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Met Service
by Alan Maher 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Merry Xmas all, Anyone have a contact with Met Service IT provider/manager/ help desk? http://www.metservice.com/ is running on complete go slow right now. "Someone" needs to take a look at it. Cheers Alan Maher --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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a bufferbloat-less christmas
by Dave Taht 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

I gave a talk at nznog about 2 years ago about bufferbloat and the fixes we had planned for it. I'm pleased to say that we've got it mostly fixed in the Linux kernel at this point. did the NZwrt idea ever get traction? In particular, the wifi fixes (fq_codel at the mac layer, and airtime fairness) have today, entered lede (formerly openwrt). There's full support for the ath9k and partial support for some ath10k chips. Builds should be popping out in a few hours. Most of these patches are now in the linux 4.10 mainline - and ATF is scheduled for 4.11. The sqm-scripts (in lede and openwrt, which also work on mainline linuxes) have long enabled fixing dsl, cable, fiber, ethernet - but *are not* required to fix wifi - with these patches, "wifi just works!" with far less bloat and more concurrency. There's a ton of ath9k/ath10k using products out there supported by lede. The Turris Omnia has all the sqm-scripts, fq_codel, and the ath9k/ath10k stuff either in it now, or rapidly pending. There's also some good stuff in the dsl-aware-autoconfig-ing http://evenroute.com/ (but not the wifi stuff as yet). A lot of people are liking the edgerouter-x... ... And there are dozens of other firmwares and products using fq_codel functionality - notably the ubnt edgerouter calls it what it is, but you'll see it also under names like "adaptive qos", and so on. For a good bit of research as to how fq_codel helps on slow connections (in this case, in australia across NBN's speed tiers), see: http://caia.swin.edu.au/reports/161107A/CAIA-TR-161107A.pdf for some details what went into fixing wifi, see: https://lwn.net/Articles/705884/ So... Have a bloat-free christmas! fix it for yourself, and then a friend, or two. My testing while I was in NZ last time seemed to indicate no particular tuning was needed for your country, but I remain curious as to what happens when you deploy this new stuff, there - and, if, over the last 2 years, you had been. Wish I was there, myself. Looks nice and warm. -- Dave Täht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! http://blog.cerowrt.org

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pool.ntp.org traffic gone wild
by Lincoln Reid 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi, Is anyone else in NZ seeing their pool.ntp.org traffic volumes up by an order of magnitude over the last few days? 20mbps+ seems like quite a lot of NTP. Cheers, -- Lincoln Reid Head of Networks ACSData - AS18119 lincoln(a)acsdata.co.nz Phone: +64 4 939 2200 Fax: +64 4 939 2201

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Certifications
by Lesley Longhurst 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Hi all, As an all-purpose leading network bod for my company, what's a good certification strategy? I deal with a wide range of stuff from local LANs to international backbones, and it's high time I got myself a piece of paper to "prove" that I know some stuff. Is CCNA still a good starting point? Lesley Longhurst Opus International Consultants Ltd, 33 The Esplanade, Petone, Lower Hutt 5012, New Zealand PO Box 30 845, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand +64 4 471 7002 +64 21 244 3718 lesley.longhurst(a)opus.co.nz<mailto:lesley.longhurst(a)opus.co.nz> www.opus.co.nz<http://www.opus.co.nz/>

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Re: [nznog] Certifications
by Kerry Milestone 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

