: Google's QUIC

2013-06-28 Thread Leo Bicknell
to do more of this sort of real world testing at the protocol level. Now, how about an SCTP test? :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Are undersea cables tapped before they get to ISP's? [was Re: Security over SONET/SDH]

2013-06-25 Thread Leo Bicknell
they encrypt their links that leave the country? :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: Security over SONET/SDH

2013-06-25 Thread Leo Bicknell
the order legally. People can't challenge what they don't know about. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: net neutrality and peering wars continue

2013-06-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
off your nose to spite your face. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: net neutrality and peering wars continue

2013-06-19 Thread Leo Bicknell
, or creating one. Google Fiber, anyone? Having a requirement that's basically you must compete with me on all the products I sell is a really dumb peering policy, but that's how the big guys use ratio. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: net neutrality and peering wars continue

2013-06-19 Thread Leo Bicknell
to be satisfied with their service, and thus buy more. It's good business to have a product people like. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: huawei

2013-06-13 Thread Leo Bicknell
that mechanism not in syslog, not in the currently logged in user table, perhaps the process(es) hidden from view. Do we really trust Cisco and Juniper more than Hueawei? :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/

Re: chargen is the new DDoS tool?

2013-06-11 Thread Leo Bicknell
to them letting us know if the owners were still using SunOS 4.x boxes for some reason, had accidentally enabled chargen, or if some malware had set up the servers. Inquiring minds would like to know! -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: Single AS multiple Dirverse Providers

2013-06-10 Thread Leo Bicknell
requirements are, if they are independent islands or talking to each other with critical data all the time. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: Single AS multiple Dirverse Providers

2013-06-10 Thread Leo Bicknell
to stop them anymore! :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/

Re: PGP/SSL/TLS really as secure as one thinks?

2013-06-07 Thread Leo Bicknell
it is uninteresting. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: PRISM: NSA/FBI Internet data mining project

2013-06-06 Thread Leo Bicknell
to your area of business. The high tech industry has often made the government's job easy, not by intention but by laziness. Keeping your customer's data secure should be a proud marketing point. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: It's the end of the world as we know it -- REM

2013-04-23 Thread Leo Bicknell
in 2005 were remarkably close to the reality 8 years later. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpKm2Uw9uySH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Verizon DSL moving to CGN

2013-04-08 Thread Leo Bicknell
leverage I had on CDN's to go native IPv6. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp2htLLgGzH1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: route for linx.net in Level3?

2013-04-05 Thread Leo Bicknell
scaling both the IGP and BGP. In some MPLS topologies it may speed re-routing to have edge interfaces in the IGP due to the faster convergence of IGP's. YMMV, Batteries not Included, Some Assembly Required. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: route for linx.net in Level3?

2013-04-04 Thread Leo Bicknell
. How about we all properly implement BCP 38 instead? -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpfLwy5Hpdxc.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: route for linx.net in Level3?

2013-04-04 Thread Leo Bicknell
. Not every network is built the same, or has the same scaling properties. What's good for a CDN may not be good for an access ISP, and vice versa, for example. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp7nvnvQHk2B.pgp Description: PGP

Re: BCP38 - Internet Death Penalty

2013-03-28 Thread Leo Bicknell
such a feature would allow 99.99% of the BGP speakers to be RPF filtered in a meaningful way, automatically, where uRPF strict is not usable today. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpejxsgvUy8m.pgp Description: PGP

Re: BCP38 - Internet Death Penalty

2013-03-28 Thread Leo Bicknell
of that), so the prefix list might be something like: deny my_prefix/foo le 32 permit 0.0.0.0/0 le 24 With a max-prefix of 100. That doesn't turn into a useful packet filter for the peer, but using my method the peer could be RPF filtered based on what they send, automatically. -- Leo Bicknell

Re: Open Resolver Problems

2013-03-26 Thread Leo Bicknell
. IPv6 Temporary / Privacy addresses and making your DNS server query from them outbound might be a useful trick. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgppr75Hftf9B.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Is multihoming hard? [was: DNS amplification]

2013-03-25 Thread Leo Bicknell
approximately nowhere for residential users. With no diverse paths to purchase, the discussion of higher level protocol issues is academic. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpeRJib6c7Ca.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Cloudflare is down

2013-03-04 Thread Leo Bicknell
be sitting around saying, how can we hire compentent network admins for our NOC, but that would cost real money. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpLe7k3TVi1O.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Is Google Fiber a model for Municipal Networks?

