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FW: [O/T] T1 -> E1 converter
by Gary Wicks 12 Sep '00

12 Sep '00

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DOMAINZ Review Terms of Reference
by DPF 08 Sep '00

08 Sep '00

I have been asked by ISOCNZ Council to draft up terms of reference for the independent review of DOMAINZ's new DRS or Domain Registration System. As this list would comprise a large proportion of the major agents and users I am seeking feedback on the draft terms before I send them formally to Council next week. Feedback is welcome to the list or direct to me. DRAFT TERM OF REFERENCE OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW The review is to be comprehensive and focus not just on the technical issue of the implementation of the DRS but the entire project from conception to the present day. The reviewer should include sections on, but not feel limited to: - system design - system implementation - risk management - governance - documentation - communications - technical issues - and most importantly recommendations Specific aspects that should be covered (but not limited to) are - final cost vs budgeted cost and reasons for any variations - details of responsibilities between ISOCNZ, DOMAINZ Board, DOMAINZ staff and any contractors including who approved and who recommended key details - A full listing of reported user problems with the new system, the reasons for them, have they been remedied and whether they were foreseeable. The lack of notification of zone changes to especially be covered - Details of consultation and feedback over the entirety of the project and how, if at all, this was fed into the final system. - A clear summary of what the perceived benefits of the new system were to various stakeholders (ISOCNZ, ISPs, Agents and users) and what input the stakeholders had into the fundamental concepts behind the design - What documentation was prepared for users of the systems, including ISPs and Agents, and the adequacy of such documentation The reviewer should at a minimum consult with (including traveling to interview if necessary) the following people and groups - DOMAINZ Board, DOMAINZ staff, ISOCNZ Councillors and Technical Committee, Contractors working on the project, major NZ based ISPs and Agents. Submissions from any interested party (including domain name holders) should also be called for. The principles of natural justice should be adhered to and any allegations or opinions should be put to the other parties concerned for their comment. The reviewer's report will be made public. If there is any evidence which can not legally be made public this should be referred to in the public report, but not detailed. A fuller report, if necessary, which includes confidential information shall go to the DOMAINZ Board only. DPF ________________________________________________________________________ <david at farrar dot com> NZ Usenet FAQs - http://www.dpf.ac.nz/usenet/nz ICQ 29964527 --------- 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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Remote hands in Santa Clara, California.
by Rob Isaac 04 Sep '00

04 Sep '00

Folks, I've got a colo that needs to be dismantled in Santa Clara, California, USA. I'm having some trouble with the contractors we had arranged to do it, so I'm considering using someone else. Anyone have any clueful friends in the area, or have some contractors they might have used before? TIA. <R>< --------- 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 31 Aug '00

31 Aug '00

The New Zealand Network Operators' Group The New Zealand Network Operators' Group (NZNOG) has no king, president or formal membership. At present it consists of the subscribers to this mailing list, which anyone is free to join. At last count the list had just under 170 subscribers, with the count growing by around five each month. The NZNOG mailing list is provided through a server at The University of Waikato, and is administered by an employee of Telecom NZ Ltd. Neither of these organisations (nor the administrator) is responsible for its content. NZNOG Mailing List Acceptable Use Policy The NZNOG mailing list exists to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information and the discussion of implementation issues that require cooperation among New Zealand network service providers. In order to continue to provide a useful forum for discussion of relevant technical issues, users of the list are asked to respect the following guidelines. 1. Discussion will focus on Internet operational and technical issues. 2. Discussion related to meetings of network service providers is appropriate. 3. Discussion unrelated to these topics is not appropriate. 4. Postings to multiple mailing lists are discouraged. 5. Postings that include foul language, character assassination, and lack of respect for other participants are unacceptable. 6. Blatant product or service marketing is unacceptable. 7. Postings of a political, philosophical or legal nature are discouraged. 8. Postings to the list should be in ASCII or MIME encoded as text/plain. Attachments should not be sent to the list. To present a document, a suitable URL may be referred to. For documents of general interest, the use of proprietary file formats is discouraged. 9. Breaches of list etiquette should be dealt with privately with the offending list user, and should not result in complaints being sent to the list. Mailing List Archives A full archive is available at http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/nznog/ To search the archive, see http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/search.html (and remember to select nznog). Subscribing to the List To subscribe to the NZNOG list, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz, where the body of the message reads subscribe nznog There are at present no restrictions on who may subscribe to the list, or even on who may post to the list. Digest Mailing List If you don't wish to receive postings as they are sent, you can instead subscribe to the nznog-digest mailiing list, on which all postings are sent out in a single "digest" every couple of days. Other Activities NZNOG does not at present have other regular activities than this mailing list, though some Auckland subscribers have been known to meet over beer. Some subscribers are likely to attend the NetForum NZ 2000 conference in Hamilton in the first week of October. For further details of the conference, see http://www.uniforum.org.nz/netforum/ . Donald Neal NZNOG Mailing List Owner/Administrator/Muggins --------- 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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MEDIA: Sydney Morning Herald - Telstra Blacklist Story. (fwd)
by Alan Brown 27 Aug '00

27 Aug '00

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:42:56 +0900 From: Glenn Barry <gbarry(a)SYDNEY.NET> Subject: MEDIA: Sydney Morning Herald - Telstra Blacklist Story. Posted just for the record and future reference: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0008/28/bizcom/bizcom1.html ============================= Telstra on black list because of spamming Junk mail over the Net arouses strong passions. Kevin Morrison explores the issues. Telstra has long boasted that it wants to become a major player in the Internet world butmany in cyberspace accuse Telstra of harbouring the Internet community's number one enemy, spammers. "Spam" unsolicited emails have become the vehicle of 21st century snake-oil salesmen, offering various schemes and services, to millions of recipients. Spam clogs up email in-boxes, slows down Internet traffic and overloads the systems of Internet service providers, hence the unpopularity of its perpetrators. "They can really cause havoc because systems get overloaded and it is impossible to get off a spam list, so people get annoyed as the junk can take hours to clear," said one Internet user, who did not want to be named because of concerns that he would be targeted by spammers. Being the telecommunications carrier that transports the spam, Telstra has landed in hot water among the Internet community. Over the past three months Telstra has been among the most unpopular Internet organisations on "anti-spam" information Web site Spamcop (web address http://spamcop.net) "Telstra serves a country of 20 million people and yet it has been the most complained about network for several months. So Telstra has not got a good reputation in the Internet world," the Internet user said. Anti-spam groups such as ORBS and MAPS have formed to fight these rogues of the Net, with a mission to drive them off the Internet. The most effective way to do that is to cut off links to the telecommunications operator that allows spammers to connect to their network. The anti-spam groups have achieved some measure of success. In March US Internet backbone carrier AGIS (Apex Global Internet Services) was forced into bankruptcy after it became an outcast in the Internet community over its refusal to rid its network of spammers. "The anti-spam organisations should not be underestimated," the Internet user said. Last week ORBS temporarily put a black ban on Telstra, which meant that the 200 plus Internet service providers that subscribe to ORBS from around the world would not receive email coming from the Telstra network. Given that Telstra is the largest carrier of Internet traffic in Australia that means a lot of emails sent last week were bounced back to their senders, including messages sent from The Sydney Morning Herald email system to New Zealand-based ORBS administrator Mr Alan Brown. Mr Brown said Telstra had been put on the ORBS black list because of its slowness to disconnect notorious spammers. Mr Brown said Telstra's treatment of two alleged spammers, Mr Phil Basten and Mr Dean Westbury, who are directors of company named Global Web Solutions, had triggered the ORBS action. Telstra spokesman Mr Stuart Gray acknowledged the two men were spammers and that Telstra had cut their connection to its Big Pond service. Despite Telstra claims that the pair were disconnected, Messrs Basten and Westbury were still operating late last week. "They are playing the game of multiple names, multiple identities, and they keep on popping up. But it is hard to know that they are going to be spammers when they first set up," Mr Gray said. The two men are also being watched by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. "We are monitoring some of the activities of these gentlemen," an ASIC spokeswoman said. However, Mr Basten told the Herald that he was not a spammer and that he and Mr Westbury provided Web-hosting services and programs that allowed customers to bulk mail. He said that some of his customers appeared to be spammers. "We didn't know anything about it. It looks like there are four out of about 100 customers that have been spamming and we had no way of knowing. "The first thing I knew about it was when Telstra closed down our service and that has cost us a lot of money. So I am going to get our lawyers and try and get that money back from Telstra," Mr Basten said. A Telstra spokesman said that they had enough evidence to prove that Mr Basten and Mr Westbury were spammers. Australia's Internet carriers have not been as active as their US counterparts in stamping out spamming. In the US, where spamming activities first started, ISPs have become more active in cutting spammers from their network, issuing heavy fines and strict conditions that customers must adhere to. Both Telstra and Optus claim to have stringent anti-spam policies on their networks, prohibiting users from carrying out "unacceptable Internet behaviour such as spamming." However, Mr Brown said both carriers had been very slow to react to spamming. "Optus have not responded to any complaints that I have made to them. The Cable & Wireless group worldwide has a bad reputation in the Internet community where they are known as Clueless and Witless," Mr Brown said. With the Internet increasingly moving to wireless platforms, such as WAP on mobile phones, spamming is expected to spread even further unless carriers jump on it. With several carriers expected to participate in the mobile Internet space, the choices will increase for spammers. --------- 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: WIX Route Reflectors
by James Tyson 21 Aug '00

