April 1999 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

list.waikato.ac.nz Has Moved
by Donald Neal 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

NZNOG-People, I have just finished migrating all of the mailing lists held at The University of Waikato from one server to another. I don't have any reason to believe that anything's gone wrong, but please bear with me for today if it turns out that something has. - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal | Q: How many Aucklanders does it take to change Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? The University of Waikato | A: Pass me that candle and I'll tell you. Hamilton, New Zealand | --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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NZ Promiscuous Relay Survey (re-test)
by Joe Abley 01 May '99

01 May '99

Hi, Last night I re-ran my promiscuous relay tests on the exact same list of NZ mail relays as I tested last time, in order to see whether there was any improvement. The results, in the same meagre format as before, are: Out of 3791 MX hosts that I tried to use as a relay: January April 269 (7%) 319 (8%) accepted our message, but later bounced it 1208 (32%) 768 (20%) relayed our message Of the messages that were relayed: 929 (76%) 573 (74%) were from hosts named under co.nz 33 (2%) 15 (1%) were from hosts named under net.nz 72 (5%) 52 (6%) were from hosts named under govt.nz 15 (1%) 14 (1%) were from hosts named under ac.nz 22 (1%) 18 (2%) were from hosts named under school.nz 0 (0%) 0 (0%) were from hosts named under iwi.nz 8 (0%) 6 (0%) were from hosts named under gen.nz 38 (3%) 21 (2%) were from hosts named under org.nz 1 (0%) 0 (0%) were from hosts named under mil.nz So! This looks like an improvement. Note that this re-test doesn't cover _all_ existing MX hosts in NZ; just those that were found in January using the methodology previously outlined. I will be running another test shortly which will walk the DNS once again to get a current list of MX hosts, and re-test to find the actual picture right now. Details are at http://www.patho.gen.nz/~jabley/survey.html Joe --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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202.50.82.192
by Chris Wedgwood 29 Apr '99

29 Apr '99

Can anyone tell me if there is there anything special about 202.50.82.192/32? Right now, it looks like just a random (unused) address in the TELECOMIS-NZ network? -cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Internet Summit Audiocast News
by Sue Leader 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

Greetings - a note to let you know that, thanks to the initiative of Don Guthrie of Netlink (who are providing the audiocast from the Summit), RealNetworks Australia/New Zealand have generously agreed to provide a complimentary commercial licence for the day which means that the 25-line limit no longer applies. Cheers Sue Leader - Executive Director ISOCNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) ALERT: National Summit on Internet Governance Changes - April 30 - Auckland http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summit99.html Exe.Dir(a)isocnz.org.nz Voice: +64-4-801-6256 http://www.isocnz.org.nz Postal: Level 1, (e)-Vision Centre, 282 Wakefield St, Wellington --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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ALERT: WIPO Announcement & Summit Update
by Sue Leader 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

Greetings all - there have been some interesting developments in the ICANN scenario with WIPO now delaying their report until April 30 - the day of our National Summit (bound to be a coincidence, I'm sure!). The announcement is at: http://wipo2.wipo.int/process/eng/processhome.html The Summit is fast approaching and I encourage you to go to the Summit main page to check the updates at: http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summit99.html Or you can go straight to the Final Agenda at: http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summitagd.html We are delighted that Ernst & Young have joined us as Partners, along with Ihug, to bring this Summit to you. The involvement of these two major players in the Business and in the Internet communities underlines the importance of these issues to the future direction of the Internet in New Zealand. Steven Heath, Senior Manager, Electronic Commerce Service Line, Ernst & Young will act as Chair and Facilitator for the day. You would really assist our planning (e.g., making sure we have enough lunch!) if you would register now. You can go via the main page or straight to the secure server at: https://www.amlink.com.au/secure/isocnzreg.htm For those of you with busy schedules I have included a copy of the Agenda below. See you at the Summit. Cheers Sue +++++++++++++++++++ Summit Agenda SUMMIT AGENDA TIME TOPIC SPEAKER 9:00 Register and Coffee Conference Company 9:30 Welcome to Summit/Review Agenda Independent Chair - Steven Heath Ernst Young & Jim Higgins, Chair, ISOCNZ 9:35 Keynote Speaker Marion Hobbs Labour Spokesperson on Communications & Information Technology 9:55 ICANN Overview - why we are here Chair - Steven Heath, Senior Manager, Electronic Commerce Service Line, Ernst & Young 10:10 Questions Chair 10:15 Legal Implications of WIPO RFC3 Peter Dengate-Thrush Barrister 10:35 Questions Chair 10:40 Coffee 10:55 Implications for Registrars Andy Linton, CEO Netlink Corporate Internet Specialists 11:15 Questions Chair 11:20 Implications for the Registry Patrick O'Brien, CEO NZ Internet Registry Ltd (Domainz) 11:40 Questions Chair 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Implications for NZ Sovereignty Reg Hammond Manager Information Technology Policy Group Ministry of Commerce 12:50 Questions Chair 12:55 Implications for .nz Policy Jim Higgins Chair, ISOCNZ 1:15 Questions Chair 1:20 Break-out into groups: + Intellectual Property & DNS + Policy & DNS + NZ Representation at ICANN + Others as necessary Facilitator and recorder each group 3:00 Coffee 3:15 Break-out report backs Chair 3:45 Where to from here? Establishing a New Zealand Position for the Berlin Meeting Chair 5:00 Close Chair Sue Leader - Executive Director ISOCNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) Exe.Dir(a)isocnz.org.nz Voice: +64-4-801-6256 http://www.isocnz.org.nz Postal: Level 1, (e)-Vision Centre, 282 Wakefield St, Wellington --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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April 30 Summit - Live Audio Cast
by Sue Leader 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

