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RE: [nznog] Email for domains hosted by 2day.com
by Stephen Andrew 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Keith Davidson wrote: > Juha wrote: >> 2-daaayyoh, 2-day-ay-ay-oh. Internet sucks and me wanna go home. >> >> Anyway, things seem to be working again. >> >> So who's going to roast point the Giant Flamethrower at Marina Del >> Rey? Perhaps this is a job for Captain InternetNZ? > > I guess it could be a job for InternetNZ. But it occurs to me that > Veri$ign are doing nothing "wrong", it's just not within the spirit > of Internet practices? [snip] Maybe not "wrong" exactly but... RFC 1912 (Informational) Wildcard As and CNAMEs are possible too, and are really confusing to users, and a potential nightmare if used without thinking first. It could result (due again to domain searching) in any telnet/ftp attempts from within the domain to unknown hosts to be directed to one address. One such wildcard CNAME (in *.edu.com) caused Internet-wide loss of services and potential security nightmares due to unexpected interactions with domain searching. It resulted in swift fixes, and even an RFC ([RFC 1535]) documenting the problem. RFC 1535 makes interesting reading. -- Andrew Stephen DDI: +64 4 460 6849 IT Security Architect Mobile: +64 25 582 304 New Zealand Post Fax: +64 4 494 4299 "...shouldn't a DMZ actually be called a Free Fire Zone?" -- Chris Mahn, Three Tiered DMZ's, May 2001 This email with any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If it is not intended for you please reply immediately, destroy it and do not copy, disclose or use it in any way.

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Re: [nznog] Email for domains hosted by 2day.com
by Ewen McNeill 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

In message <20030917002145.71549.qmail(a)web13607.mail.yahoo.com>, Stephen Sheehan writes: >Does anybody have a workaround. for .nz MX records ewen(a)basilica:~ $ host -t MX eaudio.co.nz eaudio.co.nz mail is handled by 10 mail.2day.com. ewen(a)basilica:~ $ host mail.2day.com mail.2day.com has address 64.94.110.11 The message you're seeing from 64.94.110.11 -- Verisign's wonderful "all domains are ours" IP address -- is that it won't accept mail for the domain eaudio.co.nz. No great surprise. It won't accept mail for anything else either. In fact, it's got a very fixed pattern of responses to absolutely anything at all you send it. I suspect the MX record is cached, and the A record for mail.2day.com isn't cached/available any longer. If it weren't for Verisign adding their brokenness to the .com/.net DNS yesterday, then you'd at least get a NXDOMAIN error on mail.2day.com and it'd be more obvious what was wrong. If you want a work around I suggest something like the bind forward entry that has already been posted on nznog, at some point where it's visible to your mail server. 2day.com might be able to achieve some improvements by changing all the MX records on the domains for which they handle DNS and Mail to something not under 2day.com and/or by doing a bulk update on the NZ Register for the names that they host the DNS to nameservers not under 2day.com (but that'd need to be done carefully, and would have to wait for zone push/cache expiry anyway). Ewen

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Verisign grabs *.net and *.com
by Simon Lyall 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

FYI verisign have just adjusted the gTLD name servers to return point to their one IP for any .net (and soon .com) domain that doesn't exist. eg: $ host kjjhgkjhskhg.net kjjhgkjhskhg.net has address 64.94.110.11 $ host uyowiriu777777.net uyowiriu777777.net has address 64.94.110.11 This may break stuff (ie if you refuse email from bogus domains). See: http://www.verisign.com/resources/gd/sitefinder/implementation.pdf http://www.verisign.com/resources/gd/sitefinder/bestpractices.pdf http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/d04afc52ae9da2ee80256d9c0018be8b -- Simon J. Lyall. | Very Busy | Mail: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.