You may also wish to look at some of the online MOOCs. For example, a certified course (you pay for, and get your work verified etc) in Digital Network Essentials but you've probably moved on already a bit from this particular one. https://www.edx.org/course/digital-networks-essentials-imtx-net01x "All about the IP, TCP and UDP Internet protocols and their properties (quality of service, congestion management, etc.)" Or slightly more esoteric and off the original topic but still interesting to do is this one, put together by some fairly clued up people in their field: https://www.edx.org/course/cyber-security-economics-delftx-secon101x "We discuss and apply different economic models that help determine the costs and benefits of security investments in network security." Looking at this one from Ivan Pepelnjak, the six week course covers quite a bit and certainly would expose the holes in your current knowledge you need filling. Playing First Packet in a network symphony orchestra would be a good place to progress from should you require to learn the specifics and intricacies of certain equipment. http://www.ipspace.net/Building_Network_Automation_Solutions "In the hands-on part of the course you’ll build your own lab, either using virtual devices or physical gear. If you decide to go with the virtual device approach, you can choose between Arista vEOS, Cisco VIRL, Cisco CSR, Cumulus VX, Juniper vSRX or Juniper vMX." >From a business perspective, I think it is more useful knowing the why rather than just the how which is what certificates themselves often can't portray and may become very clear in an interview or stressed (the internets are broken...) situation. On 14/12/16 09:45, nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Certifications (Lesley Longhurst) > 2. Re: Certifications (Nathan Ward) > 3. Re: Certifications (Criggie) > 4. Re: Certifications (Chris O'Donoghue) > 5. Re: Certifications (Lesley Longhurst) > 6. Re: Certifications (Dave Mill) > 7. Re: Certifications (Nathan Ward) > 8. Re: Certifications (Bill Walker) > 9. Re: Certifications (Joel Wir?mu Pauling)

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Accommodation Early Bird Has Ended - Other Options
by Jesse Archer 12 Dec '16

12 Dec '16

Hi All, Just a heads up that the Trinity Wharf early bird pricing ended yesterday. Other options if you're looking to save some $$ are listed at the following link, but I wouldn't muck around (Tauranga is one of NZ's Summer hot spots). http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/venue Conference is selling nicely, if you're interested in the Workshop or Tutorials on offer, don't muck around - only a few spots left on those. Conference will finish at 4.30pm on Friday Jan 27. Your direct flight home options on this date include: *Auckland 5pm & 6:20pm* *Wellington 5:25pm* *Christchurch 4:00pm (transit via Wellington or Auckland available at 5:25pm or 6:20pm).* Check-in is 20 minutes before departure, I'd allow 30 minutes travel time from the venue to the airport just in case there is some peak Friday afternoon traffic on Hewletts Road (lots of traffic lights). Regards, Jesse Archer On Behalf Of The NZNOG Trustees

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NZNOG 2017 Registrations are Open
by Dave Mill 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

Hi all A heads-up that we have just opened registrations to the NZNOG 2017 conference in Tauranga. Details are here - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17 . The conference is brought to you by Go Wireless NZ. We have placed information regarding our current workshop and tutorials on these pages: http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/nznog-2017-workshop http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/nznog-2017-tutorials (Note, we might have some Grandstream phone training available on the Wednesday as well - we are still firming up details) We'd encourage people to register early for the tutorials and workshops as some of these will have limited seats due to room availability. Also, a reminder that early bird accommodation rates at the conference venue will finish on December 12. Rooms are limited so again book your accommodation early. Check out accommodation options here - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/venue A big thank you to all of our sponsors so far - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/nznog-2017-sponsorship Hope to see you there! Cheers Dave (on behalf of the NZNOG Trust)

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Strange issues in CHCH - Routing SYN Timeouts
by Brad Nightingale 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Hi We are experiencing weird issues from out of our internet break out in CHCH. I don't want to drop our upstream in it so no names mentioned, but yes a ticket has been logged with them - this is just becoming urgent as it started . Since I have done this I have had reports from other IT Service Providers that say their customers are experiencing the same thing. Basically we can ping anything, but we cant web browse to wide range of certain sites (e.g. www.bnz.co.nz) - these would appear to be internationally hosted sites but I can't categorically state this. We are getting SYN Timeouts almost like there is async routing somewhere way up stream or some random MTU issue. I don't expect to have anyone solve the problem from this email, just a "yes there is an issue and we are experiencing it too and know XXX is working on it" would be helpful to know. Thanks Brad ________________________________ CAUTION: This communication, including any attachments are confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please advise the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments. Nothing in this email designates an information system for the purposes of Section 11(a) of the New Zealand Electronic Transactions Act 2002, unless expressly stated otherwise.

