Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Paul Kelly :: Blacknight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We saw a dramatic decrease. Attached is our dnsbl mirror in .ie, it > mirrors spamhaus amoungst other things. > McColo was just an exercise in "managing" cyber cri

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Paul Kelly :: Blacknight
We saw a dramatic decrease. Attached is our dnsbl mirror in .ie, it mirrors spamhaus amoungst other things. The numbers are in 1000s of 1000s per 5 minute window. (so 2500k = 2.5m) You can see a dramatic decrease that corresponds with them going offline and then the spam level gradually coming

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Frank Bulk
We experienced exactly no decrease with the McColo shut down a few weeks back, even though we receive 2M+ messages per day. It's interesting that each service provider's spam populations are as different as they are. Some experienced gigantic decreases, others didn't. And it's not like we have j

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Peter Dambier
Seen behind my ISP (gmx.de), I get almost no spam. Looking into the spam folder I see some 10% of what I used to see. On the other other hand when they closed I got an alarm for my homepage. I got so many wordbooks on my ssh that they exceeded my traffic limit. I had to move my sshd to IPv6 only

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Raymond Corbin
I thought it was mostly control serversI doubt any 'botnet master' would hardcode an IP address of a server without some sort of backup using some domains that they can always change the DNS on. They update that and the bots will then start connecting to the new 'control servers' and thus spam

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Marc Manthey
Also, where I live, if the power goes out hard (for example, during the last Hurricane), the cell phone will not have service either. hello What about GPS ? simply sending such data would help more then a "unreliable mobile phone call " right ? (we have enough places where i live an

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Walter
We have not seen any decrease. In the last 24 hours we have seen 3.5 million messages blocked. -Mike -Original Message- From: Revolver Onslaught [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:14 PM To: nanog Subject: McColo and SPAM Hello, Since McColo closed, we noticed

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Peter Serwe
Certainly, I have seen a perceptual, yet completely subjective increase. I know major operators who have claimed to see a gigantic decrease. Peter On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Skywing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > McColo hosted the command and control servers for spam botnets and didn't > or

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Brian Keefer
On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:51 PM, Skywing wrote: McColo hosted the command and control servers for spam botnets and didn't originate spam directly, at least primarily, according to my understanding. - S That is correct. Srizbi and Rustok, primarily. -- bk

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Skywing
McColo hosted the command and control servers for spam botnets and didn't originate spam directly, at least primarily, according to my understanding. - S -Original Message- From: Peter Serwe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:49 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: R

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Peter Serwe
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:34 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:14:08 +0100 > From: Revolver Onslaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: McColo and SPAM > To: nanog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859

Re: Recommendation of Tools

2008-12-05 Thread Craig Holland
Hi... > According to the 0.75 sorcecode ICMP is still the default prot used, > and the definition of MTR from bitwizards homepage disagress with you: > > "mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' > programs in a single network diagnostic tool. > As mtr starts, it investigates

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Dave Larter
Sorry, and we have the premium spam add-on too. -Original Message- From: Charles Wyble [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:28 PM To: Dave Larter Cc: Revolver Onslaught; nanog Subject: Re: McColo and SPAM Is that an off the shelf tool or custom built?

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Dave Larter
It Symantec SMTP gateway v smssmtp501-2007-11-07_02 I have setup another new version Symantec Brightmail Gateway 7.7 product which is in the config stage and only handling a few test domains right now. -Original Message- From: Charles Wyble [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, Decemb

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Dave Larter
And delivered spam is about the same too. This is just spam I receive, May was when I brought our new smtp gateways online. -Original Message- From: Revolver Onslaught [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:25 PM To: Dave Larter Cc: nanog Subject: Re: McColo and

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Erik (Caneris)
Same here, with the same subject. Picked up only recently. -- Erik Caneris Tel: 647-723-6365 Fax: 647-723-5365 Toll-free: 1-866-827-0021 www.caneris.com From: Charles Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:26 PM To: Jeff Shultz Cc: NANO

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Is that an off the shelf tool or custom built?

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Jeff Shultz wrote I've been getting an fair number of e-mails (up from zero) from customers asking about spam they are getting with their e-mail address being in the From: address. I know that this has always been happening, I'm just wondering if it's been buried under the McColo stuff so th

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Revolver Onslaught
Very stange. I could notice our Spamhaus rejects were the same as before Dave Larter a écrit : > It is still way down for me, see attached. > > Dave > > -Original Message- > From: Revolver Onslaught [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:14 PM > To: nanog > S

RE: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Dave Larter
It is still way down for me, see attached. Dave -Original Message- From: Revolver Onslaught [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:14 PM To: nanog Subject: McColo and SPAM Hello, Since McColo closed, we noticed the spam was far more intensive than before. However

Re: McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Jeff Shultz
Revolver Onslaught wrote: Hello, Since McColo closed, we noticed the spam was far more intensive than before. However, it seems the amount of spam is similar than than before. Do you feel the same ? Many thanks, RO I've been getting an fair number of e-mails (up from zero) from customers

McColo and SPAM

2008-12-05 Thread Revolver Onslaught
Hello, Since McColo closed, we noticed the spam was far more intensive than before. However, it seems the amount of spam is similar than than before. Do you feel the same ? Many thanks, RO

