Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-27 Thread Jens Link
valdis.kletni...@vt.edu writes: Does anybody actually *have* a functional 7 track drive? Maybe the people running http://www.cray-cyber.org have one. (If you ever come to Munich, try to visit this museum.) Jens -- - |

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-23 Thread Owen DeLong
The NomCom acts as a filter, of sorts. It chooses the candidates that the membership will see. The fact that the NomCom is so closely coupled with the existing leadership has an unfortunate appearance that suggests a bias. I'm unable to say whether the bias exists, is recognized,

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-23 Thread John Curran
On Sep 23, 2011, at 12:57 AM, Paul Vixie wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:05:51 -0500 Benson Schliesser bens...@queuefull.net wrote: As for my use of existing establishment: I'm of the impression that a relatively small group of individuals drive ARIN, that most ARIN members don't actively

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-23 Thread John Curran
On Sep 23, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Jim Duncan wrote: With my parliamentarian hat on: A nominating committee's essential function is to ensure that a minimum number of qualified, vetted individuals are placed on the slate of candidates for election. it should never be a gating function; it is an

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-23 Thread Randy Bush
A nominating committee's essential function is to ensure that a minimum number of qualified, vetted individuals are placed on the slate of candidates for election. it should ensure that folk who are not *technically* qualified, e.g. not members, not human people, ... are not on the slate.

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network -- ENOUGH ALREADY!

2011-09-22 Thread Charles N Wyble
My apologies to all. I was hoping the conversation would be of an operational nature. I deleted the vast majority of messages in the thread as they weren't relevant. If anyone wants I can post smaller scope subject threads. Or a summary of the operationally relevant bits in the thread.

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Vixie
Benson Schliesser bens...@queuefull.net writes: Hi, Paul. sorry for the delay. i'll include the entirety of this short thread. For what it's worth, I agree that ARIN has a pretty good governance structure. (With the exception of NomCom this year, which is shamefully unbalanced.) ... as

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-22 Thread Benson Schliesser
Hi, Paul. On Sep 22, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Paul Vixie wrote: My understanding is that the NomCom consists of 7 people. Of those, 2 come from the board and 2 come from the AC. Together, those 4 members of the existing establishment choose the remaining 3 NomCom members. In the past, there was at

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Vixie
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:05:51 -0500 Benson Schliesser bens...@queuefull.net wrote: Earlier this year I received the following from ARIN member services: This year the NomCom charter was changed by the Board. In the past the 3 Member volunteers were selected at random. This year the 3

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-22 Thread Jim Duncan
Paul (and NANOG readers, because Paul actually already knows this), With my parliamentarian hat on: A nominating committee's essential function is to ensure that a minimum number of qualified, vetted individuals are placed on the slate of candidates for election. it should never be a gating

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Henry Yen
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:22:43AM -0400, Barton F Bruce wrote: Does anybody actually *have* a functional 7 track drive? The folks restoring at least one IBM 1401 probably have several. http://ibm-1401.info/ A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where a

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Randy Bush
http://ibm-1401.info/ A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where a coworker poured an oily fluid containing tiny metallic flakes on a patch of tape. The bits on the tape could be clearly seen by the naked eye, and could be decoded (ever so slowly!) using a

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread bmanning
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:14:59AM -0400, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:32:04 +0200, Randy Bush said: you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the second a canoe full of 7 track tape in waterproof containers. Does anybody actually *have*

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Robert Bonomi
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:07:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Jay Ashworth j...@baylink.com Subject: Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network From: Randy Bush ra...@psg.com you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Painter
Randy Bush wrote: http://ibm-1401.info/ A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where a coworker poured an oily fluid containing tiny metallic flakes on a patch of tape. The bits on the tape could be clearly seen by the naked eye, and could be decoded (ever so

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Robert Bonomi
From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu Subject: Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:14:59 -0400 Does anybody actually *have* a functional 7 track drive? I _think_ there's a guy in OZ that still has one or more. Haven't

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Jamie Bowden
From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:15 AM On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:32:04 +0200, Randy Bush said: you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the second a canoe full of 7 track tape in waterproof

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Lewis
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Matthew Kaufman wrote: On 9/19/2011 6:02 PM, Jon Lewis wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one facilities-based connection and that the other

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Henry Yen he...@aegisinfosys.com said: A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where a coworker poured an oily fluid containing tiny metallic flakes on a patch of tape. The bits on the tape could be clearly seen by the naked eye, and could be

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Dorn Hetzel
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jon Lewis jle...@lewis.org wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Dorn Hetzel wrote: If what you have is LEC frame relay service over which you have PVCs to two providers of IP transit service, then, IMO, you are multihomed. Are you protected against every single

