Re: real hardware router VS linux router

2009-02-19 Thread Bill Nash
You know you're off track when.. What operational relevance does this conversation, or the similiar ones that came before it, have? Are there a bunch in production contributing to the degradation of the best route between me and this video of cute kittens I'm trying to watch? Did something

Re: Public shaming list for ISPs announcing other ISPs IP space by mistake

2008-08-18 Thread Bill Nash
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Jared Mauch wrote: I agree, how many of you folks that use IRRs have ever deleted an IRR object? Heck, some ISPs even add them based on existence of advertised routes. On that topic, how do you delete IRR objects when the person who created them used a unique maintainer o

Re: Software router state of the art

2008-07-28 Thread Bill Nash
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Rev. Jeffrey Paul wrote: As much as I hate to contribute to the problem, I'd like to point out that the barrage of useless, off-topic, empty traffic on this list in the last week is, in my estimation, quite a bit above the "usual" ruckus of NANOG. While I'm not one to thunk

Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs)

2008-06-27 Thread Bill Nash
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Bill Nash wrote: Except for domain registrars, who are only really a registrar when they make a mistake that could cost your entire commercial enterprise. Edit: s/when/until/ Beer:30. - billn

Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs)

2008-06-27 Thread Bill Nash
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, David Conrad wrote: On Jun 27, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Bill Nash wrote: I'd rather see ICANN spend time on current problems instead of making new ones. Out of curiosity, what are the problems you feel ICANN should be spending its time on? For starters, has Verisign

Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs)

2008-06-27 Thread Bill Nash
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Scott Francis wrote: perhaps somebody with more insight can explain the rationale to me (DRC?) - is there a purpose served here aside from corporate/legal interests? It strikes me as fomenting another gold rush. The notion that disputed TLDs go up for auction sounds like

Re: [NANOG] Never seen before! Gucci Prada Chanel, Bally, Dsquared, Sold for less than cost.WOW

2008-04-24 Thread Bill Nash
Express invitations for blackholing from the spammers. =) - billn On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Logan, Robert wrote: > Is this what the mail list has come to? > > -Original Message- > From: nanog@nanog.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:06 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org >

Re: [Nanog] ATT VP: Internet to hit capacity by 2010

2008-04-18 Thread Bill Nash
I wouldn't be shocked at all if this was an element of multi-pronged lobbying approaches, reminiscent of the 'fiber to the home' tax break series that hit a handful of years back that got us pretty much nothing. Given trivial tech milestones like these: http://www.thelocal.se/7869/20070712/ (20

Re: Network Operations Guide

2007-08-24 Thread Bill Nash
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Bill Nash wrote: > I built a perl daemon using Net::BGP and DBI that inserted and removed > routes, on update, into an SQL db. I could then query to my hearts > content, beating up a db with full routes with all the efficiency of SQL. > It's simple as hel

Re: AUP/autoresponders, rehashed

2007-06-26 Thread Bill Nash
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Jo Rhett wrote: > >I think someone suggests the above everytime a discussion comes up. In the > >spirit of "a very simple solution", everyone can be their own dictator of > >their own mailbox -- they don't need to protect the rest of the list, or > >develop a consensus for ch

Re: AUP/autoresponders, rehashed

2007-06-12 Thread Bill Nash
Sweet zombie jesus, this is the stupid thread that's ever, for lack of a better term, graced this list, and I think I was even party to the predecessor. I am eternally in your debt for bringing us this new low. - billn On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Martin Hannigan wrote: > > On 6/12/07, [EMAIL PROT