2013-02-04 Thread Leo Bicknell
happen as it's not profitable. Which is a big part of why I want municipalities to finance it on 10-30 year government bonds, rather than try and have BigTelco and BigCableCo raise capital on wall street to do the job. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http

Re: Rollup: Small City Municipal Broadband

2013-02-03 Thread Leo Bicknell
. There would be a 6-12 SC (FC?) connector patch panel in a small plastic enclosure, with the outside plant properly secured (conduit, in the wall, etc) and not exposed. The homewowner or their service provider would plug into that patch panel. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-02-03 Thread Leo Bicknell
work, it's just being done in locations the big telcos and cablecos have written off... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp8XolOffvIq.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Rollup: Small City Municipal Broadband

2013-02-03 Thread Leo Bicknell
. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp7xiamuhbfB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Is Google Fiber a model for Municipal Networks?

2013-02-03 Thread Leo Bicknell
of more info about the Google Fiber deployment? -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp4GxILKmy7y.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Is Google Fiber a model for Municipal Networks?

2013-02-03 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 05:03:52PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote: From: Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org Looks like $500-$700 in capex per residence is the current gold standard. Note that the major factor is the take rate; if there are two providers doing FTTH they are both

Re: Followup: Small City Municipal Broadband

2013-02-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
over to the municipality. Same model. Having multiple people build the infrastructure would be just as inefficeint as if every house had two roads built to it by two private companies. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

2013-02-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
are optimizing to avoid sending out the backhoe and directional boring machine. New builds, or extreme forward thinking builds are trying to send them out once and never again. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpTLITWvZ_KU.pgp

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-02-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
believe that will lead to greater lifecycle cost; and almost importantly impeed development of new services as the existing gear ends up incompatable with newer technologies. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpCc5V1mvTmK.pgp

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-02-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpUSC9UGSK2M.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-02-01 Thread Leo Bicknell
than the savings on fiber, and then the cost of GPON splitters and equipment. I'm trying to figure out if my assessment is correct or not... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp24SCG7kQSV.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-01-31 Thread Leo Bicknell
to remove bridge taps and otherwise groom the copper plant. That's years they are behind other citizens who aren't on plants with that problem. Had that junk never been there in the first place they could have received upgrades much faster. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440

Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

2013-01-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
PUC rates, probably! -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpg4vFmkKvCy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-01-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
of the last century. The only tech I can see that can do that is home run single mode fiber to the home. Anything with electronics has no chance of that lifespan. Anything with splitters and such will be problematic down the road. Simpler is better. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org

Re: Will wholesale-only muni actually bring the boys to your yard?

2013-01-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
with muni-fiber deployments, and sadly in many cases the incumbants are using their muscle to make these ancillary problems worse just to keep out new entrants... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp51ao3RyNNk.pgp

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-01-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
the provider. I have no issues with it learning part of its config (like a maximum transmit speed) from the provider. A Cable Modem or ONT is a glorified media converter which should not exist. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
, not individual homes) which would be a huge win win for consumers. Maybe that's why the big players want to throw the baby out with the bath water. :P -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp5AIWIbjcNx.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
-MMR you could order a patch from one to the other. It may now be max ~20km, so you'll need longer reach optics, but if you want to stand up 96x10GE WDM you're good to go. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpa1jke7mH3w.pgp

Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
significanly more than running the fiber from one end of a colo to another relative to all the other costs. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpcPnmYQ0Y32.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
the model I describe. :( My limited understanding is some other countries have a similar model, but I don't know of any good english language summaries. For instance I believe the model used in Sweeden is substantially similar to what I describe... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
, not a value add. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpQvpQliT8s4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
. There could then be hundreds of private colo providers in a 1km radius of the fiber MMR, generating lots of competition for the space/power side of the equation. If one fills up, someone will build another, and it need not be on the same square of land -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org

Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

2013-01-29 Thread Leo Bicknell
, of which most today are GPON... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/

Re: OOB core router connectivity wish list

2013-01-09 Thread Leo Bicknell
to make them act in a much more useful way, rather than the half brain-dead ways they act now... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpPBJXXdWsPu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: OOB core router connectivity wish list

2013-01-09 Thread Leo Bicknell
? No, the upgrade process there is smooth as silk. Not to say that vendor is perfect, they just have different warts. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpyNw9nxqeU1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: JunOS IPv6 announcements over IPv4 BGP

2012-12-21 Thread Leo Bicknell
of overhead compared to the routes being exchanged. Of course, there are people who like to be different, sometimes for good reasons, often not... :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp9VvGPsfgIy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: NTP Issues Today

2012-11-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
infrastructure is insufficiently peered and diversified. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp9aMW4WaOuy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: NTP Issues Today

2012-11-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
on the Internet... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpTEbSQgVa9z.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: NTP Issues Today

2012-11-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
servers, and so on, this is a fine solution. With one NTP server (the DBMS) the downstream will always use it, and stay in sync. It's a valid and good config in many situations. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: Google/Youtube problems

2012-11-19 Thread Leo Bicknell
much more money. It may seem weird to write off all the costs of YouTube as data aquisition costs, but there's far more money to be made selling marketing data than ads against streaming videos... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: What is BCP re De-Aggregation: strict filtering /48s out of /32 RIR minimums.