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2day.com assistance required
by Joe Abley 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Forwarded for Rob, since he's subscribed to nznog using his 2day.com address (see below). Mail to 2day.com addresses is currently being bounced by the host listed in the wildcard A record in the COM zone, so if your customers call and complain that they can't send mail to foo(a)2day.com, this is probably why. Begin forwarded message: > From: Rob Isaac <rob(a)automagic.org> > Date: Tue Sep 16, 2003 17:10:32 Canada/Eastern > To: jabley(a)automagic.org > Subject: 2day.com assistance required > > > A registrar inadvertently put the 2day.com zone on REGISTRAR HOLD, with > the unpleasant result of removing it from the root zone. > > This makes hosts in the zone 2day.com unresolvable. The registrar in > question has been appropriately disciplined, but it will be some time > until the root zone is updated. > > In the meantime, it would be helpful if you could add a stub to your > name servers, so that requests for things in the 2day.com zone are > still > resolved appropriately until the root servers catch up. This should > reduce your customer support load relating to services hosted by > 2day.com. > > Sample stub for BIND8, mangle as appropriate. > > --- snip --- > zone "2day.com" { > type stub; > file "2day.com"; > masters { 202.37.240.3; 198.32.66.4; 203.118.144.212; } > }; > --- snip --- > > > <R>< > >

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[Fwd: Re: [spamtools] Verisign hijack *.net]
by Juha Saarinen 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I didn't even know there was a .museum... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [spamtools] Verisign hijack *.net Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:31:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Bruce Gingery <antispam(a)gtcs.com> Reply-To: spamtools(a)lists.abuse.net To: SpamTools <spamtools(a)lists.abuse.net> This is a widespread problem. Vix has been doing this, mostly unnoticed, with dot-museum for months (perhaps since .museum startup). Checking, a few minutes ago... *.ac A 194.205.62.122 *.cc A 206.253.214.102 *.com A 64.94.110.11 *.cx A 219.88.106.80 *.museum A 195.7.77.20 *.net A 64.94.110.11 *.nu A 64.55.105.9 and A 212.181.91.6 *.sh A 194.205.62.62 *.tm A 194.205.62.62 *.ws A 216.35.187.246 Other domains checked (I don't THINK I missed any active ones, but could have missed a recently-activated ccTLD) do NOT have this bogus behaviour. RCFDNS + FCRDNS is now a NECESSITY - for client of an smtp connection for HELO/EHLO parameter for domain of sender hacks and patches welcome. Remember, sendmail 8.11.x does NOT have the "dns" map, and 8.12.x recently had bad code in that same map. There is only so much you can do with: $[ $] K<name> host K<name> bestmx etc. For those stuck with 8.11 or below binaries, and no ready- to-use MILTER on their OS, this may require a regexp to sanitize, followed by an external program map. Meanwhile, any FCRDNS, and RCFDNS provisions are helpful, especially if you bogus the PNAP nameservers doing VeriSign's rdns for 64.94.110.11 and comparable DNS servers for other bogus domain resolutions.

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Verisign "cure" from comp.sendmail
by Juha Saarinen 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

LOCAL_CONFIG Kverisign dns -R A -a. -T<TMP> -r 5 SLocal_check_mail R$* $: $>canonify $1 R$*<@$*.> $: $1<@$2> Strip the trailing . if present R$*<@$+> $: $(verisign $2 $) R$+<TMP> $#error $@ 4.7.1 $: "451 Temporary lookup failure: try again later" R64.94.110.$* $#error $: "550 Real domain name required for sender address"

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RE: [nznog] Verisign grabs *.net and *.com
by Paul Adshead 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

> > Just to get click-through money! > > On the other hand, ISPs can now add their own redirect rule for > 64.94.110.11 to point to *their own* advertising page (or "VeriSign > Suck" page). I hope some do, if only to piss VeriSign off. Indeed, how many Corporate firewalls _already_ redirect: "ads.<domain name>.co.nz"; "ads.<domain name>.com" etc, etc to an internal webserver (- with error 404 set to give a blank page), in order to cutdown on all of the adverts appearing on the corporate LAN??? Paul Adshead.

