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Re: Reply to field
by Rowan Smith 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

> (a) someone @waikato has just modified the majordomo config, or > (b) Chris is doing something devious with procmail. > >I think it's probably (b) :) It is b :) See your headers below. -Rowan Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:51:27 +1200 (NZST) From: Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> X-Sender: jabley(a)buddha.clear.net.nz Reply-To: Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Reply to field In-Reply-To: <19980604183543.A24635(a)caffeine.ix.net.nz> Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980604184649.17427B-100000(a)buddha.clear.net.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Precedence: bulk Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Length: 1764 > >-- >Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 >Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.net.nz/ > > >--------- >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: Route Policy Database/Filters
by Rowan Smith 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

I think that with local peering on the increase throughout New Zealand a RADB or similar would be extremly useful. At NZIX for instance we should all be running BGP, with filters to prevent unauthorised advertisments arriving from someone elses router. While a RADB would only be as good as the information it held and how well you could trust someone to enter data into it. It would still be better than what we have at the moment (almost nothing). I think almost everybody has had to change a metric at Waikato because someone has accidently advertised the wrong Network. I know I did it when we multi-homed a netlink customer several years ago. And I know it has happened to me serveral times. I actually remember a 4am 6 way conversation with Sandy yourself, KC and Iprolink trying to work out a OSPF routing error that turned out to be a Cisco bug, which was only preventable by adding a access-list. We don't have to invest in a server or nominate someone to maintain one, we could all use the merit radb today. The issue arrises (as you have mentioned) when we register "our" IP Addresses against our AS. Most ISPs still have legacy IP space which "belongs" to the larger /16, /15 etc that netway currently advertise, this usually comes from companies which don't want to change. I would like to have the addresses which these organisations have been allocated by Apnic (nznic at the time), routed with our AS number. And as such stored in a database with my AS so that other local bodies that I peer with may use this information to build reliable filter-lists. This would be advantageous to a company like ICONZ, where by if a major international outage occured (heaven forbid :), with our supplier then we would be able to come to some arrangement with another ISP that we peer with to use their international capacity albeit at a decreased performance level, this could be acheived simply by changing some routing filters, assuming that all the appropriate entries were in the RADB(s). Education is required to ensure that people don't think that they own a certain IP address range indefinitely. As the internet requires the addresses to be aggregated organisations need to know this, and understand why. I think that this has been shown by the recent campaign to bring the 190.xx (or what ever it was) range back into some real size perspective. -Rowan -----Original Message----- From: Arron Scott <arrons(a)netgate.net.nz> To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Tuesday, 2 June 1998 17:58 Subject: Re: Route Policy Database/Filters >Hi all, > >I would be interested to know what scenarios people have for using such a >database. NetGate currently has a fairly complex routing table, and yet our >boundary routing inside New Zealand still remains fairly simple. > >I am also slightly concerned that having these entries in a database would >infer some "right of ownership" for certain address space, which would do >the concept of hierarchical routing a server disservice. From my >experience, any time someone enters a new entry in the RADB, even if it is >a "black hole" from someone elses CIDR block they feel it gives them a >right to use that given address space indefinately. We may also have to >consider asking for the right to administer sub-delegations of our APNIC >registered addresses ourselves. > >I am not against a router server, I am however keen to ensure it offers >tangible benefits to the users, and improves things for the Internet >society at large. > >Arron Scott >Telecom NZ > >At 05:03 PM 2/06/98 +1200, John Houlker wrote: >>I understand a number of ISPs in NZ would be interested in using a route >>policy database to allow communication of this information and, in >>particular, to enable automated maintenance of filters to control route >>policies. Recently we have had a Computer Science student run an informal >>survey of some ISPs on this issue and again there was an interested >>response from most; he has also been revisiting the situation in respect to >>running a database using the "Route Arbiter" code. I didn't get to the >>NZNOG meeting (perhaps this was discussed there), but could "NZNOG" >>consider this question and perhaps encourage the application of such >>coordinated controls on route information? >> >>In principle I believe the IRR could be used for such a purpose, and it may >>be good practise to load AS/route object information in there in any case >>(it is especially important for multi-homed networks), but maybe there >>should be a NZ based service for NZ information. >> >>Thoughts? >> >>John >> >> >>--------- >>To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >>where the body of your message reads: >>unsubscribe nznog >> >> >_________________________________________________________________________ >Arron Scott Phone: ++64-9-3569687 >Service Specialist Fax: ++64-9-3794790 >Service Implementation & Management Group Cell: ++64-25-883163 >Telecom NZ Ltd eMail: arrons(a)netgate.net.nz >--------- >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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Majordomo results (fwd)
by Joe Abley 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

