Wireless/Free Space Enterprise ISP in Palo Alto

2011-12-16 Thread Darren Bolding
apidly turned up IP transit or b) rapidly turned up point-to-point (presumably wireless) between 529 Bryant/PAIX and the office (University and Emerson). Thanks very much! --D -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Experiences with "advanced" network taps.

2011-05-23 Thread Darren Bolding
neral comments you might like to share regarding them, and whether you would recommend particular vendors. If people reply off-list, I will make a point of summarizing back if I get any feedback. Thanks! --D -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Want to move to all 208V for server racks

2010-12-02 Thread Darren Bolding
l current flowing through the neutral will vary depending on the loads > on the two hot wires. You'd need a specialized outlet or breaker GFCI that > summed the current across all three wires; such devices may exist but I've > never seen them. (Btw -- the usual reason for using outlet GFCIs is that > they're much cheaper than breaker versions.) > > >--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > > > > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Enterprise DNS providers

2010-10-18 Thread Darren Bolding
s, however we needed them urgently and someone else responded > > faster > > and they seem to be doing a good job so far. > > > > Regards, > > > > Ken > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: What must one do to avoid Gmail's retarded non-spam filtering?

2010-09-29 Thread Darren Bolding
addresses, to check their spam folders, and to > > click on "this is not spam" > > 2. Providing our own free e-mail service to everyone (including those > > we don't even know yet) and putting up "don't use Google" ads on all > > of our customer-facing systems > > > > At least this isn't Hotmail where mail is just silently deleted with > > no NDR after it's accepted by their MTAs. > > > > The call volume has been going up instead of down lately and it's > > gotten to the point where we're sending MTA log extracts to people to > > prove to them that we really did e-mail them. > > > > Would greatly appreciate any advice. > > > > Erik > > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: SPANS Vs Taps

2010-07-01 Thread Darren Bolding
ggregate instead of a true port aggregator?? > > > > Regards, > > > > Matthew > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Experiences with A10 AX series Load Balancers?

2010-03-24 Thread Darren Bolding
We are looking to replace our aging F5 BigIP LTM's and will be evaluating > these along with the Netscaler and new generation F5 boxes. > > > > > Regards, > > Bryan > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: log parsing tool?

2010-02-22 Thread Darren Bolding
r good choices, thanks > > FD > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: The Internet Revealed - A film about IXPs v2.0: now available

2010-02-10 Thread Darren Bolding
works including IXPs, not an IXP > advertisement. My expectations were obviously wrong from the response I'm > seeing. > > I wouldn't call you "jaded" when you do what you accuse others of doing. > > And to be clear, you got "a correct factual way of describing how the > Internet works including IXPs". It may not have been complete, but if you > honestly expected a complete description of the Internet in a film of /any/ > length ... well, words fail me. > > -- > TTFN, > patrick > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: D/DoS mitigation hardware/software needed.

2010-01-05 Thread Darren Bolding
bbins, Roland wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 3:58 PM, Darren Bolding wrote: > > > I believe their is strong evidence that the use of web application > firewalls to meet this DSS requirement is smaller than you might think. I > would not be surprised if it was significantly

Re: D/DoS mitigation hardware/software needed.

2010-01-05 Thread Darren Bolding
Jan 5, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Darren Bolding wrote: > > > * Defense in depth. You've never had a host that received external > traffic ever accidentally have iptables or windows firewall turned off? > Even when debugging a production outage or on accident? > > Again, policy shoul

Re: D/DoS mitigation hardware/software needed.

2010-01-05 Thread Darren Bolding
at is most likely to genuinely improve the security of your infrastructure and business, which may well be a WAF. --D On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Dobbins, Roland wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Darren Bolding wrote: > > > PCI DSS does not require a "

Re: D/DoS mitigation hardware/software needed.

2010-01-04 Thread Darren Bolding
ed horizontally in order to meet capacity demands. > > --- > Roland Dobbins // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> > >Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. > >-- H.L. Mencken > > > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: fight club :) richard bennett vs various nanogers, on paid peering

2009-11-25 Thread Darren Bolding
ed by massive multi-billion dollar incentives. > > Oh wait, those billions got pocketed - if the massive fiber buildout had > happened, we'd have so much bandwidth that neutrality wouldn't be an > issue... > > But then, the Republicans keep saying they are not opposed to health care > reform in principle either... > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Recomended data cabling contractors in Bay Area/Peninsula?