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Paul Vixie
Benson Schliesser bens...@queuefull.net writes: For what it's worth, I agree that ARIN has a pretty good governance structure. (With the exception of NomCom this year, which is shamefully unbalanced.) ... as the chairman of the 2011 ARIN NomCom, i hope you'll explain further, either

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Benson Schliesser
Hi, Paul. On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:43, Paul Vixie vi...@isc.org wrote: Benson Schliesser bens...@queuefull.net writes: For what it's worth, I agree that ARIN has a pretty good governance structure. (With the exception of NomCom this year, which is shamefully unbalanced.) ... as the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Charles N Wyble
I plan to announce my ASN out of 3 physically diverse hops over 100mbps or gige. I believe that qualifies as multihoming under pretty much all definitions? On that note, is anyone familiar with peering fabrics in 60 Hudson and 600 West 7th (or peering fabrics that are fiber close in those

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Barry Shein
On September 20, 2011 at 02:00 he...@aegisinfosys.com (Henry Yen) wrote: A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where a coworker poured an oily fluid containing tiny metallic flakes on a patch of tape. The bits on the tape could be clearly seen by the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Owen DeLong
On Sep 20, 2011, at 5:01 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Matthew Kaufman wrote: On 9/19/2011 6:02 PM, Jon Lewis wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Sep 20, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: Why would you say that a GRE or other tunnel is not full-time connectivity? I have full-time GRE tunnels to two ISPs and they do actually constitute multihoming under the ARIN interpretation of NRPM 2.7. i.e. if you have a leased line

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net said: In the way that you are apparently incapable of reading what was written. Jon very clearly states that if the GRE tunnel goes over the same physical infrastructure, it is not multihoming. Then you go on to explain how you have

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Owen DeLong
If you open the door to that sort of interpretation, then every org with a T1 and a backup dial-up connection can claim to be multihomed. You say that like it's a bad thing. In either of these cases, it's not enough to just have the connection. The ARIN NRPM definition of Multihomed

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Dorn Hetzel
On Sep 20, 2011 3:21 PM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: If you open the door to that sort of interpretation, then every org with a T1 and a backup dial-up connection can claim to be multihomed. You say that like it's a bad thing. In either of these cases, it's not enough to just

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/20/11 12:24 PM, Dorn Hetzel wrote: On Sep 20, 2011 3:21 PM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: If you open the door to that sort of interpretation, then every org with a T1 and a backup dial-up connection can claim to be multihomed. You say that like it's a bad thing. In either of

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Sep 20, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net said: In the way that you are apparently incapable of reading what was written. Jon very clearly states that if the GRE tunnel goes over the same physical infrastructure, it is not

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Dorn Hetzel
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.netwrote: On Sep 20, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net said: In the way that you are apparently incapable of reading what was written. Jon very clearly states that

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Lewis
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Chris Adams wrote: Devil's advocate: if you have links to two carriers, but they are delivered via the same LEC on the same fiber, are you multihomed? What about if you have two LECs at your facility, but the two circuits share a common path elsewhere (outside of your

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:13:57 EDT, Dorn Hetzel said: full time connection to two or more providers should be satisfied when the network involved has (or has contracted for and will have) two or more connections that are diverse from each other at ANY point in their path between the end network

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 9/20/11 1:05 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: However, I believe the spirit of the NRPM is clear. Two circuits in the same conduit would qualify, one circuit with two BGP sessions does not. Totally disagree. If I have a metro ethernet circuit and can see both my transit providers over the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Brett Frankenberger
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 04:13:57PM -0400, Dorn Hetzel wrote: full time connection to two or more providers should be satisfied when the network involved has (or has contracted for and will have) two or more connections that are diverse from each other at ANY point in their path between the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network -- ENOUGH ALREADY!

2011-09-20 Thread Bill P
This has deviated so far from a useful technical discussion, it isn't even amusing anymore. From http://www.nanog.org/mailinglist/ Our pre-posting guide for messages to the NANOG e-mail list: Does my email have operational/technical content? ANSWER: NO. Would I be interested in

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network -- ENOUGH ALREADY!