To save anybody else from bothering (and as there seems to be some interest) here are the results of a "who nznog". A motley bunch indeed :) -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.net.nz/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 18:03:42 +1200 From: Majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz To: jabley(a)clear.co.nz Subject: Majordomo results -- >>>> who nznog Members of list 'nznog': rhicks(a)clear.co.nz jclark(a)telstra.co.nz a.scott(a)netgate.net.nz jabley(a)clear.co.nz nznog(a)netlink.co.nz tonyw(a)iconz.co.nz j.houlker(a)waikato.ac.nz sandy(a)netgate.net.nz noc(a)waikato.ac.nz OOLSSON(a)clear.co.nz rowan(a)iconz.co.nz D1NC(a)telecom.co.nz chris(a)cybernet.co.nz craig(a)laptop.iprolink.co.nz T.McGregor(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz markg(a)iprolink.co.nz Dean.Pemberton(a)natlib.govt.nz cthorpe(a)team.xtra.co.nz 18 subscribers >>>> --------- 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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Publically available who nznog command
by Rowan Smith 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

The only thing I might be concerned about is the use of this feature for building spam lists. I would only be concerned about this if I currently didn't get any spam, but as I get upwards of 500/day I don't care, but others might, which probably makes this email pointless. :) Would it be possible to allow the who function to only be executed by members of the list? While this wouldn't stop people from obtaining the user list by subscribing doing a who and then unscribing. It would stop the bulk of them of they were informed that the command was disabled by the list owner, as most people wouldn't try to use the list command by subscribing. I don't even know if majordomo can do this. I think having the who command available is a invaluable asset for everyone. And it should be enabled anyway. Just my 2cents worth. I should probably just shut up. :) -Rowan --------- 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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Hands Up
by Arron Scott 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

Hmmm ... interesting response to the hands up, Clear, NetGate, Telstra, Natlib, ICONZ, NetLink and UOW by my count ... so are IHUG, Xtra, Voyager, IBM, CompuServe, IProLink, CommNet and any of you others out there ? Again I would ask for the good of this list can we have the list members publicised ? Anyone from UOW got a comment on this ? If the other major players in this business aren't on this list then it's not a very good forum to have deep and meaningfuls in. Thanks Arron Scott _________________________________________________________________________ Arron Scott Phone: ++64-9-3569687 Service Specialist Fax: ++64-9-3794790 Service Implementation & Management Group Cell: ++64-25-883163 Telecom NZ Ltd eMail: arrons(a)netgate.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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List of members of NZNOG mailing list
by Rex Croft, 07 838 4597 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

Hello all. Apparently this list is set to not allow the "who nznog" command. If I don't hear any views to the contrary, I will change this and email a list of members on Friday afternoon. To Donald Neal, would you prefer that I took over maintaining this list since it has sprung into use? - Rex Croft, University of Waikato --------- 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: Beer
by Roger Hicks 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

On Wednesday, June 03, 1998 2:33 PM, Dean Pemberton [SMTP:dean(a)dean.natlib.govt.nz] wrote: > > > > oo oo.. I came in late, but the subject says 'beer' so it can't be bad... > > Yeah - the beer idea sounds good - but unfortunatly it is a long way to drive for an ale. > The place is good...the beer's great...it's close enough for me... Why did you have to select the wrong day :-((( Have one for me! 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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Re: Beer
by Joe Abley 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Tony Wicks wrote: > So where is this Galbraith's ? Ah - hadn't thought of that :) Galbraith's is in the old library building on the corner of Symonds St and Mt Eden road. Just next to the car park. Joe -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.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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Hands Up
by Dean Pemberton 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