21 Aug '00

> So, let me get this straight. He gets troubles when he receives routes > from you directly, and then again via the route server? Yeah. Turns out he's running some horrible system based on gated. > Which means that the other 40 odd peers of the route servers will no > longer have direct paths to xtra's networks (of that 40, maybe half are on > private ASN, so can't easily peer directly with xtra), and vice versa. > I'm happy to not send updates we receive from xtra on to users xtra peer > directly with, but I need you to tell me who those peers are. If you > don't want us to send Xtra updates Plain, I'll knock 'em on the head > immediately. Personally, I'd hope that was a better solution that just > dropping the route server peering completely (it's what we do for > Paradise and Netlink, for example). What we have been doing in the past (and what we are doing now, for that matter) is to add our routes into the mix, but not learn anything from the route reflectors. > Thats going to be a tad pointless, when you've dropped your peer, and > Matthew currently has his peering down! Can you cut and paste some > examples of where the route server is doing something wrong? 'praps you > could give me a call on 025 XXX XXX, or let me know your number, and I'll > call you. Yeah, I realised that just after I sent you the last mail. However, allowing routes from the WIX route reflectors to enter our network raises trust issues. The problem being, I know of you, Mr Blake, but I'm afraid I don't know you (god I love that line, thank's Chris Roberts for giving us the wing commander movie!). I would rather under-utilise our WIX connection by using only explicit domestic peering with other large peers, whom I know how to contact, than use route reflectors, both of which are under a completely different routing domain, and can potentially have conflicting policies with mine. This is not, however, a personal attack on yourself, your administrative abilities, or your network, but merely a statement of fact. I cannot allow routes from unknown and untrusted sources to be injected into my AS unless stringent measures are undertaken on your part to ensure the sanity of said advertisements. I will however allow our network to learn routes from you if you are able to give documented evidence that every route is under the strict control of the WIX. In an effort to help, I am willing to send you a prefix-list of Xtra's networks. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- 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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ICMP broadcast amplifier list (fwd)
by Alan Brown 21 Aug '00

21 Aug '00

For those not on Bugtraq. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:40:39 -0700 From: Troy Davis <troy(a)NACK.NET> To: BUGTRAQ(a)SECURITYFOCUS.COM Subject: ICMP broadcast amplifier list netscan.org has rechecked all routed /24s for ICMP directed broadcasts (smurf amplification) and made public the complete list of misconfigured networks. The probes ran from 8/18-8/21. The results are queryable and downloadable at http://netscan.org Cheers, Troy --------- 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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None
by None 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

JAA25389 for <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:55:31 +1200 Received: from localhost [127.0.0.1]=20 by uber.samizdat.co.nz with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 13PXd8-0007OO-00; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:55:18 +1200 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:55:18 +1200 (NZST) From: James Tyson <james(a)samizdat.co.nz> Sender: eugene(a)uber.samizdat.co.nz To: David Zanetti <dave2(a)earthling.net> cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Bizzareness and Oddity with IOS In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008180939580.13987-100000(a)wakko.wetstring.net= > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008180953350.28229-100000(a)uber.samizdat.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII > Hmmm.. very odd, 12.0(4)T with IP/FW leaked memory like there was no > tomorrow on our 3640 :) 12.0(7)T with the same features doesn't leak > memory (that I've noticed) and doesn't drop static routes either.. >=20 > Although they are different hardware platforms, so perhaps that'll make > the difference. I will obtain said image and try that :) We have found pretty much every IOS 12 release up until 12.0([10..11])S has been either unstable, leaked memory, or had some bug with one of the interface types we are running. That's on our 7500's though. Our 7200 VXR is running 11S and is as happy as larry, and has been for some time. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions =20 --------- 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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Weird BGP community stuff
by James Tyson 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

We have a router in Christchurch that seems to be sending community attributes to an EBGP peer, even though the neighbor statements dont contain the send-community argument. Does anyone know whats causing it? The router is running version 12.0(7)S1 on a 7500 series chasis. Also, on a somewhat related note, all domestic routes learned over WIX are being tagged with the community 9325:100, which is all cool. Our wix router does this: IPNWN1-B1#sh ip bgp 202.10.80.0 BGP routing table entry for 202.10.80.0/20, version 457621 Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table) Advertised to non peer-group peers: 202.27.158.248 202.27.176.3 202.27.176.6 202.27.176.7 202.27.176.12 203.96.111.254 9718 202.7.0.78 from 202.7.0.78 (202.10.65.24) Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external, best Community: 9325:100 The christchurch router says this: IPNCH1-B6#sh ip bgp 202.10.80.0 BGP routing table entry for 202.10.80.0/20, version 82178 Paths: (1 available, best #1) Advertised to non peer-group peers: 202.36.174.82 9718 202.7.0.78 (metric 179712) from 202.27.176.4 (202.27.185.135) Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best Community: 611123300 ^^^^^^^^^ - what is this?!?!? shouldnt it be 9325:100?? Any ideas anyone has would be helpful. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- 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: Weird BGP community stuff
by Ben Martel 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

James, Your 611123300 wierdo is actually just another way of representing 9325:100. It is really two sixteen bit values added together eg. 9325*65536 = 611123200 + 100 = 611123300 ( your answer) To change this representation you need to enter the IOS command: ip bgp-community new-format Cheers Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: James Tyson [mailto:james(a)samizdat.co.nz] > Sent: Friday, 18 August 2000 4:18 p.m. > To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: Weird BGP community stuff > > > > We have a router in Christchurch that seems to be sending > community > attributes to an EBGP peer, even though the neighbor > statements dont > contain the send-community argument. Does anyone know whats > causing it? > > The router is running version 12.0(7)S1 on a 7500 series chasis. > > Also, on a somewhat related note, all domestic routes learned > over WIX are > being tagged with the community 9325:100, which is all cool. Our wix > router does this: > > IPNWN1-B1#sh ip bgp 202.10.80.0 > BGP routing table entry for 202.10.80.0/20, version 457621 > Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table) > Advertised to non peer-group peers: > 202.27.158.248 202.27.176.3 202.27.176.6 202.27.176.7 202.27.176.12 > 203.96.111.254 > 9718 > 202.7.0.78 from 202.7.0.78 (202.10.65.24) > Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external, best > Community: 9325:100 > > The christchurch router says this: > > IPNCH1-B6#sh ip bgp 202.10.80.0 > BGP routing table entry for 202.10.80.0/20, version 82178 > Paths: (1 available, best #1) > Advertised to non peer-group peers: > 202.36.174.82 > 9718 > 202.7.0.78 (metric 179712) from 202.27.176.4 (202.27.185.135) > Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, best > Community: 611123300 > ^^^^^^^^^ - what is this?!?!? shouldnt it be > 9325:100?? > > Any ideas anyone has would be helpful. > > James Tyson --- > Samizdat New Media Solutions > > > --------- > 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: Bizzareness and Oddity with IOS
by Donald Neal 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