2011-09-20 Thread Bret Palsson
Thank you! 112 Emails on this subject, I am sick of it. On Sep 20, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Bill P wrote: This has deviated so far from a useful technical discussion, it isn't even amusing anymore. From http://www.nanog.org/mailinglist/ Our pre-posting guide for messages to the NANOG e-mail

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Owen DeLong
Ok, I would propose something like: full time connection to two or more providers should be satisfied when the network involved has (or has contracted for and will have) two or more connections that are diverse from each other at ANY point in their path between the end network location or

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Owen DeLong
On Sep 20, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Jon Lewis wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Chris Adams wrote: Devil's advocate: if you have links to two carriers, but they are delivered via the same LEC on the same fiber, are you multihomed? What about if you have two LECs at your facility, but the two circuits

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Dorn Hetzel
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Brett Frankenberger rbf+na...@panix.comwrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 04:13:57PM -0400, Dorn Hetzel wrote: full time connection to two or more providers should be satisfied when the network involved has (or has contracted for and will have) two or more

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Dillon
Randy is right that ARIN has missed a step here. It is unfortunate that there is no tool in existence that would test conformance of a whois server, and with hindsight, it would have been a good idea for ARIN to sponsor such a tool on one of the open source repo sites like github or googlecode.

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-20 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Chris Adams cmad...@hiwaay.net What about if you have two LECs at your facility, but the two circuits share a common path elsewhere (outside of your knowledge)? p=1.0, *even* if you're paying for guaranteed physical diversity. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R.

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Owen DeLong
I disagree. I think that the underlying physical topology of your network is something ARIN is quite intentionally agnostic about. Owen On Sep 18, 2011, at 6:25 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread John Curran
On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:57 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote: However, your statement that I only welcome change funneled through ARIN-managed channels is incorrect, as I have made it quite plain on multiple occasions that the structure of the Internet number registry system itself is not

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Owen DeLong
On Sep 18, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote: On 09/18/2011 08:25 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that wasn't the spirit of the policy when it was written. Maybe the policy needs to be amended

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Randy Bush
All transfer requests which meet the policies get approved and updated in the registry. ARIN does turn down transfer requests which don't meet policy, and this potential is often understood and covered in proposed sale documents for IP address blocks. would you be willing to describe what

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:17:57 PDT, Cameron Byrne said: Call me optimistic but ipv6 does not have these issues... For anyone making STRATEGIC choices about ipv4 investments... beware of sharks in these waters, not just the cgn pains For many of us (especiially the ones who have ipv6

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread John Curran
On Sep 19, 2011, at 3:34 AM, Randy Bush wrote: All transfer requests which meet the policies get approved and updated in the registry. ARIN does turn down transfer requests which don't meet policy, and this potential is often understood and covered in proposed sale documents for IP address

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Sinatra
On 09/18/11 19:41, Frank Bulk wrote: I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one facilities-based connection and that the other connections could be fulfilled via tunnels. This may be heresy for some. I don't think the

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Jon Lewis
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one facilities-based connection and that the other connections could be fulfilled via tunnels. This may be heresy for some. That's not

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 9/19/2011 6:02 PM, Jon Lewis wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one facilities-based connection and that the other connections could be fulfilled via tunnels. This may be

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 9/19/2011 6:02 PM, Jon Lewis wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one facilities-based connection and that the other connections could be fulfilled via tunnels. This may be

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Randy Bush
1) One IP connection via a T-1. Second IP connection via GRE tunnel carried on first. 2) One IP connection via a T-1 that doesn't have transit, only peering with providers B and C. IP connections via two GRE tunnels to providers B and C. 3) One IP connection via MPLS over T-1. Second

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 9/19/2011 8:32 PM, Randy Bush wrote: you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the second a canoe full of 7 track tape in waterproof containers. They certainly have different loss characteristics, even if you don't get unique routing policy out of it. Matthew

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 9/16/2011 12:58 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: I wonder what would happen if a new ARIN member requested an IPv4 block of say a /16 for a new business? Or even a smaller block. I don't know what the current ARIN rules are but RIPE will currently give out six months worth of space. Now, in six

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Matthew Kaufman
On 9/18/2011 7:27 PM, Antonio Querubin wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that wasn't the spirit of the policy when it was written. Maybe the policy needs to be amended to clarify

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Randy Bush ra...@psg.com you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the second a canoe full of 7 track tape in waterproof containers. That's a station wagon full of magtape. Henry would be disappointed. Cheers, -- jra * See also

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/19/2011 10:40 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote: On 9/16/2011 12:58 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: I wonder what would happen if a new ARIN member requested an IPv4 block of say a /16 for a new business? Or even a smaller block. I don't know what the current ARIN rules are but RIPE will currently

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:32:04 +0200, Randy Bush said: you left out one connection via a chevy full of hollerith cards and the second a canoe full of 7 track tape in waterproof containers. Does anybody actually *have* a functional 7 track drive? I remember seeing a story on PBS (may have been a