I'm here too. Dean -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean Pemberton BSC(Compsci) | email: dean.pemberton(a)natlib.govt.nz| Datacommunications Analyst |cphone: +64-21-633-434 | National Library of NZ |All opinions contained within this | PGP key avail from keyserver |email are purely my own. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 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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Hands up!
by Joe Abley 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

Hi all, If you're currently lurking on this list (or have just joined) could you mail something in so we can see you? All in the interests of promoting some kind of discussion, obviously - if you're happy not discussing anything then don't bother :) Joe -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.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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Beer
by Joe Abley 02 Jun '98

02 Jun '98

Anybody interested in doing some kind of get-to-know-you beer-related exercise in Auckland some time next week? Anybody here from KCBBS, Xtra, Iprolink, Titan, Sinesurf, Cybernet, ....? Who have I missed out? Sorry about missing you out. Bear in mind that it's Friday :) If people _are_ interested, how about going for next Wednesday at Galbraith's? 7pm? -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.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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Publically available who nznog command -Reply
by Donald Neal 01 Jun '98

01 Jun '98

Subscribers, I have this afternoon changed the list's setings so that it allows a list of subscribers to be sent to anyone who sends the right request from an address which is subscribed to the list. (This excludes people reading this through an exploder.) The right request is who nznog sent to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Any objections? - Donald Neal (Telecom 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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NZNOG list headers
by Donald Neal 01 Jun '98

01 Jun '98

NZNOG list subscribers, It is easy to set the NZNOG list so that all messages go out as Reply-to the list. I prefer not to do this, since it makes it easier for people to accidentally publish email they wanted to be person to person. I would rather see people choosing to send mail to the list. My opinion can, of course, be changed by enthusiasm for the change from other subscribers .... - 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: Route Policy Database/Filters -Reply
by Donald Neal 01 Jun '98

01 Jun '98

The problem with setting up any new organisation and then giving it powers to arbitrate anything is that technical staff can't do that. Only big-time corporate lawyers can agree to that sort of thing. Anyone proposing this needs to think about what it would mean in practice to try to get it going. And yet again there's the matter of competition law. - Donald Neal (Telecom 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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RE: Beer
by Olof Olsson 01 Jun '98

01 Jun '98

Yes, I am another lurker... Meeting for a couple of beers tomorrow nite... sounds nice to me! --Olof -- Olof Olsson, System Architect, CLEAR Net, CLEAR Communications Ltd. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" -- O.W. --------- 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: Internet Exchanges
by Rowan Smith 01 Jun '98

01 Jun '98

>At the NZNOG meeting at Waikato we discussed domain names for the Internet >Exchanges in Auckland and Wellington. I have registered the domain names >aix.net.nz and wix.net.nz on behalf of the NZ Internet community. The >registered Administrative contact for these domains is the Internet >Society of New Zealand (ISOCNZ) who will hold these domains on behalf of >the community. I would like to pursue the idea of registering the 2nd level domain ix.nz. Does anyone else feel that this could be a useful addition to the New Zealand DNS system? >Joe Abley is going to obtain some IP numbers for IX purposes. These can be >used in conjunction with the above names. I'm happy to provide the >IN-ADDR.ARPA DNS for those as well. Andy, as I have DNS servers on the fiber in Wellington it probably makes sense for me to slave the DNS for WIX as well. And I suppose Master it one day when you are fed up with maintaining it :) -Rowan --------- 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: Hands up!
by Tony Wicks 31 May '98

31 May '98

>> Warwick Glendenning at Waikato NOC. Yes I am keen. > >That's cool. Is anybody else out there? > Yes, barely. --------- 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: Hands up!
by Rowan Smith 28 May '98

28 May '98

*yawn* Huh? -----Original Message----- From: Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Hands up! >Hi Warwick, > >On Wed, 27 May 1998, Warwick Glendenning wrote: > >> Warwick Glendenning at Waikato NOC. Yes I am keen. > >That's cool. Is anybody else out there? > > >Joe > >-- >Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 >Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.net.nz/ > >--------- >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: Hands up!
by Joe Abley 28 May '98

28 May '98

Hi Warwick, On Wed, 27 May 1998, Warwick Glendenning wrote: > Warwick Glendenning at Waikato NOC. Yes I am keen. That's cool. Is anybody else out there? Joe -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.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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Traffic Exchange
by Roger Hicks 25 May '98