>>> "Sid Jones" <sjones(a)netlink.net.nz> 18/August/2000 11:39am >>> >Well I'm going to ask... why doesn't it just work? For a full explanation, see http://www.ubersoft.net/d/20000804.html . - Donald Neal :{)* --------- 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: Bizzareness and Oddity with IOS
by Scott, Arron 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Not particularly odd to me, the 12.0T stream has various "new tchnologies" and "your milage may vary". Past VERY INTENSE relationships I have had with a number of 12.0T releases indicated that various hardware platforms behave very differently with each minor-release, and the activation of one feature or another also directly affects the behaviour. The 12.1 stream includes all the features of 12.0T, and is stabilising out well, you may want to look at trialling a release in there soon, if 12.04T gives you no luck. Arron Scott Systems Engineer Cisco Systems -----Original Message----- From: owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz]On Behalf Of David Zanetti Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2000 14:46 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Bizzareness and Oddity with IOS On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Russell Sharpe wrote: > Based on your description of required features ie BGP on a firewall > feature set, you will need the following: > > c7200-ios-mz.12.0-4.T (32/16) <<...>> S72CH-12.0.4T or S72CH-12.0.4T=, > which is IP/Firewall. Hmmm.. very odd, 12.0(4)T with IP/FW leaked memory like there was no tomorrow on our 3640 :) 12.0(7)T with the same features doesn't leak memory (that I've noticed) and doesn't drop static routes either.. Although they are different hardware platforms, so perhaps that'll make the difference. I will obtain said image and try that :) -- David Zanetti <dave2(a)earthling.net> | Crowd: "Someone else, someone else!" Moderator, nz.politics.announce | Homer: "I'm someone else!" #include <geek/unix.h> | -- The Simpsons --------- 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: Bizzareness and Oddity with IOS
by Donald Neal 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

James Tyson wrote: > Hmmm.. very odd, 12.0(4)T with IP/FW leaked memory like there was no > tomorrow on our 3640 :) 12.0(7)T with the same features doesn't leak > memory (that I've noticed) and doesn't drop static routes either.. > > Although they are different hardware platforms, so perhaps that'll make > the difference. I will obtain said image and try that :) We have found pretty much every IOS 12 release up until 12.0([10..11])S has been either unstable, leaked memory, or had some bug with one of the interface types we are running. That's on our 7500's though. Our 7200 VXR is running 11S and is as happy as larry, and has been for some time. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- 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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BOUNCE nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz: Admin request of type/\buns\w*b/i at line 9 -Forwarded
by Donald Neal 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

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Bizzareness and Oddity with IOS
by David Zanetti 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Have a Cisco 7206 (not the newer VXR model, the older one) and attempted last night to upgrade IOS on it from 11.2(3) to 12.0(7)T. Seemed to run okay (nothing on boot jumped out and said "broken") and pinged various bits of the network, with no problems. Left and went home :) Got to work this morning to discover "Internet broken". (Eventually) noticed that the 7206 had dropped two static routes, one of which was the default route. Hmmm.. Add them back, and a few minutes later they disappear again. Hmmmm.. Perhaps it's something odd comming from the BGP sessions with the WIX route server? Drop BGP, it still forgets the static routes after a few minutes. At this point we decided to back out of the IOS upgrade, and rebooted with 11.2(3), which has been running fine since. We do have a 3640 with the same feature set/revision, and it doesn't exhibit this problem. Suggestions? Give up on 12.0(7)T and pick a later release? Give up on the 12.0 tree altogether? Give up on IOS and Cisco altogether? :)) -- David Zanetti <dave2(a)earthling.net> | Crowd: "Someone else, someone else!" Moderator, nz.politics.announce | Homer: "I'm someone else!" #include <geek/unix.h> | -- The Simpsons --------- 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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WIX Route Reflectors
by James Tyson 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Just so that everyone knows; I have disabled Xtra's peering sessions with the WIX route reflectors and am falling back to direct peering arrangements with other ISP's and networks. If you need to ask why, then take a look at some of the AS-path's that thing is propagating. If you do not have a direct peering arrangement with Xtra over the WIX then I suggest that you mail me at james.tyson(a)team.xtra.co.nz, and do it fast, because I am leaving next friday. Cheers. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- 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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Open spam relay at Port of Nelson
by Alan Brown 15 Aug '00

15 Aug '00

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Return-Path: <chops30(a)earthlink.net> Delivered-To: <aroberts(a)manawatu.gen.nz> Received: from gateway.pnl.co.nz (smtp.pnl.co.nz [210.54.242.145]) by mailhost.manawatu.net.nz (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e7G3SW530095 for <aroberts(a)manawatu.gen.nz>; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:28:32 +1200 Received: from sdn-ar-001tnknoxP108.dialsprint.net_[206.133.83.68] (sdn-ar-001tnknoxP108.dialsprint.net [206.133.83.68]) by gateway.pnl.co.nz (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA20790; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:58:23 +1200 From: chops30(a)earthlink.net Received: from 206.133.83.68 by sdn-ar-001tnknoxP108.dialsprint.net with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:57:18 -0400 Message-ID: <00003536566a$000005ed$00004503(a)206.133.83.68> To: <Undisclosed.Recipients(a)gateway.pnl.co.nz> Subject: Gain Financial Success Today!! 17667 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:57:08 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal <HTML> FOLLOW ME TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM!! I Am looking for people with good work ethic and extrordinary desire to earn at least $10,000 per month working from home! NO SPECIAL SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED We will give you all the training and personal support you will need to ensure your success! This LEGITIMATE HOME-BASED INCOME OPPORTUNITY can put you back in control of your time,your finances,and your life! If you've tried other opportunities in the past that have failed to live up their promises, THIS IS DIFFERENT THEN ANYTHING ELSE YOU'VE SEEN! THIS IS NOT A GET RICH QUICK SCHEME! YOUR FINANCIAL PAST DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE! CALL ONLY IF YOU ARE SERIOUS! 1-800-345-9708 DONT GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT LISTENING TO THIS! "ALL our dreams can come true- if we have the courage to persue them" -Walt Disney Please Leave Your Name And Number And Best Time To Call DO NOT RESPOND BY EMAIL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is sent in compliance of the new email bill section 301.PerSection 301, Paragraph (a)(2)(C) of S. 1618. We will comply with all removal requests.Just Put Remove mailto:bagboy(a)burmeses.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------</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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spam relay at actrix: MISC: There's a Fungus (Spammer didn't rhyme) Among Us (fwd)
by Alan Brown 12 Aug '00

12 Aug '00

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 19:37:10 -0400 From: Up Yours Spammer <up.yours.spammer(a)MINDSPRING.COM> Subject: MISC: There's a Fungus (Spammer didn't rhyme) Among Us My Up.Yours.Spammer(a)mindspring.com address was created solely for receiving postings from SPAM-L and has never been used publicly anywhere else. Locate the slime bag who sent this and you'll locate a Spammer on this list who's snagging addresses. Insert applicable rule re: disclaimer at the bottom. Lart sent to @home for remove address. X-Persona: <Up Yours Spammer> Return-Path: <sea(a)home.com> Received: from angel.actrix.co.nz ([203.96.16.105]) by niles.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id spb8mp.bth.37kbi1o Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:17:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ROTWILER1J - 38.29.28.108 by angel.actrix.co.nz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1774.114.11); Sun, 13 Aug 2000 07:17:13 +1200 To: sea(a)home.com From: sea(a)home.com Comments: Authenticated sender is <sea(a)home.com> Reply-to: sea(a)home.com Subject: Make $1,000 a day with E-Marketing Message-Id: <200008123477ZAA48793(a)post.96.23.127> Date: 13 Aug 2000 07:17:34 +1200 <snipped> (Offer expires 8-14-00) http://www.smtm1.com http://www.nightauto.com ________________________________________________________________ ********************* This is a 100% opt-in email list. You are recieving this message because you have either subscribed to our newsletter or indicated that you want to recieve this type of email on another website. If you feel that you have recieved this message in error, please send an email to: sea(a)home.com with "Remove" as your subject. We immediately honor all requests to be removed from this list. This message is being sent to you in compliance with the Federal legislation for commercial e-mail (H.R.4176 - Section 101, Paragraph (e)(1)(a)) and Bill s.1618 Title III passed by the 105th US Congress. ********************* --------- 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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Fwd: Re: surge in spam email (fwd)
by Andy Linton 10 Aug '00