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Network Status/Anecdotes from #eqnz
by Joel Wirāmu Pauling 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Hi all, Hope everyone is safe; thoughts are with everyone back home. As I went through the call list of friends and family this morning ; from the considerably less shakey Eastern Canada - my mind turned to work and network operators. Have a fairly rag-tag list of info mostly anecdotal from users on a variety of places (twitter/reddit/g+) about loss of services from ISP's (Nelson area seems pretty hard hit) Wondering how everyone's networks have held up and if there are any pain points, am sure the people at the forefront are already hard at work and sharing resources as required. But if there is anything people can and/or are willing to share it would be appreciated. -Joel

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Re: [nznog] NZNOG Digest, Vol 167, Issue 2
by Logan Douglas 07 Nov '16

07 Nov '16

Try Jason Foden - General manager of Ondemand. He can point you in the right direction. I think his email is jason.foden(a)tvnz.co.nz Will confirm. Logan @ Live Motorsport NZ On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 12:00 PM, <nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > Send NZNOG mailing list submissions to > nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nznog-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of NZNOG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TVNZ onDemand Contact (Tristram Cheer) > 2. Re: TVNZ onDemand Contact (Jesse Archer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 03:05:50 +0000 > From: Tristram Cheer <t(a)uber.co.nz> > To: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [nznog] TVNZ onDemand Contact > Message-ID: > <PS1PR03MB16598F6295DE95103FAE52B096A70(a)PS1PR03MB1659. > apcprd03.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi All, > > I'm looking for someone in charge over at TVNZ who works on their Ondemand > platform, Helpdesk and noc so far are stuck and I need someone to work on a > widespread issue with their platform. > > > Cheers > > > TRISTRAM CHEER > UBER GROUP LIMITED > NETWORK ARCHITECT - MOST PROBLEMS ARE THE RESULT OF PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS... > > [Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/UberGroup?_rdr=p> [Twitter] < > https://twitter.com/ubergroupltd> > > E: t(a)uber.co.nz<mailto:t(a)uber.co.nz> > P: 09 438 5472 Ext 803 | M: 022 412 1985 | W: www.uber.co.nz<http://www. > uber.co.nz> > 53 PORT ROAD | PO BOX 5083 | WHANGAREI | NEW ZEALAND > > > > >

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TVNZ onDemand Contact
by Tristram Cheer 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

Hi All, I'm looking for someone in charge over at TVNZ who works on their Ondemand platform, Helpdesk and noc so far are stuck and I need someone to work on a widespread issue with their platform. Cheers TRISTRAM CHEER UBER GROUP LIMITED NETWORK ARCHITECT - MOST PROBLEMS ARE THE RESULT OF PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS... [Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/UberGroup?_rdr=p> [Twitter] <https://twitter.com/ubergroupltd> E: t(a)uber.co.nz<mailto:t(a)uber.co.nz> P: 09 438 5472 Ext 803 | M: 022 412 1985 | W: www.uber.co.nz<http://www.uber.co.nz> 53 PORT ROAD | PO BOX 5083 | WHANGAREI | NEW ZEALAND

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NZNOG 2017 Sponsorship and Conference Update
by Dave Mill 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi all First of all, I'd like to welcome aboard Go Wireless NZ as our naming and Platinum sponsor for NZNOG 2017. NZNOG conferences just wouldn't be possible without sponsors like Go Wireless NZ so I'd strongly encourage you all to support them. Check out their website - https://www.gowifi.co.nz/ At the moment we haven't had as many sponsors come on-board as we would have hoped for. If you have been considering sponsoring NZNOG but haven't made contact yet please do so. If you know any companies that might consider sponsoring NZNOG please encourage them also. sponsorship(a)nznog.org is the email address for any sponsorship inquiries. If we don't get more sponsors on-board we may have to consider raising conference fees slightly. We'd really hope to not do this and to keep NZNOG at its standard low cost. We have a $1000 community sponsor level available so even having a few more companies/organisations coming on-board at that level would help a lot. We have a call for papers for the conference out. Richard Nelson posted this on Oct 13 to the list - its also available at http://www.nznog.org/call-for-papers . We have just locked in our first workshop (23 - 25 Jan) and tutorial (25 Jan) and hope to have more options soon. We'll aim to release some more details on these soon. Finally, we've had a few people book in accommodation at our venue nice and early which is great to see. A reminder, this conference is in Tauranga in the height of summer and accommodation will be at a premium. Some accommodation options are available here - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/venue . Look forward to seeing you next year. Cheers Dave (on behalf of the NZNOG trust) http://www.nznog.org/nznog17

