Re: sub $500-750 CPE firewall for voip-centric application

2016-05-05 Thread Andrew Kirch
Both the Juniper SRX, and the Mikrotik will work. The problem isn't firewalling, it's NAT. NAT is evil. Perhaps having enough IP Addresses would be a better solution? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26BAlfWBm8 On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Matt Freitag wrote: > I'm a huge fan of Juniper's

Re: Monitoring system recommendation

2016-06-06 Thread Andrew Kirch
I once worked for Zenoss and still suggest them. Zenoss supports NAGIOS plugins, and my $DAYJOB is at a Zenoss Partner who can help you achieve your goals. If you need some help with Zenoss feel free to contact me off list. Andrew On Monday, June 6, 2016, Manuel Marín wrote: > Dear Nanog commu

Re: syslog server

2016-06-07 Thread Andrew Kirch
Journald is excellent. The binary storage format is a huge leap forward. Andrew On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Grant Ridder wrote: > +1 for ELKK (with kafka) > Doing several hundred GB of log per day with a dozen instances on AWS (ES > cluster + logstash hosts + kafak cluster) > > -Grant > > On Mon,

Re: Leap Second planned for 2016

2016-07-08 Thread Andrew Kirch
Its a whole extra second you can spend doing something awesome. You have to plan now! On Friday, July 8, 2016, Javier J wrote: > > Time to start preparing > > > Unless you are running something that can't handle leap seconds what do you > really need to prepare for? > > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 a

Re: Need abuse/postmaster contact for AT&T to resolve IP block

2016-08-31 Thread Andrew Kirch
Gmail here, went to my Inbox. On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Jay Farrell via NANOG wrote: > Interestingly, your mail to the nanog list went to my spam folder, rather > than my nanog folder (I'm using gmail or domains for my mail.) That rarely > happens. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:22 AM, We

Re: Wanted: volunteers with bandwidth/storage to help save climate data

2016-12-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
I can't for the life of me see why we'd have to deal with it in the course of our jobs beyond calling someone and having them install more A/C. This is, flat-out, off topic. Andrew On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Royce Williams wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Ken Chase wrote: > > O

Re: PSN (Playstation Network) security team

2017-04-27 Thread Andrew Kirch
Arrogance almost always proceeds humiliation. Andrew On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:39 AM, John A. Kilpatrick wrote: > Which is kinda funny when you think about it. > > -- >John A. Kilpatrick > j...@hypergeek.netEmail| http://www.hypergeek.net/ >

Re: Spectrum/TimeWarner IPv6 routing issue

2017-05-11 Thread Andrew Kirch
I'm a Time Warner/Spectrum customer and to date haven't been able to discern that they have any clue what IPv6 is. If it's available please contact me off list and tell me how to get it. Andrew On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Jason Pope wrote: > All, > > I apologize for doing this, but is ther

Re: I'm getting these bounce messages for some bizarre reason.

2017-05-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
It's probably subspace interference caused by high levels of neutrinos. On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Large Hadron Collider < large.hadron.colli...@gmx.com> wrote: > Would you on the fine mailing list be able to find out what's going on > here? > > > > Forwarded Message > Sub

Spectrum web cache engineer

2017-08-22 Thread Andrew Kirch
Would a Spectrum engineer please contact me off list? It appears you're caching an expired certificate for https://www.icei.org. The issue is tested/working everywhere else. Thanks! Andrew

Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators

2017-10-11 Thread Andrew Kirch
Since I'm not squeamish about such things, I do have tin snips and will happily assist in revocation of compromised biometric authentication factors. Andrew On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Ken Chase wrote: > (forking the thread here..) > > Biometrics are still the new hotness out in North Amer

Re: Threads that never end (was: Waste will kill ipv6 too)

2018-01-01 Thread Andrew Kirch
Lets say the worst case scenario is that we exhaust IPv6 at a rate MASSIVELY higher than planned. Can't we all just do this again in like 80 years? I don't get why anyone cares so much that this thread won't die. Speaking of dying, I'll be dead by then anyway. Andrew On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11

Re: Leasing /22

2018-01-19 Thread Andrew Kirch
On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 4:59 PM Ryan Gard wrote: > We're on the hunt yet again for an additional /22 to lease, and are > wondering what the best options are out there? > > Our usual suspects that we've reached out to in the past seem to be plum > out... Any recommendations? > > Thanks! > > -- > R

Re: list blockchain

2018-01-28 Thread Andrew Kirch
On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 12:52 PM John Levine wrote: > In article you write: > >why is no one exploring converting this mailing list to a blockchain? > >major missed opportunity. > > Ssshhh, we're in the quiet period before the IPO. > > Block chain? We can’t get half these people to adopt IPv6

Re: NANOG is moderated?

2018-02-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
Interesting as very few would call me moderate! Andrew On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:08 PM Scott Weeks wrote: > > > > Is NANOG now moderated? Can the folks with the purple > robes and wizard hats please allow me back in? :-) > > scott > > > > --- Begin forwarded message: > > From: nanog-ow...@nano

Re: Facebook down!! Alert!

2010-10-06 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 10/6/2010 4:33 PM, david raistrick wrote: > > so the majority defines operational now, huh? wow. nice to know that > network service providers outnumber other companies these days... (of > course, those service providers also make their money from facebook > consumers) No, the majority do

Re: Facebook down!! Alert!

2010-10-06 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 10/6/2010 5:05 PM, david raistrick wrote: > > > to be clear, I could give a damn about if we talk about this on nanog > or not. (and I agree that outages is the right place to announce > outages, and outage-discuss to discuss them). > > > my point is that facebook has moved beyond being a pure

Re: Network Operators Unite Against SORBS

2010-10-12 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 10/12/2010 8:35 AM, iHate SORBS wrote: > Network Operators Unite Against SORBS > > > > Do you, or have you had problems with SORBS? > > Tired of being able to do nothing about it? > > Sick of opening a trouble ticket, only to get delisted weeks later? > > > > I am calling on all Network Operato

apologies for a recent reply

2010-10-15 Thread Andrew Kirch
Apparently I have replied to someone who has been banned from NANOG unknowingly. My humble apologies to all, this person has been killfiled. Andrew

Re: Only 5x IPv4 /8 remaining at IANA

2010-10-18 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 10/18/2010 5:46 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:52:18 PDT, George Bonser said: > Those people are next on my hit list, after we've finally eliminated those > who still talk about class A/B/C addresses. :) > IPv6 isn't going to make class-based routing obsolete... is

Re: Emulating a cellular interface

2010-11-05 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 11/6/2010 1:53 AM, Saqib Ilyas wrote: > Greetings NANOGers > A friend of mine is doing some testing where he wishes to emulate a > cellular-like interfaces with random drops and all, out of an ethernet > interface. Since we have plenty of network and system ops on the list, I > thought we might

Re: Low end, cool CPE.

2010-11-11 Thread Andrew Kirch
ClearOS appliance. http://www.clearcenter.com/ClearBOX-Overview/clearbox-overview.html multi-wan, snort IDS, reporting, all built in. Manageable via the web interface, or ssh (it's linux after all) On 11/11/2010 8:41 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote: > Something a NANOGer might want at home would be a go

Re: The i-root china reroute finally makes fox news. And congress.

2010-11-16 Thread Andrew Kirch
Really? Seems to me like Glen Beck is always drawing a series of tubes on his chalkboard? They all lead to Godwin's law though. Very strange... On 11/16/2010 7:39 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: > What's the big deal ? Just look at what the sticker under whatever > you are using to type says ... Made

Re: wikileaks unreachable

2010-11-28 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 11/28/2010 4:34 PM, Randy Bush wrote: > anyone know why https://www.wikileaks.org/ is not reachable? nations > state level censors trying to close the barn door after the horse has > left? > > randy > Good riddance. The sooner someone gives Julian Assange 230gr of shut the f*** up, the better.

Re: wikileaks unreachable

2010-11-28 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 11/28/2010 6:11 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > I find it distressing when Network Operators are willing to encourage > DDoS'ing of a site. Any site. Especially on an operational list, where > politics are specifically prohibited. > > You don't like Wikileaks, that's between you & Julian. A

Re: wikileaks unreachable

2010-11-28 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 11/28/2010 10:52 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010, Ken Chase wrote: > >> This is always the best way to deal with disagreement. >> >> But I think this is the wrong list to tender such contracts. Also, it's odd >> you >> hate DDOS's more than murder. Time to take some time off work

Re: Cheap home CPE troubles

2010-12-27 Thread Andrew Kirch
Send each customer out to buy this: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE350G problem solved. Andrew On 12/27/2010 10:10 AM, Mike wrote: > Hi, > > Well as is customary in our part of the country (Northern > California), with the stormy weather comes brownouts and

Re: Request Spamhaus contact

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Kirch
I'm not Spamhaus. I don't necessarily agree with their listing policies, but reading your SBL record, http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL100691, it appears that someone from your ISP has been in contact with Spamhaus, and were less than thorough in removing the spam gang you guys signe

Re: Request Spamhaus contact

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Kirch
I've got no experience running a DNSBL, nor does William, but it seems to me that I'm not getting told the truth. Now, as I said, I don't always agree with Spamhaus' policies, but I'd bet a ham sandwich that you don't get delisted any time soon. Andrew > William, > > It depends, we have criteri

Re: Request Spamhaus contact

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Kirch
> Raymond, > > We've acted on every report that we're aware of and instead you want > to play pharmacy domain scavenger hunt. This domain at 208.64.120.197 > redirects to IP space we already null routed. It's the same customer. > > Just to calm your nerves we'll also null route that space (208.64.1

Re: Request Spamhaus contact

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Kirch
> Raymond, > > I do not take you for a fool, the assignment is legitimately null > routed. My traceroutes are dropping at my home ISP. > > Jeff Come on Jeff, I googled the listed address for blacklotus.net, and look what comes up: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=3419+Virgini

PCCW Admin

2011-01-18 Thread Andrew Kirch
Would a PCCW admin contact me off-list regarding one of your customers? Andrew

PacketExchange/Mzima

2011-01-18 Thread Andrew Kirch
Need a PacketExchange/Mzima admin to contact me off list regarding an AS Number issue. Andrwe

Re: NetFlix Down

2011-07-17 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 7/17/2011 6:36 PM, Scott, Robert D. wrote: > There appears to be a login issue at Netflix. Streaming works here. Andrew _ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog

Re: What do you do when your Home ISP is down?

2011-08-19 Thread Andrew Kirch
Apologies for answering in-thread the question in the subject (jumping in if you will), but in the event of network failure, I brew beer, and drink beer previously brewed. Brewing beer is fun, tasty, and requires no internet access. The alcohol eventually helps me forget my lack of internet acces

New Natural Disaster! 8/27/2011 Hurricane Irene

2011-08-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
The US Airforce has sent most of the fighters from the East Coast to Indiana, what are you doing to prepare for the storm of the next 2 days? Ready, Set, DISCUSS!

Re: New Natural Disaster! 8/27/2011 Hurricane Irene

2011-08-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 8/26/2011 10:56 PM, Paul wrote: > I'm assuming he also has fully redundant water sources, fertilisers etc, > along with a contract for replenishment and resupply. > > Can't be too safe. Why? All he needed to do is keep the tomato plant in a private cage

Re: anyone from netnames / ascio on list?

2011-09-04 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 9/4/2011 5:34 PM, Andrew Mulholland wrote: I'm not seeing the problem here? Registrant: Gateway, Inc. (GATEW95532) 7565 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA, 92618-2930 US Domain name: acer.com Technical contact: Administrator, Domain (DA73355) NetNames Hostmaster 3rd Floor Prosper

Re: Open Letters to Sixxs

2011-09-15 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 9/15/2011 10:02 AM, Meftah Tayeb wrote: > Hello People > > i have one question: > > why SIXXS is very strict like that ? > I concur in all respects with your assessment of SIXXS. Being a volunteer does not give you carte-blanche to act like the rear end of a horse. I don't care if your servic

Re: looking for SixXS administtrator

2011-11-04 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 11/4/2011 10:01 AM, Jeroen Massar wrote: I realize you're volunteers, but grow up. good grief children these days. Andrew

Re: Welcome to the "Marketing" mailing list

2011-11-17 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 11/17/2011 3:47 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > My, but there are a lot of people, in my best friend's favorite phrase, > "spring loaded to the pissed-off position". I didn't think NANOGers were > quite so prone to recreational indignation... > > Cheers, > -- jra If only there was some sort of movem

Re: Broken IPv6 firmware on U-Verse 3801HGV

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew Kirch
please refer to the e-mail I sent to this list last December about IPv6 and u-verse. On 8/28/2014 4:07 PM, Brandon Ewing wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:50:29AM +, Ivan Kozik wrote: All for naught, though. With IPv6 enabled, the 3801HGV crashed and rebooted about once an hour. After

Re: DamnTest: ignore

2015-09-11 Thread Andrew Kirch
Is this the thread where I go for the high score in profanity? You know, for testing purposes? Owen: I think that NANOG would get huge value from syndicating my Facebook wall, don't you? On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:43 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: > Is Damn supposed to get through or is it supposed to g

Re: IP-Echelon Compliance

2015-10-14 Thread Andrew Kirch
Minimal? Probably 22LR. I prefer 458SOCOM though. As Bob Evans notes, there may be some waiting periods, serial numbers, and background checks involved. :) On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Randy Bush wrote: > >> http://www.procmail.org/ > > I wouldn't necessarily recommend that approach. The

SCNET Admin

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
Is there an SCNET admin that follows this list? I've gotten about a hundred spam messages from nanog.org in the last 2 hours... perhaps you could nullroute it until they fix it. :) Andrew

test

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
test

Why is NANOG not being blacklisted like any other provider that sent 500 spam messages in 3 days?

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
All, Myth: NANOG supposed to be the gold standard for best practices. Fact: 500 spam messages over the weekend. Myth: there were no complaints and this issue was raised over the weekend Fact: I raised it this weekend via twitter twice @NANOG, and requested contact from SCNET (NANOG's upstream) t

Re: *tap tap* is this thing on?

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
I have been getting these all weekend as well, and am well over 200. Pings via Twitter, and attempts to contact NANOG's upstream (SCNET) via NANOG have gone unanswered. On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote: > On 10/26/15 11:24 AM, Joe Abley wrote: > >> On Oct 26, 2015, at 13:10,

Re: Does no one monitor the list on weekends?

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
It's insane to claim this when I sent several e-mails, and tweets to NANOG this weekend, and even requested an offlist contact from NANOG's upstream. On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Jim Mercer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 09:59:40PM -0400, Robert Webb wrote: > > This spam is ridiculous! >

Re: the crap mail flood and the nanog culture

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
The unequal treatment we see here is why, so many years ago, I fought and threatened to rhsbl .mail. We've built the walled garden anyway, and now we're damned for it. On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Chris Knipe wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:22 AM, Randy Bush wrote: > > > you might thin

Re: Uptick in spam

2015-10-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
not even close to more discussing than from the original spam. Not even close. On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Steve Mikulasik wrote: > I think there might be more emails discussing the spam, than the actual > spam itself. > > > -Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@na

Re: Bluehost.com

2015-11-25 Thread Andrew Kirch
remember folks, redundancy is the savior of all f***ups. :) On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:21 PM, JoeSox wrote: > I just waited 160 minutes for a tech call and the Bluehost tech told me he > was able to confirm that it wasn't malicious activity that took down the > datacenter but rather it was cause

Re: IPv6 Cogent vs Hurricane Electric

2015-12-01 Thread Andrew Kirch
Might I suggest cake pleas? On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, Christopher Morrow wrote: > hasn't this been the case for ~10 yrs now? > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Max Tulyev > wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > we got an issue today that announces from Cogent don't reach Hurricane > > Electric. HE su

Re: IPv4 shutdown in mobile

2015-12-22 Thread Andrew Kirch
I wonder if Tmobile realizes that when you sign up for a contract with them using one of their phones as a wifi hotspot, the address of their enterprise NAT is what's recorded by their form. They even make you check a button to accept their lack of security. Not that that could result in massive

Re: de-peering for security sake

2015-12-25 Thread Andrew Kirch
Speaking as a former DNSBL operator, NANOG has a poor history of dealing with those who report abuse as well. On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2015, Colin Johnston wrote: > >> why do the chinese network folks never reply and action abuse reports, >> norm

Re: Anonymous Threats

2016-01-10 Thread Andrew Kirch
I have an idea. Indianapolis Cybercrime should stop playing politics and treat people like me who are willing to help, and were hugely successful with respect, and not like a mob informant. That said, post Snowden, I doubt I would go back... even with Brian Kils bullshit. Andrew D Kirch. On Sund

Ongoing AT&T Wireless (LTE) IPv6 Reachability Issues

2016-02-01 Thread Andrew Kirch
I attempted to use normal channels today at AT&T (enduser support) to address a reachability issue with AT&T Wireless to http://jimtest.delong.com. This left AT&T's enduser support utterly befuddled. Sadly, this is still the company that famously claimed ""We don't support reaching web sites over

Re: UDP Amplification DDoS - Help!

2016-02-08 Thread Andrew Kirch
use a CDN provider or AWS ELBs or something to absorb the attacks? On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > Not quite sure what kind of info / confirmation you are looking for... > > There are lots of articles (do a google search) on this topic as well as > mitigation ... > > e.g.

Would someone who works for Brighthouse please contact me offlist to resolve a connectivity issue?

2016-04-08 Thread Andrew Kirch
I can't access http://jimtest.delong.com via your Cable Modem network. Thanks! Andrew

Re: another tilt at the Verizon FIOS IPv6 windmill

2015-07-18 Thread Andrew Kirch
I had to beat up on AT&T quite a bit, but instead of letting them "make notes", escalate to tier-2 because you can't reach work. Explain that you must have IPv6 to reach work to the tier-2. If they won't help demand to be escalated further. Your time on the phone costs them money. On Sat, Jul 1

Re: North Korea conflict with US and South Korea could spark cyber war

2010-07-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
James, 1. cyberwar is bullsh*t, always has been, always will be. 2. we are risking a "cyberwar" (which is, as previously mentioned, bullsh*t) with North Korea which can't even feed itself, let alone buy things like computers, or real internet access. So, yes you can knock out root name serve

Re: North Korea conflict with US and South Korea could spark cyber war

2010-07-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 7/24/2010 7:44 PM, Ryan Rawdon wrote: Can you provide information to back this up? At first glance glance I am having a hard time believing this is anything but speculation, but would be interested to hear more. That is because n3td3v is a troll. Please do not feed, thx. Andrew

Fwd: Re: North Korea conflict with US and South Korea could spark cyber war

2010-07-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
Original Message Subject: Re: North Korea conflict with US and South Korea could spark cyber war Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:04:23 -0700 (PDT) From: andrew.wallace To: Andrew Kirch Continue to call me a troll in public and I'll be seeking legal a

Re: Fwd: Re: North Korea conflict with US and South Korea could spark cyber war

2010-07-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
I'd request that anyone with evidence that Andrew Wallace had inappropriate contact with a minor male child in 1999, please contact me off-list. Thanks, and this will be my last response to anything regarding Mr. Wallace publicly as I'll no longer be seeing much of him. Andrew

Re: Lightly used IP addresses

2010-08-13 Thread Andrew Kirch
Jeff, Go for it. I've always wondered what ARIN had between it's legs. Andrew On 8/13/2010 1:53 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: 9. I could point out so many cases of "justification abuse" or outright fraudulent justification and I bet nothing would actually transpire. My two cents. Jeff On Fri,

Re: 40 acres and a mule, was Lightly used IP addresses

2010-08-14 Thread Andrew Kirch
40 Acres and a Mule were promised to every slave freed in the south by General Grant. It was later rescinded. 600 acres was promised to non-landowning general militia soldiers after the Revolutionary war. You're only off by ~100 years. Andrew On 8/14/2010 1:27 PM, Jimi Thompson wrote: It

Re: PacketShader

2010-08-23 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 8/23/2010 1:17 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: What it really comes down to is packets per watt or packets per dollar, if it's cheaper to do it this way then people will, if not BFD. I disagree here. Core routing isn't purchased based on cost, it's purchased based on support. People have not ado

Re: sort by agony

2010-08-27 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 8/27/2010 4:33 AM, Callum Finlayson wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Michael J McCafferty wrote: For kicks, I looked at the most agonizing trip options... I chose a trip from San Diego to New York City... the worst were: 1) Tijuana to Mexico City, 16hr hour layover, then to Newark

Re: Road Runner Abuse Contact

2010-09-02 Thread Andrew Kirch
Did you call Chuck Jones? On 9/2/2010 4:43 PM, Brad Fleming wrote: Any Road Runner abuse reps on the list? If so, could you please contact me off-list?

Re: Speakeasy Contact

2010-09-08 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 9/8/2010 7:18 PM, Paul Norton wrote: Someone from Speakeasy please contact me off-list. This is for business T-1 service. I've been seeing major packet loss on one of your peering nodes for a week now and am experiencing degraded service due to this. Support has been unable to resolve a

Re: US hunters shoot down Google fibre

2010-09-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 9/21/2010 12:29 PM, Tony Finch wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Reese wrote: Several years ago I heard of a Swiss ISP having the same problem. They built their network by running fibre along the earth conductor of high voltage transmission lines (like Energis in the UK). I was told that it was com

Re: AS11296 -- Hijacked?

2010-09-29 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 9/29/2010 12:26 PM, N. Yaakov Ziskind wrote: > "I block all SMTP traffic from IPV4 servers (clients?) which have odd > numbers in the third octet." might not be a good idea for a high volume > mail server with clients, but if it's your network, go for it. > Sadly this method would on average

Re: US Warships jamming Lebanon Internet

2011-02-05 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 2/6/2011 12:00 AM, Joly MacFie wrote: > Lebanon's Telecom minister is claiming that US Navy radar is blocking the > country's Internet.. > > http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/93A95CA1A4E42178C225782E007371AF > > "The problem, however, is due to a coordination error related to wave

Re: Contact for APEWS.org?

2011-02-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 2/21/2011 4:04 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote: > On 2/21/11 1:41 PM, Kate Gerry wrote: > > Kate, > > It is unlikely you will find a direct contact for APEWS - your best > bet is to get access to usenet through one of the Usenet providers or > even through aioe or eternal-september. > > APEWS is brainde

Re: Contact for APEWS.org?

2011-02-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 2/21/2011 4:37 PM, William Pitcock wrote: > Hi, > Nobody in their right mind uses APEWS when there are more legitimate > DNSBLs around like Spamhaus, AHBL, DroneBL, etc. > > Your client is unlikely having any problem with this listing. But, if > you really want to bother, my advice is get a Sup

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-21 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 2/21/2011 10:04 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > There has been a bad Earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand with reports of > fatalities. > > http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150099324847752&set=a.125583977751.103665.119452527751&theater > > Telecom New Zealand reports "Heavy damage" to

Re: Christchurch New Zealand

2011-02-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
The problem with this is that both ARES and RACES hams have gotten there first (orange lights and strobes flashing) and are now engaged in small-arms fire over who gets to set their repeater up. You're now hiding under your vehicle. What is your next move? Andrew On 2/24/2011 10:03 AM, Franck

Re: Why does abuse handling take so long ?

2011-03-13 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 3/13/2011 8:39 AM, goe...@anime.net wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Alexander Maassen wrote: >> Why o why are isp's and hosters so ignorant in dealing with such issues >> and act like they do not care? > > they don't act like they do not care. they really *don't* care. no > acting. > > 1) you're n

Re: Why does abuse handling take so long ?

2011-03-13 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 3/13/2011 1:24 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On 3/13/11 8:36 AM, Andrew Kirch wrote:= >> Is it time for another "notion of self-defense" in responding >> to/retaliating against a DDoS attack of sufficient strength to hold down >> a large network, or resource? >

Re: 0day Windows Network Interception Configuration Vulnerability

2011-04-04 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 4/4/11 11:46 AM, andrew.wallace wrote: > Someone has recently post to a mailing list: > http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-April/080096.html > > Andrew > And users of that list certainly have it. Why is it being reposted here? request for admin action

twitter is serving up errors

2011-04-05 Thread Andrew Kirch
expect nothing of technical relevance in this thread, but as this might generate some phonecalls to some people.

Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?

2011-04-09 Thread Andrew Kirch
John, My suggestion isn't _QUITE_ an appliance, but it works very well and I've been exceptionally happy with it. It's a distribution of linux controlled via a web interface that does far more than just mail filtering (at which it is both flexible and adept). Take a look at http://www.clearfound

SIXXS contact

2011-04-24 Thread Andrew Kirch
would someone at SIXXS please contact me off-list regarding an account issue?

Re: SIXXS contact

2011-04-25 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 4/25/2011 4:07 AM, Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote: > Hi! > >> would someone at SIXXS please contact me off-list regarding an account >> issue? > > Contact > The main contact address for SixXS is i...@sixxs.net, which is the > sole email address one should use to contact SixXS. Non-English, > impolite,

Re: SIXXS contact

2011-04-25 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 4/25/2011 3:51 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Andrew Kirch wrote: > >> Yes, repeatedly. The response was non-existent, or simply >> unfortunate, so I'm trying other avenues. > > I see this quite a lot. I guess one gets what one p

Re: SIXXS contact

2011-04-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 4/26/2011 12:11 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote: > I've run a volunteer/free hosting service since 1997 or so - it never > ceases to amaze me how people will complain about free things, but > when you ask them to pony up a little monthly support its like you > killed their puppy. I just term people who

Re: SIXXS contact

2011-04-26 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 4/26/2011 8:56 PM, TR Shaw wrote: > On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:38 PM, Andrew Kirch wrote: > > I can't say about SIXXS but HE has been great to me. If it wasn't for them I > would be out in the cold since neither ATT nor Brighthouse (my 2 options at > my colo) can even s

Re: Amazon diagnosis

2011-05-01 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 5/1/2011 2:07 PM, Mike wrote: > I am still waiting for proof that single points of failure can > realistically be completely eliminated from any moderately complicated > network environment / application. So far, I think murphy is still > winning on this one. Sure they can, but as a thought exe

Re: GoDaddy abuse contact

2011-05-15 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 5/15/2011 4:27 PM, Tammy A Wisdom wrote: > Trying to get them to do anything is a waste of time. They refuse to enforce > their TOS and will tell you that if you call. > Tammy of the AHBL > > > Sent from my iPhone Yep, Godaddy abuse = big dark nothing into which complaints enter... and then are

Re: (OT) Firearms Was: UN declares Internet access a "human right"

2011-06-06 Thread Andrew Kirch
nothing like 40 short and wimpy! Might I interest you in a 45? :) On 6/6/2011 11:37 AM, Nick Olsen wrote: > Don't leave the house without my Glock 23 on my side. Truck always has a > loaded 12ga in it. In the house, I've got a handful of pistols and my > SR-556 (AR-15) in the "Guns and servers"

Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right"

2011-06-06 Thread Andrew Kirch
On 6/6/2011 11:29 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:11 PM, wrote: > > Well, the operational concern is... various governments have lately > shown a trend of disconnecting their countries' networks. > UN action is unlikely to help; they are too delayed, and there is > a lack of enf