10 Aug '00

Well I found this a reasonably rational description of the problem and amusing at the same time so I thought I'd share it with you all..... >X-Sieve: cmu-sieve 1.3 >Delivered-To: nanog-outgoing(a)merit.edu >X-Authentication-Warning: world.std.com: bzs set sender to >bzs(a)world.std.com using -f >From: Barry Shein <bzs(a)world.std.com> >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:59:25 -0400 (EDT) >To: woods(a)weird.com (Greg A. Woods) >Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu >Subject: Re: surge in spam email (fwd) >X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 20.5.2 >Sender: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu >X-Loop: nanog > > > > >I think if *everyone* stood up at once and declared that open relays > >were bad for us all then there wouldn't be too much trouble because > >there'd be nowhere for frustrated customers to jump to! ;-) > >Ya know, Greg, if everyone in China jumped off a 12 inch stool >simultaneously it'd cause a tidal wave which would sweep over the >entire United States. > >Or maybe not. > >But it's not worth losing sleep over. > >I'm not really trying to be too sarcastic, but I think your world-view >of what the net has become is anachronistic and the idea that some >project like ORBS is going to harass every open-relay in the world, >every workstation capable of forwarding mail for example, into >behaving better is at this point in time kinda like the Chinese >footstool tidal wave (is that from Dr Strangelove? whatever.) > >No, we need a legislative approach, with some technical support to >help increase the likelihood that spammers who break the law will get >caught. But first it has to be illegal, or else it's all for naught. > >Put it this way: I consider my house locked up even if I do have glass >windows, and even if glass is rather easy to break. > >If it were legal for a person of ill intent to break the glass to get >into my house to rob me the first approach would not in my mind be to >board up all the glass unless I really lived in some mad max anarchy. > >I'd first want to see it made illegal to break into my property. > >Then, with reasonable diligence, I can enjoy the sunshine and spend my >time and money on more important things than trying to engineer it so >it's impossible to break in. > >Or at least I can do the cost/benefit analysis from the situation >where it's illegal to break in, rather than just a stupid cat and >mouse game as we're currently playing with spammers most of the time. > > > The Walrus and the Carpenter > Were walking close at hand; > They wept like anything to see > Such quantities of sand: > "If this were only cleared away," > They said, "It would be grand!" > > "If seven maids with seven mops > Swept for half a year, > Do you suppose," the walrus said, > "That they could get it clear?" > "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, > And shed a bitter tear. > > >-- > -Barry Shein > >Software Tool & Die | bzs(a)world.std.com | http://www.TheWorld.com >Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD >The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989 *oo* --------- 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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Open IP Directed Broadcast List... (fwd)
by Alan Brown 09 Aug '00

09 Aug '00

For those not on Bugtraq. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:59:37 -0400 From: dies <dies(a)PULLTHEPLUG.COM> To: BUGTRAQ(a)SECURITYFOCUS.COM Subject: Open IP Directed Broadcast List... Well, I've rescanned the Internet. I've chosen to scan down to /27 subnets this time. My new list of open broadcasts is available at.... http://www.pulltheplug.com If you are an ISP or work for one, PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE AND CHECK FOR YOUR NETWORKS OR DOWNSTREAMS!! If there are no broadcasts to use, there are no broadcast based attacks! 125102 networks broken...I've posted the top 4000 amp sites this time around... As always I'm looking for help...If you think you can help out, email me. Enjoy --------- 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 06 Aug '00

06 Aug '00

The New Zealand Network Operators' Group The New Zealand Network Operators' Group (NZNOG) has no king, president or formal membership. At present it consists of the subscribers to this mailing list, which anyone is free to join. At last count the list had just over 160 subscribers, with the count growing by around five each month. (The addresses aitken(a)voyager.co.nz and stevebar(a)ihug.co.nz have been removed. The users of those addresses are welcome to re-subscribe with addresses which work.) The NZNOG mailing list is provided through a server at The University of Waikato, and is administered by an employee of Telecom NZ Ltd. Neither of these organisations (nor the administrator) is responsible for its content. NZNOG Mailing List Acceptable Use Policy The NZNOG mailing list exists to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information and the discussion of implementation issues that require cooperation among New Zealand network service providers. In order to continue to provide a useful forum for discussion of relevant technical issues, users of the list are asked to respect the following guidelines. 1. Discussion will focus on Internet operational and technical issues. 2. Discussion related to meetings of network service providers is appropriate. 3. Discussion unrelated to these topics is not appropriate. 4. Postings to multiple mailing lists are discouraged. 5. Postings that include foul language, character assassination, and lack of respect for other participants are unacceptable. 6. Blatant product or service marketing is unacceptable. 7. Postings of a political, philosophical or legal nature are discouraged. 8. Postings to the list should be in ASCII or MIME encoded as text/plain. Attachments should not be sent to the list. To present a document, a suitable URL may be referred to. For documents of general interest, the use of proprietary file formats is discouraged. 9. Breaches of list etiquette should be dealt with privately with the offending list user, and should not result in complaints being sent to the list. Mailing List Archives A full archive is available at http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/nznog/ To search the archive, see http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/search.html (and remember to select nznog). Subscribing to the List To subscribe to the NZNOG list, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz, where the body of the message reads subscribe nznog There are at present no restrictions on who may subscribe to the list, or even on who may post to the list. Digest Mailing List If you don't wish to receive postings as they are sent, you can instead subscribe to the nznog-digest mailiing list, on which all postings are sent out in a single "digest" every couple of days. Other Activities NZNOG does not at present have other regular activities than this mailing list, though some Auckland subscribers have been known to meet over beer. Some subscribers are likely to attend the Uniforum NZ 2000 conference in Hamilton in the first week of October. Donald Neal NZNOG Mailing List Owner/Administrator/Muggins --------- 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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Spammers at NZNET: SPAM: Fwd: ClientTell Newsletter - Marketing Tips (fwd)
by Alan Brown 04 Aug '00

04 Aug '00

NZNET traces through CLIX, clienttell.com traces through netgate. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:56:13 -0400 Subject: SPAM: Fwd: ClientTell Newsletter - Marketing Tips Anyone (AB?) with insider knowledge of this yoyo <stephen(a)clienttell.com> in Kiwiland? He even had the balls to put his photo into the sig (and he's just as ugly as Rodent's better side....) and apparently is not even trying to hide who he is. We just got a few of these 23 Kb spewages in. and it looks like it's a continuing run. TGIF for the chickenboners - but this looks like professionalism - or a joe-job. TIA Paul whois -h whois.networksolutions.com clienttell.com ... Registrant: S R ANDREWS (CLIENTTELL-DOM) 4 Blakeborough Drive Forrest Hill Auckland, NZ 1310 NZ Domain Name: CLIENTTELL.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact, Billing Contact: Andrews, Stephen (SA4085) stephen(a)NZNET.GEN.NZ NZNet Internet Services Limited Unit C1 - 5 Douglas Alexander Parade North Harbour Industrial Estate Auckland NZ +64 9 914 0058 (FAX) +64 9 914 0040 Record last updated on 07-Nov-1999. Record expires on 07-Nov-2001. Record created on 07-Nov-1999. Database last updated on 4-Aug-2000 14:26:02 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.CLIENTTELL.COM 203.167.232.54 NS2.NZNET.GEN.NZ 210.54.156.35 >X-Persona: <z-default-stormy> >Return-Path: <ezine(a)clienttell.com> >Received: from bo.nznet.gen.nz (bo.nznet.gen.nz [210.54.156.34]) > by eagle.reach.net (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e74NOQj04691; > Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:24:26 -0400 >X-Envelope-From: ezine(a)clienttell.com >Received: from localhost (roscoe.nznet.gen.nz [210.54.156.38]) > by bo.nznet.gen.nz (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA07978; > Sat, 5 Aug 2000 11:12:25 +1200 >Message-Id: <200008042312.LAA07978(a)bo.nznet.gen.nz> >X-Sender: ezine(a)clienttell.com >From: Stephen Andrews <ezine(a)clienttell.com> >To: "ClientTells Free For All Links Site" <ezine(a)clienttell.com> >Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 11:12:02 +1200 >Subject: ClientTell Newsletter - Marketing Tips >Reply-To: ezine(a)clienttell.com >Organization: ClientTell Marketing >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001__8215413_40322.45" >Status: > [snip a bunch of html] >Article by Stephen Andrews is the owner of NZNET Internet Services Ltd (Since 1994), an Internet Service Provider based in New Zealand that specializes in Internet solutions for small to medium businesses. He is a qualified Electrical Engineer who has specialized in Telecommunication Systems. He has the concept that a business should be automated as much as possible to be competitive in todays marketplace. --------- 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 flood from 202.46.160.18 (www-wlg.domainz.net.nz)
by Mark Seward 04 Aug '00