Greetings - Late in the afternoon of Monday April 26 our original contractors for the Audio- cast notified us that they were no longer able to provide the audio-cast in RealAudio. As we were not prepared to change formats to WinzMedia at the last moment, especially as it has no Unix version, we were left in something of a fix. We would therefore like to express our very public and sincere thanks to Don of Netlink "Corporate Internet Specialists" who came to the party in the nick of time this morning, and are providing the audio-cast in RealAudio. There is one limitation as a result - only 25 lines can be in use at one time. If you can't get through the first time, please keep trying. Another idea might be to set up a "group session" such as Bill Parkin of UniForum is doing in Wellington. The venue for Wellington will be advised on the audiocast page (http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summitcast.html) once it is confirmed. Please send your local venue in to me and it will be added to this page. Cheers <nofill> Sue Leader - Executive Director ISOCNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) ALERT: National Summit on Internet Governance Changes - April 30 - Auckland http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summit99.html Exe.Dir(a)isocnz.org.nz Voice: +64-4-801-6256 http://www.isocnz.org.nz Postal: Level 1, (e)-Vision Centre, 282 Wakefield St, Wellington --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Removal of Late Summit Registration Fees
by Sue Leader 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

Greetings all - this is a note to let you know that I referred the issue of the late registration fee of $15 which takes effect from tomorrow. As this was my error in failing to note this on the main Summit Agenda page, the Council has decided to waive the fee. Anyone accidently ticking the late fee box will have the late fee deducted before the transaction is processed. Registration fees therefore remain at $20.00 for ISOCNZ members, and $75 for non-members (all GST inc). (Student prices by application). If you are planning to attend, please register before 5pm Thursday so we can ensure that we provide enough food etc for you. Thanks Sue Sue Leader - Executive Director ISOCNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) ALERT: National Summit on Internet Governance Changes - April 30 - Auckland http://www.isocnz.org.nz/summit99.html Exe.Dir(a)isocnz.org.nz Voice: +64-4-801-6256 http://www.isocnz.org.nz Postal: Level 1, (e)-Vision Centre, 282 Wakefield St, Wellington --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Re: whois interface to domainz database
by 2Day Chief Enthusiast 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

>What RFC do you mean? Oops, brain not engaged at this hour - meant to type RIPE >But that's not particularly difficult parsing though. I mean, it's a case >of piping it through > > awk '/^country:/ { print $2; }' Why not make it work without having to do more parsing? Also need to watch out for missing data. >Although if you're talking about the nasty old format sporadically available >via the NSI whois server, I agree :) Sure, and .au is in varying states of broke as well due to need for data cleansing :-) regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2Day Internet Limited http://www.2day.net.nz -/- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Re: whois interface to domainz database
by 2Day Chief Enthusiast 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

>Well, it's kind of moot in the case of the NZ database, since there is >no discrete country field for me to present anyway :/ Exactly. And my hope of getting some improvements in this area appear to have been shattered with the departure of DOMAINZ's only technical employee at the end of last week. Here's hoping whoever takes over from Waikato can be encouraged to make some basic improvements to the database schema regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2Day Internet Limited http://www.2day.net.nz -/- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Re: whois interface to domainz database
by 2Day Chief Enthusiast 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

>I have just knocked up a quick-and-dirty whois interface to the domainz >nz-tld registration database, since > > + I live in a command-line world > + the internet was much better before the web > + etc, etc, foam-at-mouth I hope those who use it send you lots of beers in payment for such sterling work :-) >The data is pulled on-demand from the CGI interface at Waikato, and is >presented in a ripe-181-alike format. The whole thing will undoubtedly >fall apart as soon as someone at Waikato lets a web monkey near cgi-bin Dont expect DOMAINZ to tell you before or even after they change it either! The RFC format whilst great for visual inspection at the command line, is not so crash hot for those who prefer their machine to do the reading. The RFC does not specify a standard schema from which each data element can be uniquely identified. One still has to parse the output of whois in order to get a single useful element such as 'country'. I think the person(s) responsible for the RFC must have hated database technology. They made it possible for duplicate column names just to confuse us structured folk. Maybe database technology did not exist way back when ... regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2Day Internet Limited http://www.2day.net.nz -/- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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