25 May '98

OK, Joe, here's a subject. I'm preparing comments for an OECD Policy Workshop. The topic: National and International Internet Traffic Exchange: "Traditionally ISPs have exchanged traffic using a different model to PTOs. Whereas a system of settlements, sometimes known as the accounting rate system, developed for PSTN traffic, large ISPs have exchanged traffic under a system known as 'peering'. While other methods of interconnection payment exist amongst ISPs, peering still accounts for the bulk of traffic exchange. Today new arrangements are emerging for traffic exchange on a national and international basis. This session aims to explore what the implications of the current and emerging traffic exchange arrangements are for infrastructure development. Issues for consideration are whether they are non-discriminatory, transparent and provide incentives for infrastructure development and open markets. A better understanding of this subject could help to head off a potential point of international friction" Any comments, suggestions, issue etc?? (If this is outside the scope of this list, I apologise and will take it offline for those interested) Regards R. On Tuesday, May 26, 1998 1:37 PM, Joe Abley [SMTP:jabley(a)clear.co.nz] wrote: > Hi all, > > If you're currently lurking on this list (or have just joined) could you > mail something in so we can see you? > > All in the interests of promoting some kind of discussion, obviously - if > you're happy not discussing anything then don't bother :) > > > Joe > > -- > Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 > Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.net.nz/ > > --------- > 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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CLEAR routes across NZIX
by Joe Abley 22 Apr '98

22 Apr '98

Hi all, As mentioned in an e-mail to pretty much everybody last week, I will be changing our advertisements across NZIX to remove all the long-prefix subnets we currently advertise across the NZIX OSPF process and replace them with less-specific supernet routes. Note that the supernet routes I announce will be exactly the same length as those CLEAR advertise via BGP to Netgate, Telstra, MCI and Teleglobe. This may make you prefer an international route to CLEAR rather than using the exchange, since routes learnt by BGP from external neighbours are frequently preferred to OSPF-learnt routes. If this applies to you, then there are two options open that I can see: 1. We are perfectly willing to talk BGP to anybody on NZIX. In fact, any opportunity not to run OSPF across NZIX would be most welcome :) Please mail noc(a)clix.net.nz to set this up. 2. On Ciscos you can lower the administrative distance of the NZIX OSPF process so that it is preferred over EBGP (or raise the corresponding distance metric on the BGP process to make it less preferable). This is what some on the Exchange are doing already, I believe. I will be doing as much testing as I can following the change, and if there are problems I will back the change out. I expect to start (and hopefully finish) changes between 0400 and 0800 tomorrow morning. If you (or your customers) notice any loss in connectivity to CLEAR or to CLEAR-connected networks I would be very grateful for the feedback. Please mail any reports to noc(a)clix.net.nz. Many thanks, Joe -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.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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Re: IP Addressing
by Donald Neal 22 Apr '98

22 Apr '98

At 03:44 PM 22/4/98 +1200, Joe Abley wrote: >Anybody else going to Uniforum this year? Maybe we should organise a NOG >BOF? (NOG BOF. How rediculous :) Hmm. Or shortened again to NB? I'm due to be there on Thursday 21st. (The time allocated for BOF's is that evening, but something else could doubtless be arranged if it suited people better.) I'm not able to be there for more than that day, since that's the week I'm due to start a new job with, um, Telecom. - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal Systems Programmer/Analyst Information Technology and Drycleaning Services, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand --------- 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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IP Addressing
by Arron Scott 21 Apr '98

21 Apr '98

OK, so to continue with my discussion, let's talk about IP addressing. Known: All RFC's and most International Internet access providers encourage the use of hierarchical CIDR based IP addressing. This is for two main objectives, save the Net from address exhaustion and the curse of IPv6, and to ensure the core routers have enough memory to be able to continue forwarding packets. When a downstream customer moves from one provider to another, and his class C network goes with him, his network is now added to the routing table as a black hole, which increases memory utilisation in the core, one or two of these is fine, but hundreds is not very acceptable to the upstream providers. Unknown: - If a customer does move providers how long should they have before the must renumber into their new providers space ? - What size block of a providers space might be considered portable ? - What steps can be taken to recover the address space if the customer does not relinquish it ? Arron Scott Telecom 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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Things To Do - Arron Scott
by Donald Neal 19 Apr '98