04 Aug '00

Just a heads up in case any other ISPs are seeing the same thing.. I've had to block inbound traffic from www-wlg.domainz.net.nz - the load average on our primary MX was at a nice healthy 97 thanks to an extremely large number of connections originating from this mail server. Thankfully, we were dropping it all on the floor because the sender domain doesn't exist (why not?): ruleset=check_mail, arg1=<4Service(a)wlg-iis.domainz.net.nz>, relay=www-wlg.domainz.net.nz [202.46.160.18], reject=501 5.1.8 <4Service(a)wlg-iis.domainz.net.nz>... Domain of sender address 4Service(a)wlg-iis.domainz.net.nz does not exist Domainz, please investigate and explain. I suspect whatever caused this will have left a large amount of mail queued on 202.46.160.18 waiting to be sent on. Regards, - -- Mark Seward [ Network Operations Manager ] Paradise Net Telstra Saturn Limited Phone: 0800 467272 Fax: 0800 367200 Email: <mds(a)tsnz.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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Heads-up: Kiwi spammer looking for a new home (fwd)
by Alan Brown 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Terminated off 2day.com last night (25 domains) Apparently it's their second offence. === Domain Name: ESCAPEADV.COM Administrative Contact, Billing Contact: Etherington, John (JEF127) john(a)ESCAPEADVENTURES.CO.NZ Escape Adventures PO Box 3046 Richmond, 7001 NZ +6425 2307442 (FAX) +648 3261 610 AB ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:55:02 +0100 From: Malcolm Pack <spam-l(a)POTNOODLE.NET> Reply-To: SPAM-L(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM To: SPAM-L(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: SPAM: "Escape" NZ insertion and web host, opt-out spam (QP "fixed" by me). | Return-Path: <info(a)escapeadv.com> | Received: from pop3.demon.co.uk by smtpserver.homeip.net with POP3 (Mailtraq/1.1.4.1130) | id SMTP1771244673; Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:29:22 +0100 | Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net by mailstore | id 965211792:20:05619:2; | Wed, 02 Aug 2000 10:23:12 GMT | Received: from [212.111.39.44] ([212.111.39.44]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net | id aa2124442; 2 Aug 2000 10:23 GMT | Received: from mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz (mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz [203.96.92.15]) | by pegasus.net90.co.uk (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e72AP1O17606; | Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:25:03 +0100 | Received: from xtr65014501 ([203.96.109.92]) by mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz | (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with SMTP | id <20000802102718.OCZW1941812.mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz(a)xtr65014501>; | Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:27:18 +1200 | Reply-To: <info(a)escapeadv.com> | From: "Escape Adventures" <info(a)escapeadv.com> | To: <info(a)escapeadv.com> | Subject: "Escape" | Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:37:11 +1200 | Message-ID: <LPBBKLKAGNJIILLBOLBNIEANCEAA.info(a)escapeadv.com> | MIME-Version: 1.0 | Content-Type: text/plain; | charset="Windows-1252" | X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) | Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable | X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by pegasus.net90.co.uk id e72AP1O17606 | X-Hops: 2 | | Need a break from IT pressures?. | | How about Mountain biking and Cycling in Kenya, Trekking on Kilimanjaro and | Mt Kenya, Rafting the White Nile in Uganda or Biking and Seakayaking in New | Zealand. | | ESCAPE ADVENTURES www.escapeadv.com , | Multi-Activity Adventures in Africa and New Zealand from 2-3 weeks. | | "Late booking special, 15% discount. 26th August departure, Biking in Kenya, | Trek Kilimanjaro, Gameparks and Zanzibar, 3 weeks". | | ESCAPE ADVENTURES | UK, PO Box 19598 London, SW11 1GA. Ph 020 7801 9516. | NZ, PO Box 3046, Richmond, Nelson. Ph +64 3 5489929. | USA, 181 Mt Owen Drive, Driggs, ID 83422.Ph 208 354 0967. | WWW.ESCAPEADV.COM or info(a)escapeadv.com | | | If you would like to be removed from our database please reply with "Remove" | in subject line. Most annoying is that this was harvested from one of Jobserve or Jobsite, UK recruitment listings services, of which I am a member as I am currently seeking work. The idea of a NZ escape adventure is truly tempting. Certainly worth spending my dole-money on... LARTS to abuse(a)xtra.co.nz, postmaster(a)xtra.co.nz with a comment to the effect that "opt-out = spam". -- Malcolm Pack --------- 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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Hi! Let's be friend?
by nurul＠excite.com 31 Jul '00

31 Jul '00

Hi, I am Nurul, 17, from Malaysia. From a search, I got your email from your homepage. Want to be friend? I just joined asiadragons efriend to make some new friends. Sign up is free and you can sign up too: http://friend.asiadragons.com/cgi-bin/refsign.pl?refuid=nurul Ok, I make some friends and $ lah :) So, sign up ok? And about me..... http://friend.asiadragons.com/cgi-bin/mdets.pl?uid=nurul After you join in, just write to me ok? Bye. from, Nurul Hisham --------- 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 blacklisted by ORBS
by Paul Montgomery 28 Jul '00

28 Jul '00

Those predictions made by Alan Brown more than a month ago have turned out to be true. The following is forwarded from an Australian mailing list. Ben Elliston <bje(a)redhat.com> wrote: > This morning every IP address in my home network was blacklisted in > ORBS. Upon investigation, I discovered this in the orbs.org name > server: > > 233.38.24.203.relays.orbs.org. 20h54m17s IN TXT "Telstra - spam > haveners, refusing to act. " > > Because my ISP is a customer of Telstra Internet, my entire network > has been blacklisted. As best as I can tell _all_ networks downstream > from Telstra Internet have been blacklisted in ORBS. I have contacted > ORBS and the blacklists will remain in place until the spamming > activity originating from Telstra Internet ceases. Until then, I > cannot send email to company mailing lists. There's something wrong > with this picture. -- Paul Montgomery, CEO @ AusBONE, the ISP peering co-operative. Land: not yet Mobile: 0410 622 589 mailto:monty(a)ausbone.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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whois.radb.net: transition to RPSL from RIPE-181
by Chris Wedgwood 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

I guess most people who use whois.radb.net have already received this notification, but for those who haven't... --cw This RIPE-181 version of the database WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED on August 7, 2000, and all customer sites need to transition to the new RPSL database. Please forward this message to the appropriate staff in your organization responsible for routing policy. On 11/1/99, at 12:01:00 a.m., the default RADB database converted to RPSL. The new RPSL database server is available at: whois.radb.net 198.108.0.18 The old (and now deprecated) address was: whois-ripe181.radb.net 198.108.0.11 If you have comments or questions about the transition to RPSL, please see our Web page: http://www.radb.net Or send email to db-admin(a)radb.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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Hello from AusBONE
by Paul Montgomery 24 Jul '00

24 Jul '00

My name is Paul Montgomery, and I am the CEO of AusBONE, which is a peering organisation in Australia (don't worry, this is not a spam). I've been watching progress at APE, WIX and NZIX with interest, since we are doing similar things in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. I'll be lurking on this list in future, but I thought I should say hello. One of AusBONE's main activities has been to link up interstate peering exchanges within Australia. The possibility exists to connect NZ with Australia in this network, but I'm not sure about how affordable this can be. Trans-Tasman tails are cost-prohibitive, as I'm sure I don't need to tell you. If any of you have thought about this and have come up with any workable ideas, I'd love to hear from you. Also, I've put up a page on our site listing peering activities in NZ and Asia - "peer review" of this document would be appreciated. http://www.ausbone.net/apac.htm -- Paul Montgomery, CEO @ AusBONE, the ISP peering co-operative. Land: not yet Mobile: 0410 622 589 mailto:monty(a)ausbone.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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Anybody know GCS?
by Juha Saarinen 22 Jul '00