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Juniper EX4600 "process switching"?
by Ewen McNeill 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to investigate what looks like certain paths of inter-virtual-router layer 3 switching (routing, via routes leaked into the VR) on a Juniper EX4600 (and I'd guess QFX5100) being sent via the supervisor CPU? Searching online turns up lots of advice for investigating, eg, "process switching" on Cisco (eg, http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ios-nx-os-software/ios-software-r…) but I'm not finding much documented for Juniper :-( From the customer point of view the most obvious symptom is approximately 10-20 ms additional latency on a local routed path (VLAN A on VR 1 to VLAN B on VR 2), but apparently only in one direction (ie, if we bypass the EX4600 in the problematic direction then it "seems to be okay". It happens even when there's basically no traffic (eg, under 1Mbps on a 1Gbps link), and only a couple of dozen devices on each VLAN. (At times we've seen the latency as high as 1000+ ms -- so over 1s, for local traffic -- but that was at a busier site.) From an internal point of view, the most obvious symptom is that the forwarding-options analzyer shows ingress/egress on one of the VLANs, but only ingress on the other VLAN; and "monitor traffic ..." shows only the missing egress traffic. Since I'd understood "monitor traffic" to only see traffic that goes via the supervisor CPU, I'm starting to wonder if the latency is coming due to the packet flow in that direction going through the processor CPU -- for some unknown reason. This is happening at two sites, but they're basically identical EX4600s facing basically identical switches, and equivalently configured routing instances in each. The two VLANs are sub-interfaces on the same aggregation (ae1) to the same switch, so it's sort of hairpinned, but via leaked static routes in the two routing instances. The on-VLAN hardware at each site is pretty similar too. So we're guessing the cause is the same, but don't know what it is. We've already tried testing with the aggregation down to a single link, and it appears to make no difference. We've also forced ethernet flow control off at both ends, without making a difference. Any thoughts, particularly to see what path through the EX4600 packets are taking, welcomed. Or documentation for how the EX4600/QFX5100 packet forwarding engine architecture works (I can find M/T/MX documents, but not the one I want...). Thanks, Ewen

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[Job] The National Library of New Zealand is looking for an experienced Digital Preservation Web Engineer [Closes 28th Oct]
by Jay Gattuso 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

The National Library of New Zealand is looking for an experienced Digital Preservation Web Engineer to lead its web archiving programme. You will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Library's web archiving programme. The primary purpose of the Digital Preservation Web Engineer is to define, implement and support the efficient acquisition, preservation and discovery/delivery of web based digital content subject to the Library's legislated mandate. This includes harvesting via the Library's selective and whole-of-domain web archiving programmes and the design, deployment and implementation of mechanisms for storing, indexing and providing access (including data mining) to the web collections. You will be working within a team of 8 digital preservation specialists in the Preservation Research & Consultancy team and be responsible for: * developing a world class approach to the gathering, preservation, dissemination and interrogation of web based collections. * drafting a business case for indexing, search and delivery for the Library approx 80Tb of web archives. * contributing to the development of the strategic direction of the National Library with particular emphasis on the Library's digital (web) collection building, preservation and access roles. * working closely with national and international peers, related teams within the department and with external vendors. Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders. The National Library of New Zealand sits within the Information and Knowledge Services branch, the Department's epicentre of information management. Our branch is all about collecting, storing and preserving important things that are precious to New Zealand. You will have substantial practical experience in an IT environment with specific emphasis on web framework technologies and protocols, and preferably also demonstrated experience in web archiving. You will be a self-driven specialist, ideally with a tertiary qualification in information technology, computer science or information science or its equivalent. This role also requires you to be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. If you want to join a team of smart, committed people who do spectacular work for New Zealand - then this might be the right job for you. Applications close: 5PM, Friday 28 October 2016 For more information please contact: Steve Knight, Programme Director Preservation Research on +64 21 490 503 or steve.knight(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:steve.knight(a)dia.govt.nz> Job description: To review the full job description, please click here<http://www.bfound.net/Company/164-20160916152621.pdf> Applications: To apply for this role at the National Library of New Zealand, please click here<https://www.bfound.net/loginbox.aspx?loginState=3&jobId=136955&CoId=164>

