February 2008 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

Sysadmin Miniconf slides online
by Ewen McNeill 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

For those that are interested, all the slides that are available from the Sysadmin Miniconf on Wednesday 23rd January 2008 are now online: http://nznog.miniconf.org/programme08.html Thanks to the speakers for speaking (and making their slides available for reference), and to Simon Lyall for hosting the miniconf website. Ewen

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dns access denied, from at least 5 hosts
by Chris Hodgetts 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Hello, Just doing a whois on a few domain names, and I am getting access denied. I have tried on 5 different hosts, on 5 different networks, and all getting the same response. I have even gone to the dnc.org.nz page and nothing of note there. It's been like this for what seems like 10 - 15 minutes, but might be longer. Any clues?

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NZRR Route Registry Update
by NZRR Database Notifications 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Dear Colleague, This is to notify you that one or more objects in which you are designated for notification have been modified in the NZRR routing registry database. These objects are used to configure the various NZIX route servers (http://nzix.net/) so you can expect the relevant servers to be reloaded in the near future. The reloading of the servers is staggered over a period of time so that if you are peering with both servers at an exchange, you can maintain at least one BGP session at all times and consequently a full set of routes. Diagnostic output: ------------------------------------------------------------ --- PREVIOUS OBJECT: route-set: AS9560:RS-ROUTES:AS9889 descr: advertised to AS9560 by Maxium Internet Ltd - AS9889 members: 123.100.64.0/18^18-29, 124.198.128.0/18^18-29, 202.89.32.0/19^19-29, 203.89.160.0/19^19-29, 202.55.96.0/20^20-29, 202.189.160.0/21^21-29, 210.55.100.0/22^22-29, 210.55.104.0/22^22-29, 117.53.150.0/23^23-29, 210.54.142.0/23^23-29, 192.138.251.0/24^24-29, 202.6.5.0/24^24-29, 202.27.8.0/24^24-29, 202.27.204.0/24^24-29, 202.36.70.0/24^24-29, 202.36.227.0/24^24-29, 202.37.72.0/24^24-29, 202.37.162.0/24^24-29, 202.37.181.0/24^24-29, 202.150.102.0/24^24-29, 203.12.15.0/24^24-29, 203.97.42.0/24^24-29, 210.54.13.0/24^24-29, 210.55.169.0/24^24-29, 210.55.214.0/24^24-29, 210.55.230.0/24^24-29, 203.167.219.56/29 admin-c: RPA1-NZRR tech-c: RPA1-NZRR notify: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net notify: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz notify: noc(a)maxnet.co.nz mnt-by: MAINT-NZRR-NZ changed: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net 20080131 source: NZRR REPLACED BY: route-set: AS9560:RS-ROUTES:AS9889 descr: advertised to AS9560 by Maximum Internet Ltd - AS9889 members: 123.100.64.0/18^18-29, 124.198.128.0/18^18-29, 202.89.32.0/19^19-29, 203.89.160.0/19^19-29, 202.55.96.0/20^20-29, 119.47.112.0/21^21-29, 202.189.160.0/21^21-29, 210.55.100.0/22^22-29, 210.55.104.0/22^22-29, 117.53.150.0/23^23-29, 202.49.88.0/23^23-29, 210.54.142.0/23^23-29, 192.138.251.0/24^24-29, 202.6.5.0/24^24-29, 202.27.8.0/24^24-29, 202.27.204.0/24^24-29, 202.36.70.0/24^24-29, 202.36.227.0/24^24-29, 202.37.72.0/24^24-29, 202.37.162.0/24^24-29, 202.37.181.0/24^24-29, 202.150.102.0/24^24-29, 203.12.15.0/24^24-29, 203.97.42.0/24^24-29, 205.233.243.0/24^24-29, 210.54.13.0/24^24-29, 210.55.169.0/24^24-29, 210.55.214.0/24^24-29, 210.55.230.0/24^24-29, 203.167.219.56/29 admin-c: RPA1-NZRR tech-c: RPA1-NZRR notify: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net notify: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz notify: noc(a)maxnet.co.nz mnt-by: MAINT-NZRR-NZ changed: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net 20080205 source: NZRR ------------------------------------------------------------

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New phishing site
by Michael Fincham 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Hi guys, If you're yet to catch this one, http://www.fanebook.com/index.php is phishing for Facebook passwords. -- -Michael Fincham Unleash Technology Solutions www.unleash.co.nz Phone: 0800 750 250

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TelstraClear Cable
by Tony Wicks 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

I've just been informed that TelstraClear has quietly stopped wholesale access to its cable network. While it has been a stupid situation over the last few years in that TelstraClear has been selling wholesale access that is slower and more expensive than their retail offering (and complaining about Telecom doing the same on their network), to just stop all together seems bizarre. Another interesting decision from TelstraClear's wholesale department to go right along with their starting the whole de-peering mess I suppose. All at the same time that the TelstraClear technical people have been doing a nice job of improving access and redundancy to the cable network, I'm guessing no one has told the techs....

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Re: [nznog] TelstraClear Cable
by Tony Wicks 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Tony, Just wondering where you heard this as I am sat at home right now on a Wholesale TelstraCable connection that runs straight into our network. If they are dropping wholesale I'll have a busy week next week moving our customers. Hmm.. Cheers, Bill -- Bill Walker Senior Network Engineer Snap Internet Limited They informed me this when I asked to check for cable availability for a couple of customers. My impression is they are refusing to add new connections for wholesale customers not so much existing ones. But who knows ? You would have thought some sort of official announcement would have been appropriate not just (quote) – “we do not resale cable modems” And further clarification when asked – “We no longer wholesale cable modems” I know there has been very little interest from wholesale ISP’s in wholesaling cable (that can be expected when the wholesale price exceeds the Telco’s retail price and at lower speeds), but it does seem strange. Especially with the work being done to improve the wholesale access and redundancy to the network. This reeks of a its too hard to do the paperwork so we’ll just tell customers we don’t do it anymore if they ask. Its really quite disappointing, I wonder what they would do if Telecom came along and asked for wholesale access.

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CDNs in NZ?
by Simon Lyall 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Just wondering if anyone is aware of any commercial Content Delivery Networks with distributed NZ-based Internet delivery points apart from Akamai and Citylink? By "commercial" I mean ones that people can buy delivery off, not "internal only" ones such as the root servers. By "distributed" I mean a minimum of APE and WIX. Connectivity to the other half of the NZ eyeballs would be good too. -- Simon J. Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.

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colville fibre
by Fred Look 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

hello folks does anyone know where exactly telecom is up to with the fiber cable for northern coromandel we were promised "before christmas" and workers came and layed lots of fiberoptic then.......... nothing tried telecom site but no info who might i ask or better still apply some encouragement to Fred Look brees

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