22 Jul '00

Got another one of the Sterling Casino Lines blah blah blah Florida cruises spams from Abac.com, but this time the spamvertised site seems to belong to a NZer: http://134.251.52.240/yzvfr275kx/cruise domain: gcs.co.nz admin-c: GCS Hostmaster tech-c: Gcs Hostmaster nserver: ns1.gcs.co.nz nserver: ns2.gcs.co.nz remarks: domain_datecreated: 28/10/98 remarks: holder_name: GCS Ltd. remarks: domain_name_status: 01 Current remarks: registrar: UNALLOCATED changed: postmaster(a)gcs.co.nz 19991009 source: AUTOMAGIC person: GCS Hostmaster address: Wang House,195-201 Willis Street, address: WELLINGTON, phone: +64 4 385 3399 fax-no: +64 4 385 3399 e-mail: gcs(a)dns-support.net changed: postmaster(a)gcs.co.nz 19991009 source: AUTOMAGIC person: Gcs Hostmaster address: Wang House 195-201 Willis St address: Wellington NEW ZEALAND phone: +64 4 385 3399 fax-no: +64 4 385 3399 e-mail: gcs(a)dns-support.net changed: postmaster(a)gcs.co.nz 19991009 source: AUTOMAGIC Seems to be the same as vrmark123.net and AFAICT hangs off uunet.ca with DNS by robust.net. Anybody know who GCS is/are? -- Regards, Juha PGP fingerprint: 79E9 87B0 2A5C 335C E9CB E6BD 9AE6 8AA0 --------- 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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[OT] [spam] Vodafone SIM For Sale
by Joe Abley 19 Jul '00

19 Jul '00

Hi, As part of my last-minute, poorly-planned departure from New Zealand, I have a Vodafone contract to give away. There are 30 months remaining on the current contract, which is attached to the Daytime 400 plan ($190/month, 400 free minutes any time). The contract can be changed to any other Daytime plan, e.g. Daytime 40 ($35.51/month, 40 free minutes) with no additional fees. I'll even throw in a lovely yellow Alcatel one-touch-easy handset, at no additional cost. So, if anybody was already planning to buy an after-hours support phone and fancies knocking twelve months off the contract, drop me a line -- we can just sign the contract over. You might want to change the number, of course :) 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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Re: Reason 0xFF not to run your system on NT -Reply
by Donald Neal 19 Jul '00

19 Jul '00

>>> "Joe Abley" <jabley(a)automagic.org> 19/July/2000 10:59pm >>> >I was just poking the accusatory finger of fun at Domainz, and >making suggestive comments about mysterious goings-on within the >Department of Testing and Registry Maintenance at Glazier. >Think of any incidental swipe at Microsoft as icing on the cake. >Gravy on the poutine, if you will. Joe then departs for his evening's curling ... - Donald Neal --------- 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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multi-mode GBICs
by Chris Wedgwood 19 Jul '00

19 Jul '00

Anyone out there got a couple of multi-mode GBICs lying about doing nothing? --cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Reason 0xFF not to run your system on NT
by Matt Camp 18 Jul '00

18 Jul '00

Just occured when trying to update my nameserver records on domainz's new site: ---------------------------------------------- Confirmation Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Too many arguments were supplied for procedure sp_sys_email. /facility/register/ssl/Wizard.asp, line 2424 ----------------------------------------- Good one guys. The term 'Wizard.asp' really worries me here... i'm getting visions of talking paperclips. --- Matt Camp Head Geek Mercury Telecommunications --------- 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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Yay! Go NSI.
by Joe Abley 18 Jul '00

18 Jul '00

The world is full of people pretending to be registrars! jabley(a)splatter[132]$ whois -h whois.networksolutions.com sidekick.com The Data in Network Solutions' WHOIS database is provided by Network Solutions for information purposes, and to assist persons in obtaining information about or related to a domain name registration record. Network Solutions does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail (spam); or (2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to Network Solutions (or its systems). Network Solutions reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. Sorry, you shouldn't see this record. --------- 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: MBone - progress?
by Ted Grenfell 17 Jul '00

17 Jul '00

At 08:03 17/07/00, James Tyson wrote: >I have heard some pretty interesting talk out of the boys at Ihug and Xtra >might be able to come up with some content too. What sort of content is coming from Xtra James? -- Ted Grenfell Xtra ISP Performance Manager Mob 025 435 455; DDI 09 359 5854; Fax 09 355 5283 Level 12, Telecom Tower, 16 Kingston St, Private Bag 92028, Auckland --------- 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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Bugger
by Michael Newbery 17 Jul '00

17 Jul '00

>From one of our Cisco Catalyst 2926 switches. Module 2 Log: Reset Count: 5 Reset History: Fri Jul 14 2000, 14:45:35 Tue Feb 17 1998, 16:26:26 Tue Feb 17 1998, 15:49:04 Mon Feb 16 1998, 19:43:13 SIgh. A UPS does you no good if someone removes power to the whole Comms rack. (And no, it wasn't me). I was really proud of the uptime on that switch too. Not only that, it appears to have fried one of the ports (won't enable, says it is 'faulty'). Longest lunar eclipse for 1ky, intense solar storm, what next I wonder...? -- Michael Newbery IP/IT Research Telstra Saturn "We were taken to our hotel which was called 'Demolition by Kirkpatrick & Sons'" --------- 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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Open Broadcast Amplifier networks list.
by Lin Nah 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

Simon was too lazy to post this so I was delegated the task... Below is a copy of Simon's post to NANOG. I decided we need to post it here as there's a few lines starting with AS476x which might be of interest to certain NZNOGers. 8) Lin Simon's post to NANOG In the last couple of days I have gone though the Smurf Amplifier Registry at http://www.powertech.no/smurf/ and checked which ASNs are currently advertising the networks listed there. My listing by ASN is on my web page at: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/2000/0712.txt Please check this list for your own (and your peers/downstreams/friends) ASN and fix. You should then goto the Powertech site and check from there, if there is no problem then the Smurf Amplifier Registry will delete you from their list. I have already emailed the top 10 ASNs but I don't have a nice easy way to email the other 1000 so I have decided here would be the best start. Depending on how things go I might check again in about a month. Disclaimer 1: There are a few bugs in the data, ( I know /159s don't exist) Disclaimer 2: I didn't scan the networks, I just took the existing list and looked them up. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz System/Network Admin. | | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz Ihug Limited, 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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Wanter: NPM-4T or 2T
by J S Russell 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

This is going to seem like a silly question, but does anyone out there have (or know someone who has) a spare NPM-4T or 2T serial module for Cisco 4xxx series routers? I require one (personally, not for IHUG, or I'd just go buy one) but there are bugger-all of them on Ebay and none in the collections of anyone I know personally. I will happily pay minor to moderate $$$s for one, or swap it for (looks in collection) a working Cisco IGS-R router/bridge, and/or various other bits of junk. Please drop me an e-mail if you can help out. JSR -- John S Russell, IHUG Engineering Manager "Thunder is good, thunder is impressive. But lightning does all the work." - Mark Twain --------- 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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[Fwd: Re: SPAM: Telstra are Shining on MAPS! (fwd)]
by Phill Groom 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