2012-11-14 Thread Leo Bicknell
is what you value, here's the right filter: ipv6 prefix-list ipv6-ebgp-permissive 2001::/12 ge 13 le 48 Yes, the DOD has a /13, and yes, people expect to be able to announce down to a /48. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: /. Terabit Ethernet is Dead, for Now

2012-09-27 Thread Leo Bicknell
happening? Everything I've read sounds like a repeat of the same broken decision making that happened last time. That is unsurprising though, the same people are involved. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: The Department of Work and Pensions, UK has an entire /8

2012-09-19 Thread Leo Bicknell
difference in the IPv4-IPv6 transition, particularly given the pain of a rushed implementation. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpoe687k6sw9.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Big Temporary Networks

2012-09-14 Thread Leo Bicknell
many hotels upgrade their bandwidth but not the gateway, get a report that their DS-3/OC-3/Metro-E is only 25% used, and think all is well. Mean while half their clients can't connect to anything due to the gateway device. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys

Re: NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler?

2012-08-22 Thread Leo Bicknell
. Simplex you get like one line if you wrap it tight to the cable. You can flag them, put the simplex jumper at the bottom of the white, wrap the clear around the back and up and over the written part so it stands out like a flag. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys

Re: Comcast vs. Verizon for repair methodologies

2012-08-21 Thread Leo Bicknell
that metric, not paying much attention to truck rolls/sub, uptime, or customer satisfaction. People work towards the incentives that have been set. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpsSOYDPjH42.pgp Description: PGP

Re: NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler?

2012-08-21 Thread Leo Bicknell
a sheet in your bag makes for quick, cheap, durable labels that require no batteries or machine to use. Any machine that prints on the same type is a nice upgrade for high volume labeling. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: Comcast vs. Verizon for repair methodologies

2012-08-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
pedestals on either side of the break and ran a new strand of RG6 (yes, the same stuff you use inside your home, not the outside-plant rated stuff) tied to trees with rope. Why is that cable still in place? That's a hint, not really a question. :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE

Re: Any Idea About Spectrum-DMR-104-1 ?!

2012-08-16 Thread Leo Bicknell
have less interference than the 5Ghz band. http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpT6n6JSRo8u.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DNS Changer items

2012-08-15 Thread Leo Bicknell
bodies of all RIR's should look at their re-allocation policies with this case in mind and see if a corner case like this doesn't present a surprising result. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpxgaDQlclCD.pgp Description: PGP

Re: DNS Changer items

2012-08-15 Thread Leo Bicknell
the infected computers. Would you want to receive a netblock from an RIR that came with tens or hundreds of megabits of DDOS, I mean, background noise when you turned it on? Whoever receives this block is in for a world of hurt. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys

Re: Does anyone use anycast DHCP service?

2012-08-13 Thread Leo Bicknell
servers will then synchronize their pools. Works great, no single point of failure, no anycast. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpQP04Y7I9ye.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Does anyone use anycast DHCP service?

2012-08-13 Thread Leo Bicknell
-redundant. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpYLNbdiVRPm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: BGPttH. Neustar can do it, why can't we?

2012-08-06 Thread Leo Bicknell
Internet the provider were to charge $50/month for BGP Access to cover their costs of having a human configure the session, larger access gear to handle the routes, and larger backbone gear to deal with a larger routing table, would you still be as gung ho about BGP to the business? -- Leo

Re: BGPttH. Neustar can do it, why can't we?

2012-08-06 Thread Leo Bicknell
source addresses in some meaningful way, and the router needs to be able to signal it. As messy as IPv4 NAT is, it seems like a case where IPv6 NAT might be a relatively clean solution. Are there other deployable, or nearly deployable solutions? -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE

Re: BGPttH. Neustar can do it, why can't we?