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NZNOG17 - Call for Papers
by Richard Nelson 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

The NZNOG organising committee invites papers for its 14th annual conference, to be hosted at Trinity Wharf, Tauranga, New Zealand from 23 - 27th January 2017. There will the three day Workshops 23 – 25 January, a day of tutorials on 25 January with the main conference on 26 – 27 January. Conference objective: The NZNOG conference, workshops and tutorials are a once-a-year opportunity for individuals and organisations involved in Internet operations to meet and share the latest in Internet operations, technologies practices and receive high quality training. The event is unique in New Zealand and attracts technical, skilled individuals with a genuine interest in Internet operations and Internetworking technologies. Submit a paper: Presenters are invited to submit abstracts of their paper for consideration by Monday 28th November. Abstracts should be no more than one page long and provide a summary of your networking-related subject matter. To submit your paper please e-mail: talks(a)nznog.org When considering a presentation, remember that the NZNOG audience is mainly comprised of technical network operators and engineers with a wide range of experience levels from beginners to multi-year experience. There is a strong orientation to offer core skills and basic knowledge in SIGs and to address issues relevant to the day-to-day operations of ISPs and network operators in the conference sessions. Note: The inclusion of a title, bio, topic, abstract, and slides with proposals is not compulsory but will help us determine the quality of your proposal and increase the likelihood it will be accepted. The organising committee will evaluate proposals based on fit with the conference’s objective and its ability to stimulate lively discussions around the current state of New Zealand networking. This call for submissions can also be found at: http://www.nznog.org/call-for-papers For more information about the conference visit www.nznog.org or contact: talks(a)nznog.org

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APNIC 42 has started - participate remotely!
by Elly Tawhai 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

________________________________________________________________________ APNIC 42 has started - participate remotely! ________________________________________________________________________ Hi NZNOG Community, If you can't attend a session in person, you can participate remotely using our online participation tools. We provide an Adobe Connect virtual conference room with live video, audio, transcript, chat, and real-time slides and YouTube live, allowing you to virtually attend and participate in APNIC 42 online. https://conference.apnic.net/42/remote Policy SIG ---------- If you want to play a part in how Internet number resources are managed, be sure to participate at the three Policy SIG sessions. As well as the proposals under discussion, there will also be interesting presentations on whois data quality and accuracy, and IPv4 transfers. https://conference.apnic.net/42/policy First TC Security Session ------------------------- With cyber security threats on the rise, it's important to keep up to date on Internet security vulnerabilities, mitigation techniques, and ways the Internet community can work together to find solutions. Check out the FIRST Technical Colloquia sessions to hear from regional and international Internet security experts share their real-world experiences. https://conference.apnic.net/42/program#/schedule/day/8/first-tc-security-s… Thanks to our sponsors ---------------------- Huge thanks go to our APNIC 42 sponsors. We really appreciate your support! https://conference.apnic.net/42/sponsor#sponsors Keep in touch ------------- Stay up to date with what's happening at the conference by subscribing to the APNIC Blog and following us on our social networks. http://blog.apnic.net https://www.apnic.net/about-APNIC/social-media ________________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat secretariat(a)apnic.net Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: 61 7 3858 3100 PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: 61 7 3858 3199 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net ________________________________________________________________________