G'day all, I have steadfastly resisted publicly replying to Alan's comments about me on IRC and NZNOG in the past, however I feel that this latest occurrence rates mention. I have attached below the email that prompted Alan's recent post to NZNOG. I am sure that most will agree that Alan was only doing the responsible thing in fore warning us that another carriers netblock was about to be nominated for RBL, and if this one occurrence is taken in isolation then you could say that I was over reacting. This is not the case. Despite my repeated assurances that I have absolutely no influence, involvement or control over the networks and customers of Telstra Corporation Ltd (AS1221) I have continued to receive spam abuse mail from Alan. Alan has also repeatedly associated both myself and Telstra Saturn NZ Ltd with his ongoing dispute with Telstra Corp. in the public forum. Where I have received mail from Alan about those networks that I do have some influence over I have always endeavored to action them. Hopefully this post will make others aware of my position on this matter. I will leave the last word to Alan and his supporters, as I am sure that they will have more to say! Regards, Phill. Note that the thoughts related in this post are entirely my own. My employer has never blocked or null routed any networks or mail from anyone or any devices associated with orbs.org . -- Phillip Groom - Network Engineer mailto:pgroom(a)netlink.net.nz Telstra Saturn NZ Ltd http://www.netlink.net.nz -------- Original Message -------- Alan, You know from previous emails I have sent you that I support your anti-spam aims, even if I don't agree with the way that you try to achieve it. You also know from the many emails I have sent you, that I do not have any involvement with the networks or customers of Telstra Corporation Limited (AS1221). I have repeatedly asked you to stop sending me email complaining about spam or open relays originating from within those networks directly connected to Telstra Corporation Ltd (AS1221). In the past I have read every email you have sent me, and I have forwarded copies to those that I thought may be able to address the issues you have raised. I have also done my best to ensure that the networks directly connected to Telstra Saturn NZ Ltd do not host open mail relays. As far as I can see, I was the one person within both organisations most receptive to your aims and the one person most likely to achieve something for you. As of this last SPAM email from you, this has all changed. I will no longer be reading any mail from yourself or from <anything>@orbs.org . I request that you remove pgroom(a)telstra.net and pgroom(a)netlink.net.nz from any mailing lists maintained by yourself directly or by anyone else at orbs.org. :0: * ^From: alan(a)manawatu.gen.nz /dev/null :0: * ^From: database(a)orbs.org /dev/null Regards, Phill. -- Phillip Groom - Network Engineer mailto:pgroom(a)netlink.net.nz Telstra Saturn NZ Ltd http://www.netlink.net.nz Alan Brown wrote: > <yet another complaint about a network I have nothing to do with> --------- 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 AU headed back into MAPS RBL.
by Alan Brown 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

It's been widely confirmed that the new AUP has been simply created to shine MAPS on. Anyone buying bandwidth from Telstra/Saturn in NZ had better make sure that they're not in the main APNIC allocated Telstra /13, or they may find themselves caught up in the middle of it. Phil Groom's reaction to a heads up has been to play Ostrich . Nice to see the corporate culture showing though clearly. -- How secure are hosts in _your_ network? Http://www.orbs.org/admins.html ORBS - it's not just for filters. --------- 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 06 Jul '00

06 Jul '00

The New Zealand Network Operators' Group The New Zealand Network Operators' Group (NZNOG) has no king, president or formal membership. At present it consists of the subscribers to this mailing list, which anyone is free to join. At last count the list had just over 150 subscribers, with the count growing by around five each month. The NZNOG mailing list is provided through a server at The University of Waikato, and is administered by an employee of Telecom NZ Ltd. Neither of these organisations (nor the administrator) is responsible for its content. NZNOG Mailing List Acceptable Use Policy The NZNOG mailing list exists to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information and the discussion of implementation issues that require cooperation among New Zealand network service providers. In order to continue to provide a useful forum for discussion of relevant technical issues, users of the list are asked to respect the following guidelines. 1. Discussion will focus on Internet operational and technical issues. 2. Discussion related to meetings of network service providers is appropriate. 3. Discussion unrelated to these topics is not appropriate. 4. Postings to multiple mailing lists are discouraged. 5. Postings that include foul language, character assassination, and lack of respect for other participants are unacceptable. 6. Blatant product or service marketing is unacceptable. 7. Postings of a political, philosophical or legal nature are discouraged. 8. Postings to the list should be in ASCII or MIME encoded as text/plain. Attachments should not be sent to the list. To present a document, a suitable URL may be referred to. For documents of general interest, the use of proprietary file formats is discouraged. 9. Breaches of list etiquette should be dealt with privately with the offending list user, and should not result in complaints being sent to the list. Mailing List Archives A full archive is available at http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/nznog/ To search the archive, see http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/search.html (and remember to select nznog). Subscribing to the List To subscribe to the NZNOG list, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz, where the body of the message reads subscribe nznog There are at present no restrictions on who may subscribe to the list, or even on who may post to the list. Digest Mailing List If you don't wish to receive postings as they are sent, you can instead subscribe to the nznog-digest mailiing list, on which all postings are sent out in a single "digest" every couple of days. Other Activities NZNOG does not at present have other regular activities than this mailing list, though some Auckland subscribers have been known to meet over beer. Some subscribers are likely to attend the Uniforum NZ 2000 conference in Hamilton in the first week of October. Donald Neal NZNOG Mailing List Owner/Administrator/Muggins --------- 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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Looking for recommendations
by Tech Support 06 Jul '00

06 Jul '00

Seeking some opinions here, and hoping to draw on the collected wisdom of NZNOG ;). We are looking at finding a different registry for GTLDs. Currently we are using Network Solutions (their motto: "Send us a detailed e-mail explaining the issue and how our FAQ doesn't cover it, and we'll refer you to the FAQ!"), but are looking for somewhere where the service is a little bit better (ie exists). Leading options so far seems to be OpenSRS or INA, but we are open to suggestions. At the moment we are not processing a huge volume of these, but we are expecting this to increase. Ideally we want a fair price, fairly prompt service, good support, and the ability to run an account (or some form of pre-purchase) Please let us know who you've found do a good job and feel you can recommend. Many thanks in advance, Peter Gray Netlink Tech Support E-mail: tech-support(a)netlink.net.nz Phone: 0800 655 465 Fax: 04 922 8401 Website: www.netlink.net.nz PO Box 5358, Wellington, New Zealand "Smile," they said "things could be worse!" So I smiled, and things were worse.... --------- 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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Vertuacom
by Alan Brown 06 Jul '00

06 Jul '00

FWIW, MX records show vertuacom.com to be hosted by Paradise and whois lookups match what Simon Lyall's already posted: Registrant: Julian Angelo (VERTUACOM-DOM) 58 CAMPBELL AVE PARAPARAUMU WELLINGTON, WGTN 000000 NZ Domain Name: VERTUACOM.COM Billing Contact: Julian, Angelo (AJN83) julian.a(a)PARADISE.NET.NZ 58 CAMPBELL AVE PARAPARAUMU Wellington, WGTN 000000 NZ +64 4 9041186 Record last updated on 31-Jan-2000. Record expires on 31-Jan-2001. Record created on 31-Jan-2000. Database last updated on 5-Jul-2000 20:51:56 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: RACHEL.PARADISE.NET.NZ 203.96.152.4 KIRSTY.PARADISE.NET.NZ 203.96.152.12 Phil, it would be a good idea to arrange a visit frm the Orbital Anvil Delivery System. The Brazilian site used for the last spam run appears to be an open relay at first glance (it accepts all test messages), but isn't. According to the Brazilian antispam team (antispam.org.br), it may well be a spam haven, based on domain names in the same netblock. They're working with BRnic to try and find out more. AB -- How secure are hosts in _your_ network? Http://www.orbs.org/admins.html ORBS - it's not just for filters. --------- 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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Spammer - Vertuacom (back again)
by Simon Lyall 05 Jul '00