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Joel jaeggli
given that as 729 maxes out at 800cpi there are probably slightly kinky ways to attack the problem, e.g. someone doing it with disk packs. http://chrisfenton.com/cray-1-digital-archeology/ there's still plenty of equipment that can wrap 1/2 tape around a spindle. On 9/19/11 21:14 ,

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-19 Thread Barton F Bruce
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro* Does anybody actually *have* a functional 7 track drive? The folks restoring at least one IBM 1401 probably have several. http://ibm-1401.info/ Other than replacing a lot of older tab shop hardware, a primary

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Alexander Harrowell
On Saturday 17 Sep 2011 22:37:46 Randy Bush wrote: one to post overly aggressive defensive messages on nanog I am not convinced that Mr. Bush is best placed to comment on this particular issue. -- The only thing worse than e-mail disclaimers...is people who send e-mail to lists complaining

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Randy Bush
one to post overly aggressive defensive messages on nanog I am not convinced that Mr. Bush is best placed to comment on this particular issue. you seem to have a problem differentiating defense from offense. i recommend you not play chess. :) randy

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread John Curran
On Sep 18, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Randy Bush wrote: one to post overly aggressive defensive messages on nanog I am not convinced that Mr. Bush is best placed to comment on this particular issue. you seem to have a problem differentiating defense from offense. i recommend you not play chess.

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Randy Bush
one to post overly aggressive defensive messages on nanog I am not convinced that Mr. Bush is best placed to comment on this particular issue. you seem to have a problem differentiating defense from offense. i recommend you not play chess. :) Randy is perfectly right in expressing his

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Sep 18, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Randy Bush wrote: i just think that we, as a culture, have let things get wy out of whack. john is paid to defend the status grow. I like that: status grow. It seems pretty clear to me that, as humans, we're not very good at organizational contraction.

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Randy Bush wrote: IPv4 trading is already taking place, what are you (as operators) planning to do when asked to route prefixes that have been bought/sold? Will you accept alternative (whois) registry sources? why the heck should i have to? the iana and the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Randy Bush
I'm told of others that have bought legacy IPv4 prefixes with no intention of updating whois at this time - no desire to enter into a relationship with ARIN and be subjected to existing policy, for instance. so your point is that your friends at depository.com will be attractive to ip address

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Sep 18, 2011, at 15:51, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: I'm told of others that have bought legacy IPv4 prefixes with no intention of updating whois at this time - no desire to enter into a relationship with ARIN and be subjected to existing policy, for instance. so your point is that

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Sep 18, 2011 1:08 PM, Benson Schliesser bens...@queuefull.net wrote: On Sep 18, 2011, at 15:51, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: I'm told of others that have bought legacy IPv4 prefixes with no intention of updating whois at this time - no desire to enter into a relationship with ARIN

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/18/11 1:08 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote: On Sep 18, 2011, at 15:51, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: I'm told of others that have bought legacy IPv4 prefixes with no intention of updating whois at this time - no desire to enter into a relationship with ARIN and be subjected to existing

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Frank Bulk
Where I live in rural America, I would not be surprised that someone who wanted to start an ISP might only be able to cost-justify one upstream. When one Internet T-1 is $1,200/month, getting a second T-1 for that price from another provider just to get an AS or PI is definitely

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Leigh Porter
-Original Message- From: Frank Bulk [mailto:frnk...@iname.com] Sent: 18 September 2011 23:14 To: 'Charles N Wyble'; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network Where I live in rural America, I would not be

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread John Curran
On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote: In John's case (on behalf of ARIN as is befitting his role) he welcomes change as long as it's funneled through the ARIN-managed channels. In other words, change is welcome as long as it reinforces ARIN's role as facilitator.

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Frank Bulk
I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that wasn't the spirit of the policy when it was written. Maybe the policy needs to be amended to clarify that. Frank -Original Message- From: Leigh Porter

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread John Curran
On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote: On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Randy Bush wrote: why the heck should i have to? the iana and the frelling rirs' one principal task is to register. if they do not register transfers then what are we all smoking? I don't disagree...