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Huawei AR160 - Chorus VDSL config anyone?
by Mike Taylor 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Just thought I'd chuck this out there, as my Google-fu seems to be failing. Does anyone have a known good, Chorus Wholesale, VDSL config for an Huawei AR160 router? (The look like a Cisco 800 series, NOT the white,plastic consumer version) Specifically, I'm having an issue where PPPoE Active Discovery is working. The ISP core starts sending PPPoE LCP requests, and the Huawei _seems_ to think it's sending replies, but I'm wiresharking it in our core, and PPPoE frames are NOT making it back to us... Cheers, Mike -- Mike Taylor The Total Team 0800 888 326 / +64 3 3779050

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[Job] Telcos job opportunities
by Pierre-Emmanuel Goiffon 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Hi NZNog, Please apologize if I breach any mailing-list rule with this email. I recently joined this mailing-list and I would like to introduce myself as I am actively looking for a job in telcos here. I have 14 years’ experience in the telecommunication Industry in Europe - in different types of companies like Renater (French equivalent to REANNZ), BT, Orange Business Services, Level 3 Communications - in different types of environments : Integrator, Telecommunications provider, Consultancy - in different types of positions : network engineer, contract manager, project manager, sales engineer I recently relocated in New Zealand for family reason, and I'm now actively looking for a Job here. As I found my last position in France via the FRNOG Community, I though it would make sense to contact the NZNOG Community here :) I am mainly looking for presales or project manager positions, but I am opened to hear about any vacancy that could match my profile. My CV is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7v3e16fvaokgqi/GOIFFON-CV_Sept2016.pdf?dl=0 Please reply off-list. Best Regards, Pierre-Emmanuel Goiffon

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[Job posting] Digital Preservation Web Engineer
by Jay Gattuso 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

The National Library of New Zealand is looking for an experienced Digital Preservation Web Engineer to lead its web archiving programme. https://www.bfound.net/detail.aspx?jobId=136955&CoId=164&rq=5 You will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Library's web archiving programme. The primary purpose of the Digital Preservation Web Engineer is to define, implement and support the efficient acquisition, preservation and discovery/delivery of web based digital content subject to the Library's legislated mandate. This includes harvesting via the Library's selective and whole-of-domain web archiving programmes and the design, deployment and implementation of mechanisms for storing, indexing and providing access (including data mining) to the web collections. You will be working within a team of 8 digital preservation specialists in the Preservation Research & Consultancy team and be responsible for: * developing a world class approach to the gathering, preservation, dissemination and interrogation of web based collections. * drafting a business case for indexing, search and delivery for the Library approx 80Tb of web archives. * contributing to the development of the strategic direction of the National Library with particular emphasis on the Library's digital (web) collection building, preservation and access roles. * working closely with national and international peers, related teams within the department and with external vendors. Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders. The National Library of New Zealand sits within the Information and Knowledge Services branch, the Department's epicentre of information management. Our branch is all about collecting, storing and preserving important things that are precious to New Zealand. You will have substantial practical experience in an IT environment with specific emphasis on web framework technologies and protocols, and preferably also demonstrated experience in web archiving. You will be a self-driven specialist, ideally with a tertiary qualification in information technology, computer science or information science or its equivalent. This role also requires you to be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. If you want to join a team of smart, committed people who do spectacular work for New Zealand - then this might be the right job for you. Jay Gattuso | Digital Preservation Analyst | Preservation, Research and Consultancy National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand | +64 (0)4 474 3064 jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)natlib.govt.nz>