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Linux Router
by Tikiri Wicks 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Does anyone know anything about this product http://www.imagestream.com/Enterprise.html Cheers Tikiri

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Reminder - "Handle the Jandal" webcast tonight
by Richard Naylor 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Doubt if it will break anything, but just a reminder that the "Handle the Jandal" webcast is tonight. Might get a few viewers. Starts at 7:00pm - Online voting will take place as well. Webcast details at http://www.r2.co.nz/20030916/ and http://www.radioactive.co.nz rich

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RE: [nznog] Big Geek Programme '04
by Donald Neal 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

> From: Lin Nah [mailto:lin(a)darkmere.gen.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 17:17 > To: Tony McGregor > Cc: Donald Neal; Simon Lyall; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: RE: [nznog] Big Geek Programme '04 [...] > Actually I came across the concept of "Open Space" when reading a > blog entry by Bruce Eckel. http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0004 says > "One of the new features here at the conference is "Open > Space" which I > was initially skeptical about but which seems to be working > astoundingly > well. The room where the keynote talks are being held has boards where > you can post a topic for a time slot. The original idea was a talk at > the front of the room and one at the back, but it seems that > tables have > been taken over for individual discussions and as a result there are > already more discussions than two at any one time. There needs to be a formal programme for a number of reasons. One is that we do hope to cover some topics in the sort of detail which isn't compatible with short presentations. Another is so that attendees have something to show their managers. :{)* Other things can certainly be done as well. There used to be these things called BOF's ... Donald Neal | "And if you think virus Technical Specialist | writers are scary, you Operations Engineering | have clearly never met a Integration & Services Divn. | tort lawyer." Alcatel NZ Ltd | - The Economist 28/8/03 All opinions mine only. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Geek program 2004
by Michael Hallager 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Hi, Could the person organising this please email me offlist? Kind regards, Michael Hallager Managing Director Networkstuff Limited URL: http://www.networkstuff.co.nz Networkstuff, NZ's leading supplier of high quality used networking equipment. E-Mail: michael @ networkstuff.co.nz Member of the NZ Open Source Society. Member of the Auckland VHF Group. Amateur radio callsign: ZL1VMH.

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RE: [nznog] Big Geek Programme '04
by Jamie Baddeley 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

hmm. so basically you're recommending we should all just go to the pub and have a bit of a yarn. Mmm. It's got my vote. <ducks> But seriously, does the concept of planning the unplanned really work? The value of hallway conversations is surely not physicality of it but the spontaneity of it. They just sorta happen. <Thinking out loud now> - maybe it's also the passion of an issue that causes individuals to have a real conversation with someone who may be a stranger that makes it so appealing and rewarding. I figure leave 50% of the conference to hallway/pub/accidental learning and 50% of the conference to presented/structured learning. So basically the way it is, is good for me. Cool thoughts though Lin. jamie >>> Lin Nah <lin(a)darkmere.gen.nz> 11/9/2003 5:17:22 PM >>> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Tony McGregor wrote: > > There's nothing magical about an hour. Volunteers to do other things > > are welcomed. > > I personally think an hour is way too long for a standard talk. Most > conferences seem to go for 25min + 5m questions and change over. Well it is probably better to split the day into 35 min slots (or 30 min slots but that means 20min + 5min questions + 5 min changeover). If someone wants more time they take up 2 slots or 3 slots . > I really like the idea of a session of rapid fire short talks. Some > conferences have an "outrageous opinions" session structured like > that. We could have a session of 5-10 min anything goes talks. Give > an idea, an experience, a spoof, anything you want the audience to > hear. The only rules being sit down after 10 min and wear the flak > for anything you say yourself. Actually I came across the concept of "Open Space" when reading a blog entry by Bruce Eckel. http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0004 says "One of the new features here at the conference is "Open Space" which I was initially skeptical about but which seems to be working astoundingly well. The room where the keynote talks are being held has boards where you can post a topic for a time slot. The original idea was a talk at the front of the room and one at the back, but it seems that tables have been taken over for individual discussions and as a result there are already more discussions than two at any one time. The goal was to foster the "hallway conversation" events that are often the best experiences that people have at a conference, by providing nuclei of interests for such conversations through focused topics. I'm particularly interested to see how the open space continues to develop, as it may be one of the most interesting variations in this conference. It already makes the conference more interesting and interactive than the ones we have had in the past. " I had a look into the concept and found it isn't that unknown. The following links have more info about it: http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-Openspace.html http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_space_conference I am not suggesting using "Open space" throughout the entire meet. However I wonder if such a concept could be tried at one or two sessions to see how it goes. Based on the many corridor/bar/outdoors mini conversations I have seen/heard or been part of at uniforum in the past conferences, I think this would work. regards lin _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