19 Apr '98

NZNOG People, This message was sent to the list just over two months ago by Arron Scott. I'm sending it again (without asking him first) because of the number of people to have joined the list since then. - Donald Neal - - - - - - Hi Donald, sorry, busy as ever. Yes I am getting these. As for some things I would like to see happen: First of all, I think it's important we know who's subscribed to this list, for the sake of fairness, so can we be kept abrest of changes. I think it's impportant that we communicate with all of the main providers of Internet in New Zealand, and am keen particularly to see IBM, Compuserve, and IHUG invited. No point in being secretive. What should we accomplish, IMHO: IP addressing consensus. We have to have a firm and agreed policy as to what happens with portability of address space. Domestic peering strategy, eg. progressing the AMX. Communication lines, particularly contact agreements for movement of customers from supplier to supplier or faults due to incorrect advertisements. Should Telecom be able to call Telstra staff in the middle of the weekend to get them to stop advertising a customer ? If so how ? If not what do we tell our customers ? What should we not do, IMHO: We are not a regulatory body of any kind, this should be a communication forum only allowing us to discuss and action topics as above. Contractual or formal Agreements should be made outside of this group. Arron -- Donald Neal Systems Programmer/Analyst Information Technology and Drycleaning Services, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand --------- 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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Changes in OSPF advertisements made from CLEAR over NZIX
by Joe Abley 13 Apr '98

13 Apr '98

Hi all, CLEAR currently advertises connectivity to its internal networks and those of its customers across NZIX. The external routes which are currently redistributed into the exchange OSPF process include a large number of long-prefix routes, such as /30s and /28s; in the interests of being tidy (and consistent with CLEAR's BGP advertisements) I would like to summarise most, if not all, of these advertisements by distributing supernet routes. For example, instead of >100 individual routes within CLEAR's 203.97.0.0/17 CIDR block, I would like to advertise a single 203.97.0.0/17 supernet route. Total number of supernets to be announced would be around 30. This approach presupposes that (a) all equipment connected to the exchange can handle supernetting, and (b) that the loss of specificity in the domestic routes for CLEAR's networks is not going to cause problems with conflicting BGP routes picked up from other global transit providers. There may also be route filters which need to be updated. In the interests of maintaining connectivity within NZ, I would be grateful if you could take the time to consider whether the changes broadly outlined above will affect the way that your network treats routes to CLEAR across NZIX. If you could give me some feedback (no matter how general) this week, it would be most appreciated. I have attempted to distribute this message to as many exchange partners as I have been able to find e-mail addresses for - please feel free to forward copies on to other interested parties. As an aside, the NZNOG list operated (facilitated?) by Donald Neal at Waikato Univeristy would provide a good forum for these kinds of announcements in future. If you haven't already, you might consider subscribing - send mail to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz with the line "subscribe nznog" in the message body (Donald please correct me if I've stuffed that up :) Regards, Joe -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.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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Publicising this list
by Joe Abley 29 Mar '98

29 Mar '98

Hi all, This would seem to be a sensible forum to get some discussion running on peering within NZ, either across the NZIX switch, across WIX or via bilateral peer-to-peer circuits. It might also be a good place to gauge enthusiasm for a "BGP only" policy at NZIX, with or without a local route server. Might I suggest that we pursue some low-key publicity of this list to get network administrators from Netlink, IHUG, Iconz, Pronet, Actrix, Voyager, Xtra(?), etc, etc involved and speaking about these issues? >From the rumblings I have been hearing critical mass for the eradication of OSPF on the NZIX switch should be a fairly straightforward first objective, and recent domestic peering "upsets" would have been easier to track down with a list full of network people. Joe -- Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.net.nz/ Every solution breeds new problems. --------- 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: Hello, Arron?
by Arron Scott 23 Feb '98