05 Jul '00

Please make sure you warn your accounts people about this guy. This is at least his 4th ISP. I have the name of the police contact for this person somewhere if people want to contact me directly. I'll hunt out my old files on this guy tomorrow. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz System/Network Admin. | | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz Ihug Limited, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz Return-Path: <seebelow(a)belowtext.com> Delivered-To: Received: (qmail 1718 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2000 18:27:12 -0000 Received: from mx1-1.ihug.co.nz (HELO mx1.ihug.co.nz) (203.29.168.196) by kate.ihug.co.nz with SMTP; 4 Jul 2000 18:27:12 -0000 Received: from mq1tmp.compass.net.nz [203.97.100.70] by mx1.ihug.co.nz with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 139XPc-0006xL-00; Wed, 05 Jul 2000 06:27:12 +1200 Received: from 210.249.108.18 (IP203-97-103-17.compass.net.nz [203.97.103.17]) by mq1tmp.compass.net.nz (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA15871; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 06:28:37 +1200 From: seebelow(a)belowtext.com Message-Id: <200007041828.GAA15871(a)mq1tmp.compass.net.nz> To: Subject: , Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 06:26:58 +1200 X-Sender: seebelow(a)belowtext.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Quotation of the day: "Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" -- Frank Scully July 5 2000 Vertuacom New Zealand E-mail vertua(a)post.com PO Box 1724 Paraparumu Beach Ph 04 298 3452 Fax 04 298 3452 Good morning, We supply the most effective marketing tool available today for use in any type of business; this is bulk electronic direct mail. Never before has any company or organization been able to communicate so fast and accurately to any given group of people. Electronic mail is the method of communication of the future that is here now. Our latest technology lets us send 000's of pieces of mail to a targeted audience in seconds. Targeted Direct Email is the most powerful and least expensive method of both online and off-line advertising available. It works, to give your company massive instant exposure thus producing a fast response (sales). Vertuacom has become known as the leader in website and product promotion. By utilizing the power of targeted direct mail we produce results for our clients that are nothing short of excellent. There is so much power in direct electronic mail, it enables you to advertise to a group of people of your choice i.e. you choose who you target market is. Vertuacom in no way supports the bad practice of spamming; we stand for responsible direct mail i.e. mails targeted towards a select group. Many businesses and corporations have been put off using e-mail as a marketing tool, as spammers have tarnished its image. Many irresponsible bulk mailers have sent out large amounts of mail to people whom they know nothing about. These companies have not tried to mail to those who would have any interest in their products or services, but have merely sent there mailings out blindly. Also hyped up bogus offers and pornography have given people a bad image of the direct mail industry. Every piece of mail we send out is given the option of being removed from our database, as we have done in this mailing to you, at the bottom of the page see removal instructions. This is called responsible Direct mail. Our business comprises of three parts: 1. Electronic mail address collection: Our collection is one of the largest in the world; currently we hold over 25 million addresses. We maintain databases of addresses that are all current and are mailer friendly. Through Vertuacom you are able to access over ten thousand different categories of addresses. Try Us to see if we have a database of the industry that you would like to market your products/services in. We are also able to supply you with the name of the person who owns each e-mail address, Thus making it easy to personalize mailings e.g. Dear Jan as you are in the food industry, you may very well find this... could profit your business. Addresses are categorized according to user type and in most case country e.g. Universities in Australia. Many groups of addresses can also be broken down into smaller groups e.g. the engineering departments within Universities in Australia. Our costs are set at very competitive rates. Addresses ranges from 50 cents to 8 cents, depending on quantity and user type. Please contact us for further pricing. 1.a We currently have a collection of nearer 100,000 addresses for New Zealand. This is good if you want to broadcast your product or service to a New Zealand audience only. 2. Finding service This is a totally unique service where we hunt down specific types of addresses required. If we are not holding a certain category of addresses that you require we will endeavor to create a database of that particular category for you. 3. Sending service Yes we will send mail for you. There are no limits to the quantity. Prices to send mail range from 20 cents to 8 depending on quantity. Please contact us for a quote. Some basic facts about bulk mailing. What is bulk emailing? Simply stated, bulk emailing is an innovative and cost effective way to market your product and/or service on the Internet to thousands of potential customers. When done correctly, bulk email can boost your profits and sales like you never imagined. Millions of people get on the Internet to look for specific information. It's the perfect place to send advertisements, sales letters or other useful information to potential customers. Is bulk email profitable? Yes. On a cost per sale basis, bulk email pulls in more orders than any other advertising method. In dollars and cents, why is bulk email so profitable? Compare the costs associated with the most commonly used direct advertising methods. These are: Direct Mail Fax Broadcasting Bulk Email Lets say you decided to mail just 1000 sales letters to a list of prospects via these 3 methods listed above. Keep in mind that in the examples listed below we will be conservative. Most businesses test and start their campaigns at no less than 5000 advertisements. 1000 Piece Direct Mail Campaign: A 1000 piece direct mailing will cost approximately $640. - Postage: $320 - Mailing List: $80 - Envelopes: $40 - Printing: $100 - Envelope Stuffing: $100 Total Costs: $640 The negative aspects of this is: 1. The cost 2.The-turnaround time involved can take weeks. Printing, putting in envelopes and delivery is not an immediate process. 1000 Piece Fax Broadcasting Campaign: An average cost of what company's charge for this service is. - Total Cost: $300 Wasting paper can anger people. 1000 Piece E-mail Campaign: Approximately $170 (average figure) Your turnaround time varies because people read their email at different hours of the day. But the industry standard is form a few hours to 2 days. This is why many Corporations and businesses are turning to Targeted Bulk Electronic Mailing. Not only does bulk email cancel the long turnaround time of most traditional advertising methods, but it almost eliminates most of your advertising expenses. Is bulk email illegal? Currently, there are no laws against sending bulk email. Many well-known companies are profiting from bulk email right now. Companies viewpoints/success with direct mail. "America Online's own product pitches, made to customers as they sign on, are phenomenally successful. They are the profit driver for the company." *Greg Shove, V.P. of America Online "A gold mine for those who can take advantage of bulk email programs." *The New York Times "Email is an incredible lead generation tool." *Crains Magazine "Apart from creating a web page for your company, there's another method of online advertising that has powerful potential. I'm speaking of bulk email, a method of targeting appropriate online readers by the thousands or even millions. And with a simple click of the mouse, you can send them your marketing letter instantly." *Entrepreneur Magazine "Blows traditional marketing away." *Advertising Age "It's truly arrived. Email is the killer app so far in the online world." On balance Direct Electronic Mail is the Superior marketing tool as it produces an almost immediate response, the results are easily measurable, it is cost effective and unlike few other mediums of advertising you are able to target your audience thus keeping costs down. I look forward to your response. Kind Regards Julian Vertuacom marketing Manager To be included in our regular mailing list please reply to vertua(a)post.com and type include in the subject line To be removed reply to vertua(a)post.com and type remove in the subject line --------- 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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Telecom outage
by Phill Groom 05 Jul '00

05 Jul '00

G'day again, Apparently there is a Telecom fiber cut in the Murchison area. They have advised us that worst case would be a fix by 8PM tonight. Phill. -- Phillip Groom - Network Engineer mailto:pgroom(a)netlink.net.nz Telstra Saturn NZ Ltd http://www.netlink.net.nz --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Possible Telecom outage
by Phill Groom 05 Jul '00

05 Jul '00

G'day all, You may like to know that Telecom have advised that they have 3 x 140Meg bearers down on the South Island westcoast affecting many thousands of their customers in Nelson, Greymouth etc. We were advised that this outage started at about 10:42 today. We have not been given an ETR by Telecom. Regards, Phill. -- Phillip Groom - Network Engineer mailto:pgroom(a)netlink.net.nz Telstra Saturn NZ Ltd http://www.netlink.net.nz --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Telstra Saturn to pull out of NZIX
by jabley＠netlink.net.nz 05 Jul '00

05 Jul '00

Telstra Saturn have been considering the future of their presence at NZIX for some time, and the decision has now been made to stop peering with other networks over that exchange. Telstra Saturn has broadband access to other large provider networks over the APE and WIX, and these newer exchanges are currently where the vast majority of peering traffic between Telstra Saturn and other networks is being carried. Private inter-provider circuits also carry peering traffic in Auckland and Wellington. The simplification of traffic management accommodated by this change should improve performance from Telstra Saturn to other networks. However, we are happy to manage the transition in conjunction with other operators to ensure that the change is made smoothly -- please contact me directly if your organisation has any specific requirements in this regard. 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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faxes
by Simon Lyall 02 Jul '00

02 Jul '00

Okay, weird question of the day, slightly off topic. Is anyone else getting corrupt faxes for "Telecom Network Planned Outage Advice" fax outs (ie when they are operating on circuits). The last 2 or 3 have been very unreadable down the left hand side but no other faxes they we get have been (and I've run a few test ones). yes/no ? -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz System/Network Admin. | | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz Ihug Limited, 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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Contact details.
by Simon Lyall 30 Jun '00

30 Jun '00

A while (actually 12 months) ago there was a discussion about having a list of contact details of ISP/other Nocs for emergency or other (ie setting up peering) reasons. Are people still interested in setting this up? Even if not I would advise people to get on the list (and keep a bookmark) at: http://puck.nether.net/netops/nocs.cgi which lists most of the larger providers. Just go to http://puck.nether.net/netops/admin.html to add yourself. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz System/Network Admin. | | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz Ihug Limited, 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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whois & 'person' objects
by Chris Wedgwood 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

Silly question perhaps, but one that I've not been able to find an answer to: Now that NSI has competitors, how does one lookup 'contact' objects via whois? I've tried various whois clients to see if there is some magic incarnation, but alas, none of them seem to support this. --cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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