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PCH peering survey 2016
by Bill Woodcock 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Background: Five years ago PCH conducted the first, and to date only, comprehensive survey characterizing Internet peering agreements. The document that resulted can be found here: https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/peering-survey/PCH-Peering-Survey-2011… <https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/peering-survey/PCH-Peering-Survey-2011…> That document was one of the principal inputs to an important document that the OECD publishes every five years, one that recommends communications regulatory policy to OECD member nations: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/I… <http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/I…> The survey had several useful findings which hadn’t previously been established as fact—most notably the portion of peering relationships that are “handshake” agreements, without written contract. These findings have improved the regulatory environments in which many of us operate our networks. At the time of the 2011 survey, we committed to repeating the survey every five years, so as to provide an ongoing indication of the direction peering trends take. It’s now five years later, so we’re repeating the survey. The survey is global in scope, and our goal is to reflect the diversity of peering agreements in the world; we’re interested in large ISPs and small ISPs, ISPs in Afghanistan and in Zimbabwe, bilateral agreements and multilateral, private and public. Our intent is to be as comprehensive as possible. In 2011, the responses we received represented 86% of all of the world’s ISPs and 96 countries. We would like to be at least as inclusive this time. Privacy: In 2011, we promised to collect the smallest set of data necessary to answer the questions, to perform the analysis immediately, and not to retain the data after the analysis was accomplished. In that way, we ensured that the privacy of respondents was fully protected. We did as we said, no data was leaked, and the whole community benefited from the trust that was extended to us. We ask for your trust again now as we make the same commitment to protect the privacy of all respondents, using the same process as last time. We are asking for no more data than is absolutely necessary. We will perform the analysis immediately upon receiving all of the data. We will delete the data once the analysis has been performed. The Survey: We would like to know the following five pieces of information relative to each Autonomous System you peer with: • Your ASN • Your peer’s ASN (peers only, not upstream transit providers or downstream customers) • Whether a written and signed peering agreement exists (the alternative being a less formal arrangement, such as a "handshake agreement") • Whether the terms are roughly symmetric (the alternative being that they describe an agreement with different terms for each of the two parties, such as one compensating the other, or one receiving more or fewer than full customer routes) • Whether a jurisdiction of governing law is defined • Whether IPv6 routes are being exchanged (this year, we’ll still assume that IPv4 are) The easiest way for us to receive the information is as a tab-text or CSV file or an Excel spreadsheet, consisting of rows with the following columns: Your ASN: Integer Peer ASN: Integer Written agreement: Boolean Symmetric: Boolean Governing Law: ISO 3166 two-digit country-code, or empty IPv6 Routes: Boolean For instance: 42 <tab> 715 <tab> false <tab> true <tab> us <tab> true <cr> 42 <tab> 3856 <tab> true <tab> true <tab> us <tab> true <cr> We are asking for the ASNs only so we can avoid double-counting a single pair of peers when we hear from both of them, and so that when we hear about a relationship in responses from both peers we can see how closely the two responses match, an important check on the quality of the survey. As soon as we've collated the data, we'll strip the ASNs to protect privacy, and only the final aggregate statistics will be published. We will never disclose any ASN or any information about any ASN. We already have more than 8,000 ASN-pair relationships documented, and we hope to receive as many more as possible. We'd like to finish collecting data by the end of September, about two weeks from now. If you’re peering with an MLPA route-server, you’re welcome to include just the route-server’s ASN, if that’s easiest, rather than trying to include each of the peer ASNs on the other side of the route-server. Either way is fine. If all of your sessions have the same characteristics, you can just tell us what those characteristics are once, your own ASN once, and give us a simple list of your peer ASNs. If your number of peers is small enough to be pasted or typed into an email, rather than attached as a file, and that’s simpler, just go ahead and do that. If you have written peering agreements that are covered by non-disclosure agreements, or if your organizational policy precludes disclosing your peers, but you’d still like to participate in the survey, please let us know, and we’ll work with whatever information you’re able to give us and try to ensure that your practices are statistically represented in our results. If you're able to help us, please email me the data in whatever form you can. If you need a non-disclosure, we're happy to sign one. Finally, if there are any other questions you’d like to see answered in the future, please let us know so that we can consider addressing them in the 2021 survey. The question about IPv6 routing in this year’s survey is there because quite a few of the 2011 respondents asked us to include it this time. Please respond by replying to this email, before the end of September. Thank you for considering participating. We very much appreciate it, and we look forward to returning the results to the community. -Bill Woodcock Executive Director Packet Clearing House