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RE: [nznog] Big Geek Programme '04
by Donald Neal 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

From: Simon Lyall [mailto:simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz] Sent: Wed 9/10/2003 11:45 PM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Cc: Subject: Re: [nznog] Big Geek Programme '04 >Donald Neal wrote: >> At some stage a formal(ish) call for presentations should be issued. >> Before that, could people who are likely to attend please tell me what >> sort of topics they'd be interested in? Volunteers to present are, of >> course, welcome. [...] >I've seen a few technical type conferences where they have 5 or 10 minute >talks on short topics. This might be a good thing for people to stand up >and give a quick talk on "p2p kazaa proxy servers " or "Trends in errors >in Herald IT articles" or something. So if you know something that other >people might be interested in but you don't want to talk for a whole hour >then you could do one of those. There's nothing magical about an hour. Volunteers to do other things are welcomed. >How about someone from Telecom giving a bit of a talk on IPnet, how it's >designed, how ADSL and dialup gets from the customer to the ISP etc? Most >of us have to interact with it but I've only picked up the odd bit here >and there rather than a nice outline (including how each dept (NCC, >Netgate, CRC etc) fits in) . [2] That may be possible. :{)* - Donald Neal _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Port 0 Probe
by Ray Chow 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Hi All, I was wondering how useful is port 0 beside some Unix program requires it and OS finger printing. What effect it will create if the port is blocked? Regards Ray Chow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fw: New Vulnerability in Microsoft Systems (RPC II)
by Barry Murphy 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

----- Original Message ----- Subject: New Vulnerability in Microsoft Systems (RPC II) > Dear Barry Murphy, > > Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Servers > ------------------------------------------ > > Severity of Bug : CRITICAL > Port / Service : Microsoft RPC > > Versions Affected : > > * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 > * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 > * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition > * Microsoft Windows 2000 > * Microsoft Windows XP > * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 > > 3 new bugs have been found in the Microsoft implementation of RPC. Although these bugs are also related to DCOM activation, they _are_not_ the same issue addressed in July. > > Exploits for this (these) problems already exist in the wild, as both Denial of Service and remote compromise. This problem could possibly be more serious than the previous (http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-026.asp) one, since Microsoft have _not_ ruled out exploitation of RPC via HTTP. (Simply filtering access to ports 135, 139, 445 & 593 will not ensure safety from exploitation) > > Microsoft has an end-user write up of the problem here : > http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-039.asp > > Patches may be downloaded here : > > Windows 2000 : > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F4F66D56-E7CE-44C3- 8B94-817EA8485DD1&displaylang=en > > Windows XP : > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5FA055AE-A1BA-4D4A- B424-95D32CFC8CBA&displaylang=en > > Windows 2003 > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=51184D09-4F7E-4F7B- 87A4-C208E9BA4787&displaylang=en > > SensePost suggest that the patch be applied as soon as possible. > > Sincerely. > > ======================================================= > SensePost Research research(a)sensepost.com > http://www.sensepost.com (tel) +27 12 667 4737 > ======================================================= > > >

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TelstraClear PPPoE
by Philip D'Ath 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

I've been told that TelstraClear have commenced using PPPoE over their ADSL now, instead of PPPoA. I produce a series of sample configs for Cisco routers for DSL, which can be found at: http://www.ifm.net.nz/cookbooks/ I would like to get a sample Cisco config for a Cisco 837 from TelstraClear (or any Cisco DSL router), and add it to my WWW pages. Could someone from TelstraClear contact me offlist with this info please. Philip D'Ath CCNP, CCDA, BCMS http://www.ifm.net.nz/