Weekly Routing Table Report

2008-12-05 Thread Routing Analysis Role Account
This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Internet Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. Daily listings are sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For historical data, please see http://thyme.apnic.net. If you have any comments please contact Philip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Jeff Shultz
Aaron Wendel wrote: Hmm... Florida and the entire Gulf Coast and probably Eastern US... Hurricanes, and the West Coast, Earthquakes... and the northern US, severe winter storms. Where does that leave? Utah? Everyone move to Utah! Aaron Inland Pacific NW. Minor (but really minor) earthquake

RE: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Aaron Wendel
Hmm... Florida and the entire Gulf Coast and probably Eastern US... Hurricanes, and the West Coast, Earthquakes... and the northern US, severe winter storms. Where does that leave? Utah? Everyone move to Utah! Aaron -Original Message- From: Jack Bates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Jack Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I've been telling them for years that everyone should just vacate > Oklahoma, and Kansas. And anywhere in Florida within 50 miles of the coast. -- Ben

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Dec 5, 2008, at 10:07 AM, David Cantrell wrote: On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 09:21:53AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote: On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:01 AM, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:08:49AM -0600, Jack Bates wrote: Unless you live in a natural disaster prone location. So don't d

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Jack Bates
David Cantrell wrote: A "natural disaster prone location" would, by a normal person, be taken to be one where there is a high probability of being visited by nature's Fuckup Fairies. Such as flood plains (eg much of the Thames estuary) and the sides of active volcanoes (Naples). Most places hav

RE: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Skywing
Mobiles are usually (much) cheaper than a landline in such places. Inbound calls are usually free too, so they are becoming quite common (relatively), even in underdeveloped areas, at least according to my understanding. - S -Original Message- From: David Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 09:21:53AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:01 AM, David Cantrell wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:08:49AM -0600, Jack Bates wrote: > >>Unless you live in a natural disaster prone location. > >So don't do that. > There is literarily no place on the p

Re: ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Sharlon R. Carty
I definately agree would be cheaper if was available on site. BTW, they should be back up now. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Alex Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if having a spare card there would have been cheaper than this > outage and resulting flights and labour? > > > > >

Re: ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Beavis
for the guy that will replace the card RoadTrip!!! lol On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Alex Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if having a spare card there would have been cheaper than this > outage and resulting flights and labour? > >> >> Yup, there is a defective card in the

RE: ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Rubenstein
I wonder if having a spare card there would have been cheaper than this outage and resulting flights and labour? > > Yup, there is a defective card in the Bahamas. They should be flying in > this > morning to have it replaced. > It's been out since yesterday evening. >

The Cidr Report

2008-12-05 Thread cidr-report
This report has been generated at Fri Dec 5 21:22:08 2008 AEST. The report analyses the BGP Routing Table of AS2.0 router and generates a report on aggregation potential within the table. Check http://www.cidr-report.org for a current version of this report. Recent Table History Date

BGP Update Report

2008-12-05 Thread cidr-report
BGP Update Report Interval: 03-Nov-08 -to- 04-Dec-08 (32 days) Observation Point: BGP Peering with AS131072 TOP 20 Unstable Origin AS Rank ASNUpds % Upds/PfxAS-Name 1 - AS9583 220468 1.9% 174.8 -- SIFY-AS-IN Sify Limited 2 - AS4538 206468 1.8%

RE: ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Reginald CHAUVET ( H )
Thanks for the confirmation. Regards Reggie _ From: Sharlon R. Carty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 9:16 AM To: Beavis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARCOS Outage Yup, there is a defective card in the Bahamas. They should be flying in t

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:01 AM, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:08:49AM -0600, Jack Bates wrote: 911 services are heavily used when a geographical area has an emergency, and that emergency usually includes not having power. Yes, and it usually involves several thousand people

Re: ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Sharlon R. Carty
Yup, there is a defective card in the Bahamas. They should be flying in this morning to have it replaced. It's been out since yesterday evening. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Beavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran through ARCOS(CN) and I didn't get any connectivity disruption > yesterday. >

RE: [SPAM-HEADER] - Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread Rod Beck
Folks, I doubt the incumbents are the most vulnerable in this situation. It is debt-laden competitive providers that face the greatest difficulty. Look at balance sheets and who is struggling to generate a profit or who has never generated a profit. Roderick S. Beck Director of European Sal

Re: Telecom Collapse?

2008-12-05 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:08:49AM -0600, Jack Bates wrote: > 911 services are heavily used when a geographical area has an emergency, > and that emergency usually includes not having power. Yes, and it usually involves several thousand people all phoning to report the same damned thing, cloggin

Re: ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Beavis
I ran through ARCOS(CN) and I didn't get any connectivity disruption yesterday. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Reginald CHAUVET ( H ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is my first post on this list. > > Does anyone on the list knows what happened with the ARCOS submarine cable > last night? >

ARCOS Outage

2008-12-05 Thread Reginald CHAUVET ( H )
This is my first post on this list. Does anyone on the list knows what happened with the ARCOS submarine cable last night? Last night at 07H14PM Two out of the Three ISP from HAITI connected to the internet backbone on the ARCOS submarine cable through the Dominican Republic at Puerto Plata, ex