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AS paths from NZIX route servers
by Lincoln Reid 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Hi All, Currently ( all? ) the NZIX route servers insert the exchange ASN into routes that are advertised to the route servers. The exchanges that we peer with overseas such as Any2 in LA, Equinix Sydney and NSW-IX plus the new AKL-IX exchange do not insert the exchange ASN into advertisements, so all else being equal the paths from those exchanges are shorter than routes from APE and WIX by one AS hop. There are other NZ networks like us that peer at APE and/or WIX and also peer at overseas exchanges and to have optimal traffic flows with them, we put in one off hacks per network. The least ugly ways of doing this for us work fine but create per peer config that must be maintained. Ideally we can put bilateral peering up at APE and WIX so that the extra AS hop goes away but sometimes bilateral peering is impractical due to the other networks peering policy. I can't think of a reason why putting the exchange ASN in the path helps anyone. Is this just a hangover from the old days? Or is there some legitimate reason that it should be like this? Cheers, -- Lincoln Reid Head of Networks ACSData - AS18119 lincoln(a)acsdata.co.nz Phone: +64 4 939 2200 Fax: +64 4 939 2201

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IANA AS Numbers registry update
by Paula Wang 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Hi, The IANA AS Numbers registry has been updated to reflect the allocation of the following block to LACNIC in September 2016: 265629-266652 Assigned by LACNIC 2016-09-08 You can find the IANA AS Numbers registry at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers.xml The allocation was made in accordance with the Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet Registries: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/global-policy-asn-blocks-2010-09-21-en Best Regards, Paula Wang IANA Specialist ICANN

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IANA IPv4 Recovered Address Space registry updated
by Selina Harrington 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Hi, ICANN has updated the IANA IPv4 Recovered Address Space registry according to the Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA. The policy states that in each IPv4 allocation period, each RIR will receive a single IPv4 allocation unit from ICANN. An IPv4 allocation period is defined as a 6-month period following 1 March or 1 September in each year. The address space selection software can be downloaded from: https://github.com/icann/ The list of allocations can be found at: https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-recovered-address-space/ Kind regards, Selina Harrington IANA Senior Specialist ICANN

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Security clearance under TICSA
by Juha Saarinen 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

Thought I should pass on these somewhat partisan tweets: https://twitter.com/norightturnnz <https://twitter.com/norightturnnz> To those who haven’t seen them already. Full text of the bill here: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2016/0158/latest/DLM6921310.… <http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2016/0158/latest/DLM6921310.…> Would be interested in comments on this, if it applies or not, and other things. Cheers — Juha

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Call for Presentations - DNS-OARC 25th Workshop, Oct 2016 [Deadline Extended]
by Sebastian Castro 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

The DNS-OARC 25th Workshop will take place in Dallas, Texas during October 15th and 16th 2016, the Saturday and Sunday before NANOG68. To attract the best DNS minds, DNS-OARC is requesting proposals for presentations, with a preference for Resolver's Operations experiences, including running DNSSEC validating resolvers. This workshop intends to build from previous strong DNS-OARC workshops, where both operational content and research are welcome. All DNS-related subjects are accepted. If you are an OARC member, and have a sensitive topic you would like to present for members-only, we will accommodate those talks too. A time-slot will be available for lightning talks (5-10 minutes) on Sunday October 16th, for which submissions will be accepted during October 15th on a first-come first-served basis. Workshop Milestones * 15th June 2016, Call for Presentations posted and open for submissions * 21st August 2016, Deadline for submission * 1st September 2016, Final Program published * 10th October 2016, Final deadline for slideset submission Details for presentation submission will be published here: https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/25/call-for-abstracts/ The workshop presentations will be organized by common themes, depending on the topics and the timing of each presentation. There are 30-minute and 15-minute slots, let us know your preference in your submission. To ensure the quality of the workshop, submissions should include slides. Draft slides are acceptable on submission. You can contact the Programme Committee: https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/programme via <submissions(a)dns-oarc.net> if you have questions or concerns. Sebastian Castro, for the OARC Programme Committee OARC is also seeking sponsorship for this workshop, please contact <sponsor(a)dns-oarc.net> if your organization is interested in becoming a sponsor. (Please note that OARC is run on a non-profit basis, and is not in a position to reimburse expenses or time for speakers at its meetings.)

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