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Re: [nznog] Big Geek Programme '04
by Simon Lyall 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Donald Neal wrote: > At some stage a formal(ish) call for presentations should be issued. > Before that, could people who are likely to attend please tell me what > sort of topics they'd be interested in? Volunteers to present are, of > course, welcome. I'd like to see a few practical type presentations from people, things like "How we use Oracle and BitKeeper to maintain our router configs" sort of things. A couple of people I talked to at Uniforum had some cools ways of installing and maintaining their servers for example[1] . I've seen a few technical type conferences where they have 5 or 10 minute talks on short topics. This might be a good thing for people to stand up and give a quick talk on "p2p kazaa proxy servers " or "Trends in errors in Herald IT articles" or something. So if you know something that other people might be interested in but you don't want to talk for a whole hour then you could do one of those. Maybe something about IPV6 or Multicast telling people why they should deploy it on their networks from a revenue perspective :) How about someone from Telecom giving a bit of a talk on IPnet, how it's designed, how ADSL and dialup gets from the customer to the ISP etc? Most of us have to interact with it but I've only picked up the odd bit here and there rather than a nice outline (including how each dept (NCC, Netgate, CRC etc) fits in) . [2] VOIP seems to be getting a bit more mature now so maybe a talk or two in that area. [1] One thing I noticed from Uniforum was that a lot of people run "Debian everywhere except for the Oracle Servers" , Interesting trend to see since Debian doesn't get much press. [2] Someone will probably give the URL for the uptodate document that does this now. -- Simon J. Lyall. | Very Busy | Mail: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.

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OT: www.telecon.co.nz
by Dan Clark 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Just out of interest, has anyone else come across this site? www.telecon.co.nz I am not sure weather they are all for Telecom's Monopoly approach or if they are against. Quite an interesting read really. Kind Regards, Dan Clark Network Manager Scarfies.Net Ltd Wickliffe Ltd

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RE: [nznog] OT: www.telecon.co.nz
by Paul Adshead 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I believe in April next year (or sometime close to then,) you will be able to get your landline from Telstra-Clear in Auckland. I wonder what the prices will be like?? It's all good for customer choice and competition! :-) Regards, Paul Adshead Network & Systems OTL Software Ltd www.otl.co.nz -----Original Message----- From: Dan Clark [mailto:dan(a)scarfies.net] Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2003 12:57 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] OT: www.telecon.co.nz Just out of interest, has anyone else come across this site? www.telecon.co.nz I am not sure weather they are all for Telecom's Monopoly approach or if they are against. Quite an interesting read really. Kind Regards, Dan Clark Network Manager Scarfies.Net Ltd Wickliffe Ltd

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mta.xtra.co.nz
by Simon Garner 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hi, Anybody from Xtra have an ETA for when mta.xtra.co.nz will be working again? I have a whole pile of mail queued up for you :) % telnet mta.xtra.co.nz smtp Trying 203.96.92.132... Connected to mta.xtra.co.nz. Escape character is '^]'. (then nothing - no 220 - and it takes a minute or so to get connected.) Hotmail also seems to be broken this morning: % telnet mx1.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.254.129... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.129: Connection refused Trying 65.54.252.99... telnet: connect to address 65.54.252.99: Connection refused Trying 65.54.166.99... telnet: connect to address 65.54.166.99: Connection refused % telnet mx2.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.252.230... telnet: connect to address 65.54.252.230: Connection refused Trying 65.54.166.230... telnet: connect to address 65.54.166.230: Connection refused Trying 65.54.254.145... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.145: Connection refused % telnet mx3.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.167.5... telnet: connect to address 65.54.167.5: Connection refused Trying 65.54.254.140... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.140: Connection refused Trying 65.54.253.99... Connected to mx3.hotmail.com. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. % telnet mx4.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.254.151... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.151: Connection refused Trying 65.54.253.230... telnet: connect to address 65.54.253.230: Connection refused Trying 65.54.167.230... Connected to mx4.hotmail.com. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. -Simon

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Router Info
by Tikiri Wicks 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Be gratefull if anyone can give me a pointer here... I need a router with 14 fibre ports. The thing is I don't want to spend 25,000 Plus on a router like a Cisco 4000 series or a top of the line Nortel. We don't need terrabits of routing capability and hundreds of wan ports etc.. What I'm looking for is a router than can do full layer 4 routing on 14 fibres, each running at no more than 100 Mbps. Any ideas ? Cheers Tikiri