2012-08-06 Thread Leo Bicknell
of a single one that does that today. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp26jdIW5Fr2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Cisco Update

2012-07-05 Thread Leo Bicknell
have been doing similar things. From a customer relations point of view it's a total disaster, and one that should have been entirely predictable. I was never much of a fan of Linksys pre-Cisco, but post-Cisco it seems to be in a non-stop downhill slide... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn

Re: job screening question

2012-07-05 Thread Leo Bicknell
on the level of folks you want to hire. I would answer your question with I would never implement a firewall that breaks all TCP. :) -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpOZcMGR0mW6.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: job screening question

2012-07-05 Thread Leo Bicknell
If any employer thought that was useful knowledge for a job today I would probably run away, as fast as possible! -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpbkFMsT1ual.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: job screening question

2012-07-05 Thread Leo Bicknell
to run a layer 2 ethernet that is 10's of km long, and has thousands of hosts on it. There was a day when 3000-4000 hosts on a single layer 2 network at 10Mbps was living large. Thankfully, not anymore. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?

2012-07-03 Thread Leo Bicknell
leap seconds we should use, or time reference, or whatever. I'd even take off by a second but didn't crash, over crashed. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp3RLdVofLej.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: FYI Netflix is down

2012-07-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
center and randomly doing something, you are NOT redundant. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpb37PwndunF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: FYI Netflix is down

2012-07-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
, I have never seen them talk about testing non-software components, and I hope they do that as well. As we saw in the previous Amazon outage, part of the problem was a circuit breaker configuration. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: FYI Netflix is down

2012-07-02 Thread Leo Bicknell
answer... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpzGpzGDjIwI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to fix authentication (was LinkedIn)

2012-06-22 Thread Leo Bicknell
million login credentials at once is a quantum leap forward even if doing so doesn't improve security in any other way. The perfect is the enemy of the good. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpSFnXpJbil9.pgp Description

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-21 Thread Leo Bicknell
, quite similar to what it does today... Today: www.facebook.com, login: bob, password: secret Tomorrow: www.facebook.com, key: bob, key-public: ..., key-private: ... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgph9Oiiinnwc.pgp

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpjw9J6dZJCK.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
SSH like system, but with more polish. Users would find it much more convenient and wonder why we ever used passwords, I think... -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpmm2yrs9KQ1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
). SSH keys are NOT, you create them at will, which is why they work. You could basically coopt SSL client certs to do this with nearly zero code provided people were willing to give up on the identity part of X.509, which is basically worthless anyway. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
Sixpack's machine being broken into is orthoganal and not addressed. It needs to be, but not by what I am proposing. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpfhOcWj5KHW.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
and browsers. I am not asserting this is a trival change that could be made by one guy in a few minutes. However, I am suggesting this is an easy change that could be implemented in weeks not months. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell

Re: LinkedIn password database compromised

2012-06-07 Thread Leo Bicknell
is Enterprises with Microsoft's certificate tools because of the UI problem. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpWPTkGZcThO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitable

2012-05-31 Thread Leo Bicknell
significant here, and I'll bet that's where all the money was spent. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpkAb1qwXgzp.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: HE.net BGP origin attribute rewriting

2012-05-31 Thread Leo Bicknell
customers/. Perhaps if a large number of people were a bit more rational with their peering policies we wouldn't have enginers dedicated to generating routing funkyness just to meet peering criteria. It's not helping anyone get reliable, high performing network access. -- Leo Bicknell

Re: Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitable

2012-05-23 Thread Leo Bicknell
/history You'll note there are two full paragraphs and a dozen folks involved before Paul had anything to do with BIND. ISC is always interested in updating the history if folks have any additional information. Feel free to e-mail me if you think you have something important to add. -- Leo

Re: CDNs should pay eyeball networks, too.

2012-05-01 Thread Leo Bicknell
of Gigs of traffic. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpBlUPztVq3L.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Operation Ghost Click

2012-05-01 Thread Leo Bicknell
? It might really help in cases where one member of the family (e.g. the children) are doing something bad that the bill payer (e.g. mom and dad) doesn't know about. Hit them on a medium they know more about. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http

Re: CDNs should pay eyeball networks, too.

2012-05-01 Thread Leo Bicknell
. Shorter {hops, latency, as-path} does not mean a higher quality end user experience. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgp5GFrwqbZ0d.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-04-16 Thread Leo Bicknell
. Savings, $12. (Yes, I realize the Motherboard also needs some extra circuitry, I expect it's less than $1 in quantity though). Pretty much everyone I know values their data at more than $12 if it is lost. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org

Re: Network Storage

2012-04-15 Thread Leo Bicknell
the processing is complete. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpfUOXA2ZFtU.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Cheap Juniper Gear for Lab

2012-04-11 Thread Leo Bicknell
it's an exercise in frustration trying to get the syntax right. -- Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ pgpiuZJqUZnvh.pgp Description: PGP signature

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