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/18/2011 08:25 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that wasn't the spirit of the policy when it was written. Maybe the policy needs to be amended to clarify that. Well that would be a shame in my

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Antonio Querubin
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Frank Bulk wrote: I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that wasn't the spirit of the policy when it was written. Maybe the policy needs to be amended to clarify that. I think this is a bad idea and I suspect

RE: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Frank Bulk
I should have made myself more clear -- the policy amendment would make clear that multihoming requires only one facilities-based connection and that the other connections could be fulfilled via tunnels. This may be heresy for some. Frank -Original Message- From: Antonio Querubin

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Frank Bulk frnk...@iname.com wrote: I understand that tunneling meets the letter of the ARIN policy, but I'll make the bold assumption that wasn't the spirit of the policy when it was written.  Maybe the policy needs to be amended to clarify that. ARIN is

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-18 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Sep 18, 2011, at 21:20, John Curran jcur...@arin.net wrote: On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote: In John's case (on behalf of ARIN as is befitting his role) he welcomes change as long as it's funneled through the ARIN-managed channels. In other words, change is

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 9/16/11 13:50 , Nathan Eisenberg wrote: As an ISP, ARIN will not give you any space if you are new. You have to already have an equivalent amount of space from another provider. does arin *really* still have that amazing barrier to market entry? Yes. If you want PI space, you have to

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Blake Dunlap
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 12:06, Joel jaeggli joe...@bogus.com wrote: . The ARIN community is easily it's own worst enemy. Not to mention the difficulty of actually getting a provider to let you announce their PA IP space to other providers if you already are / want multihoming. I just got

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
As an ISP, ARIN will not give you any space if you are new. You have to already have an equivalent amount of space from another provider. does arin *really* still have that amazing barrier to market entry? Yes. If you want PI space, you have to start off with PA space, utilize it, and then

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Sep 17, 2011 10:41 AM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: As an ISP, ARIN will not give you any space if you are new. You have to already have an equivalent amount of space from another provider. does arin *really* still have that amazing barrier to market entry? Yes. If you want PI

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Owen DeLong
All of the speculation and comment on this thread has been something to watch, but, it's not actually all that accurate. https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four2 NRPM 4.2 provides several ways in which an ISP can qualify for space As has been mentioned in this thread, efficiently using a PA

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Carpenter
- Original Message - All of the speculation and comment on this thread has been something to watch, but, it's not actually all that accurate. https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four2 NRPM 4.2 provides several ways in which an ISP can qualify for space As has been mentioned

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread John Curran
On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote: 2) Obtain ipv6 space from ARIN (inquired about getting space and ran into some issues. need to speak with my co founder and get details. evidently getting brand new v6 space for a brand new network is fairly difficult. for now may just

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread John Curran
On Sep 17, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote: I have a small ISP customer who is not multi-homed, and is using about a /21 and a half of space, and is expanding. Their upstream is refusing to give them more space, so they wanted to get their own, and give back the space to the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Sep 17, 2011, at 11:19 AM, John Curran wrote: On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote: 2) Obtain ipv6 space from ARIN (inquired about getting space and ran into some issues. need to speak with my co founder and get details. evidently getting brand new v6 space for a brand

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Owen DeLong
On Sep 17, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Randy Carpenter wrote: - Original Message - All of the speculation and comment on this thread has been something to watch, but, it's not actually all that accurate. https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four2 NRPM 4.2 provides several ways in

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/17/2011 01:19 PM, John Curran wrote: On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote: 2) Obtain ipv6 space from ARIN (inquired about getting space and ran into some issues. need to speak with my co founder and get details. evidently getting brand new v6 space for a brand new network

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
One more reason we can all do ourselves a favor by moving to ipv6, remove the number scarcity issue and associated baggage of begging for numbers silly hope. we created monopoly organizations. this kind of thing is self-perpetuating. randy

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
I have absolutely no doubt that there are sufficient folks participating in NANOG to get nearly any policy desired through the ARIN policy process. To the extent that folks don't care to learn the current policies and participate in the policy development process, they end up

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread John Curran
On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Randy Bush wrote: I have absolutely no doubt that there are sufficient folks participating in NANOG to get nearly any policy desired through the ARIN policy process. To the extent that folks don't care to learn the current policies and participate in the

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
I have absolutely no doubt that there are sufficient folks participating in NANOG to get nearly any policy desired through the ARIN policy process. To the extent that folks don't care to learn the current policies and participate in the policy development process, they end up

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread John Curran
On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Randy Bush wrote: One more reason we can all do ourselves a favor by moving to ipv6, remove the number scarcity issue and associated baggage of begging for numbers silly hope. we created monopoly organizations. this kind of thing is self-perpetuating. Randy

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
Strange... You seem to overcome it well enough to join in the discussion on PPML, but not to actual propose changes to policy. i believe you are mistaken. i am not knowingly a subscriber to ppml, and am not, to the best of my knowledge, participating in any discussion(s) there. a search of

Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

2011-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
One more reason we can all do ourselves a favor by moving to ipv6, remove the number scarcity issue and associated baggage of begging for numbers silly hope. we created monopoly organizations. this kind of thing is self-perpetuating. Randy - If you wish to propose an alternative which

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