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.nz Zone File review
by Steven Heath 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Folks, The DNC has just released the minutes of the NZOC (.nz oversight committee) meeting which has the following: Item 6 updates progress on the Zone Transfer Policy review. A call for public comment has now been made to seek feedback on the issues the review is covering. The Call for Public Comment can be found at http://dnc.org.nz/content/zone_transfer_policy_review.pdf and the review page (where submissions will be published) is available at http://dnc.org.nz/story/30134-35-1.html Steven Heath .nz news & views www.nznews.org.nz

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HEADS UP - Handle the Jandal
by Richard Naylor 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Sorry for another post. There may be traffic issues next Tuesday 16 Sept in the evening. We will be streaming "Handle the Jandal" on behalf of RadioActive. This is the NZ Music Video Awards. The finalist videos will be streamed and then there will be on-line voting (as well as in the theatre). In theatre band, lotsa noise, etc. I have no idea as to how popular this will be, but at least you now know its happening. Details at www.radioactive.co.nz and www.r2.co.nz (when I get around to writing them). As usual there will be 5 bit rates streamed and available on WIX. rich

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HEADS UP - LOTR Premiere
by Richard Naylor 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Hello All, This is a very preliminary Heads Up on the network impact of the LOTR Premiere to be held in 2 months time. I'm detailing what is planned so that operators can make arrangements for bandwidth, peering, route exchanging, or other descriptions for making it easy for their customers to view the content. Offers of bandwidth, money, food or sleep are also very welcome. (Its monday and I'm tired and grumpy and may just tell everyone to bugger off) The current plan, is that we will have a few more webcams around the Courtenay Place area. These seem very popular, especially with Canadians for some reason. Viewers like to watch the street preparations and clean up take place. There will also be a large streaming programme in place, which MAY begin up to 7 days before the event and carry on up to 3 days afterwards. They may be 24 hour continuous streams. All streams at this stage will be at 5 bit rates (2 audio and 3 video). Both the webcam server and streaming server have gigE connections to WIX and are peered with as many as we can. Last year we were carrying around 140mbps and all servers were at around 10% capacity. We expect a little more interest this year. Our international capacity is very limited both by carrier and by budget. We are currently negotiating feeds to offshore streamers to reduce the potential international impact. Ours will certainly stop. Any offers of International capacity would be gladly accepted. At the moment we can't even guarantee that we will be able to feed off shore streamers. Confirmed Dates At this stage the following dates can be confirmed. Sun 30 Nov - theonering dance party. Andy will be playing. Don't know times yet. Mon 1 Dec - the premiere - set up, red carpet stuff, clean up. All day and most of the night stream. Event will be BIG. Last year the Avalon crew was used. This year I suspect we'll all have to pool camera feeds. The area to be covered is huge. (thats a big hint) What do I want ? Sleep, food, money. If you feel that your customers will be watching the event, please check your connectivity to WIX. If you have a streamer (MS) and want to carry a feed, I'll make a server available purely for replication servers, but this is very much demand driven. remember the budget is very easy to understand - zero. Please contact me if you have any questions. Cheers - rich

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Big Geek Programme '04
by Donald Neal 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

NZNOG People, Two days ago I outlined a possible lower-cost gathering to be held on The University of Waikato's "main campus in Hamilton on 29 and 30 January 2004. Indicative registration cost would be $100, with on-campus accommodation available at an indicative cost of $45 per night. The dates are dictated by availability of that low-cost accommodation. It is possible that the running time might be extended beyond two days, depending on the number of presentations to be included. The university is able to offer auditoriums of suitable size for pretty well any plausible number of registrations and for sessions of varying sizes." In the forty-eight hours since then I've been advised of forty-eight people who expect to attend. Of the thirteen people who expressed a preference, twelve opted for the lower-cost option. I think you can pencil into your calendars that this event will go ahead on those dates. At some stage a formal(ish) call for presentations should be issued. Before that, could people who are likely to attend please tell me what sort of topics they'd be interested in? Volunteers to present are, of course, welcome. Donald Neal | "And if you think virus Technical Specialist | writers are scary, you Operations Engineering | have clearly never met a Integration & Services Divn. | tort lawyer." Alcatel NZ Ltd | - The Economist 28/9/03 All opinions mine only. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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