2009-11-23 Thread Darren Bolding
basic Cat5E/Patch Panel work. Thanks for any suggestions! --D -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Password repository

2009-11-18 Thread Darren Bolding
Pwman On 11/18/09, Jay Nakamura wrote: > Quick question, does anyone have software/combination of tools they > recommend on centrally store various passwords securely? > > Thanks. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Redundant Data Center Architectures

2009-10-28 Thread Darren Bolding
- > Roland Dobbins // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> > > Sorry, sometimes I mistake your existential crises for technical > insights. > >-- xkcd #625 > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Request for a pointer - Linux modifying DSCP on replies?

2009-09-03 Thread Darren Bolding
markings. This seems to have had negligible performance or memory impact on some very busy hosts, so it seems like a viable solution. --D On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Darren Bolding wrote: > Steve, > Perhaps it is outside the DS domain, and that is the issue. It seems odd > that the

Power basics- any resources?

2009-09-03 Thread Darren Bolding
Basic safety. Redundant power. Thanks for any pointers! -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: F5/Cisco catalyst configuration question

2009-08-19 Thread Darren Bolding
> the 6500. > > Any suggestions what to try? > > Best regards, > > Scott Spencer > Data Center Asset Recovery/Remarketing Manager > Duane Whitlow & Co. Inc. > Nationwide Toll Free: 800.977.7473. Direct: 972.865.1395 Fax: > 972.931.3340 > <mailto:sc...@dwc-comput

Re: Request for a pointer - Linux modifying DSCP on replies?

2009-08-17 Thread Darren Bolding
he > return path at the point they re-enter the DS domain. > > I would imagine that iptables and the DSCP target would do what you > wanted, yes. I'd consider classifying and marking traffic at whatever > switch you would consider to be at the edge of the DS domain > (con

Request for a pointer - Linux modifying DSCP on replies?

2009-08-17 Thread Darren Bolding
is 2.6.9-67.ELsmp. Any help or pointers would be appreciated! --D -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Cisco 7600 (7609) as a core BGP router.

2009-07-18 Thread Darren Bolding
NetFlow issues. > > --- > Roland Dobbins // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> > > Unfortunately, inefficiency scales really well. > > -- Kevin Lawton > > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: Fire, Power loss at Fisher Plaza in Seattle

2009-07-03 Thread Darren Bolding
infrastructure. > Would you feel comfortable walking into your data center and ripping > the power cable out of some bit of equipment at random _right now_? > If not, you have no faith your equipment will work in an outage. > > -- > Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 >PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Fire, Power loss at Fisher Plaza in Seattle

2009-07-03 Thread Darren Bolding
Plaza's phone numbers now result in fast-busy signals, so I have no recent update from them directly. Interestingly, this building is also the production studios for several Seattle TV and radio stations. There is no ETA for resolution. --D -- -- Darren Bolding -- --

Re: integrated KVMoIP and serial console terminal server

2009-04-24 Thread Darren Bolding
rocketport serial card in a FreeBSD box. I only moved to > the opengear because I need many more ports > > I like both the opengear and the freebsd box because I can use ssh auth, > I can log, and I can lock down each user so that a given private key can > only view a certain port. > > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site

2009-04-06 Thread Darren Bolding
ion, and unloaded by the > same team of folks. Still, if you don't need it overnight that can be > the entire united states... > > -- > Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 >PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: do I need to maintain with RADB?

2009-02-19 Thread Darren Bolding
- > Jon Lewis | I route > Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are > Atlantic Net| > _____ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_ > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- dar...@bolding.org --

Re: SANS: DNS Bug Now Public?

2008-07-23 Thread Darren Bolding
l resolvers to forward queries to an external, > patched resolver which can see the world other than through NAT-coloured > glasses may also be a way out.) > > > Joe > > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Best utilizing fat long pipes and large file transfer

2008-06-12 Thread Darren Bolding
ments. > > and for those of us who are addicted to simple rsync, or whatever over > ssh, you should be aware of the really bad openssh windowing issue. > > randy > > -- -- Darren Bolding -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [NANOG] Purpose of Internap's PNET AS22212

2008-04-28 Thread Darren Bolding
odel was based around > isolated PNAPs and being a backboneless provider. Attempts at getting an > explanation from Internap have been fruitless. > > CT > > > > ___ > NANOG mailing list > NANOG@nanog.org > http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman