Re: Start accepting longer prefixes as IPv4 depletes?

2010-12-09 Thread Loránd Jakab
On 12/08/2010 11:08 PM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > On 8 dec 2010, at 20:10, Mohacsi Janos wrote: > >> Do you think adopting LISP or similar architectures to reduce the >> problems mentioned above? [...] > Do you lose initial packets when there is no mapping state yet? Yes. But there are p

Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?

2010-12-13 Thread Loránd Jakab
The thread made it to both NetworkWorld: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120910-wikileaks-ddos-attacks.html and Slashdot: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/12/2120254/Has-Progress-Been-Made-In-Fighting-DDoS-Attacks with the usual set of comments :) -Lorand Jakab On 12/12/2010 08:58 AM,

"potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute

2010-12-17 Thread Loránd Jakab
Since it is Friday, maybe some of peering experts have some time to speculate what this new approach proposed by Comcast might be, as they assert it would represent "a significant shift of Internet infrastructure." http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=202121 http://blog.comcast.com/2010

Re: Is NAT can provide some kind of protection?

2011-01-12 Thread Loránd Jakab
On 01/12/2011 02:59 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 21/03/2007 09:41, Tarig Ahmed wrote: >> Is it true that NAT can provide more security? > > No. > > [snip] > > Your security guy will probably say that a private IP address will > give better protection because it's not reachable on the internet. >

Re: Ipv6 for the content provider

2011-01-26 Thread Loránd Jakab
On 01/26/2011 07:46 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> Do I just need to assign ip addresses to my servers, add records to >> my DNS server and that's it? I'm running PowerDNS for DNS, Apache for >> WWW. Postfix for SMTP. >> > It might be that simple, it might not. Depends on your application. > > For

Re: Connectivity status for Egypt

2011-01-27 Thread Loránd Jakab
On 01/28/2011 12:47 AM, Danny O'Brien wrote: > If anyone can provide more details as to what they're seeing, the extent, > plus times and dates, it would be very useful. In moments like this there > are often many unconfirmed rumors: I'm seeking concrete reliable > confirmation which I can pass ont

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

2010-09-29 Thread Loránd Jakab
On 09/28/2010 10:15 PM, Erik L wrote: > I realize that this is somewhat OT, but I'm sure that others on the list > encounter the same issues and that at least some folks might have useful > comments. > > An increasingly large number of our customers are using Gmail or Google Apps > and almost

Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone?

2011-05-05 Thread Loránd Jakab
On 05/05/11 00:15, Jeff Young wrote: > The most ambitious use of multicast I'm aware of is AT&T's UVerse > network which multicasts (SS) from two > head-ends all the way to the set top box in a home. But this is > confined to the AT&T network and UVerse is > arguably a "me-too" offering to compete