23 Feb '98

Hi Donald, sorry, busy as ever. Yes I am getting these. As for some things I would like to see happen: First of all, I think it's important we know who's subscribed to this list, for the sake of fairness, so can we be kept abrest of changes. I think it's impportant that we communicate with all of the main providers of Internet in New Zealand, and am keen particularly to see IBM, Compuserve, and IHUG invited. No point in being secretive. What should we accomplish, IMHO: IP addressing consensus. We have to have a firm and agreed policy as to what happens with portability of address space. Domestic peering strategy, eg. progressing the AMX. Communication lines, particularly contact agreements for movement of customers from supplier to supplier or faults due to incorrect advertisements. Should Telecom be able to call Telstra staff in the middle of the weekend to get them to stop advertising a customer ? If so how ? If not what do we tell our customers ? What should we not do, IMHO: We are not a regulatory body of any kind, this should be a communication forum only allowing us to discuss and action topics as above. Contractual or formal Agreements should be made outside of this group. Arron -----Original Message----- From: Donald Neal <d.neal(a)waikato.ac.nz> To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Thursday, 19 February 1998 11:33 Subject: Hello, Arron? >Hush, hush, whisper who dares. >Is Arron Scott out there somewheres? > >- Donald >-- >Donald Neal | Q: How many programmers does it take to change >Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? >The University of Waikato | A: Two. One always leaves half-way >through the >Hamilton, New Zealand | project. >--------- >To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to >majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads > > --------- 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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Mailing List Archives Now on Web
by Donald Neal 20 Feb '98

20 Feb '98

NZNOG People, The archive of this mailing list is now available at http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/nznog/ . Assuming I've got everything right, the web pages there are updated as each new message comes in. - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal | Q: How many programmers does it take to change Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? The University of Waikato | A: Two. One always leaves half-way through the Hamilton, New Zealand | project. --------- 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, Arron?
by Donald Neal 19 Feb '98

19 Feb '98

Hush, hush, whisper who dares. Is Arron Scott out there somewheres? - Donald -- Donald Neal | Q: How many programmers does it take to change Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? The University of Waikato | A: Two. One always leaves half-way through the Hamilton, New Zealand | project. --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads

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NZNOG
by Donald Neal 13 Feb '98

13 Feb '98

OK, in reponse to Roger Hicks' posting below I've added the people named in the headers of his message to a mailing list I've called nznog. The address to send mail to is nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz. There's a fair amount else the Majordomo and related software on that box can do, but there doesn't seem a lot of point to explaining that just yet. Could people receiving this please reply to me verifying that thye have seen it? Oh, and I am interested in Arronb's ideas. - Donald Neal >From: Roger Hicks <RHICKS(a)clear.co.nz> >To: "'Donald Neal'" <d.neal(a)waikato.ac.nz> >Cc: "'Jamie Clark'" <JClark(a)oibunzl2.telstra.com.au>, > "'arron scott'" > <arrons(a)internet.netway.co.nz>, > Joe Abley <jabley(a)clear.co.nz> >Subject: RE: FW: NZNOG >Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 14:56:11 +1300 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) > >Donald > >Sorry for not responding I've been away from the office... > >I appreciate your offer of hosting a mail list (providing Joe doesn't >think I'm doing him out of a job!). Can organise is with us (to: and >cc:) on it, please. Aaron has made some interesting comments about the >purpose of an NZNOG so may he can post this as a starting point. > >I suggest we get others to join in as well....... who should we start >inviting?? > >NB I'm also out next week >Regards >R. > > >On Thursday, February 12, 1998 1:35 PM, Donald Neal >[SMTP:d.neal(a)waikato.ac.nz] wrote: >> At 12:54 PM 11/2/98 +1300, Joe Abley wrote: >> >On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Roger Hicks wrote: >> > >> >> Please excuse the long delay in circulating this. I had mentioned >to >> >> different people but ended up getting side-tracked, going on >holiday, >> >> having to do work and other things ;-) >> >> >> >> Donald and I discussed the (perrenial) issue of getting an NZNOG >going. >> >> Any comments?? >> > >> >Sounds good... Who wants to run the mailing list? I can probably sort >> >something out here (or at home), but it'll likely take me a little >while. >> >> I'm happy to add it to the fifty or so already run from here. I can do >that >> this afternoon. (Well, actually all I need to do is clean out the >> subscribers from the list which was created here in 1995 but never >used.) >> >> - Donald Neal >> -- >> Donald Neal | Q: How many programmers does it take to >change >> Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? >> The University of Waikato | A: Two. One always leaves half-way >> through the >> Hamilton, New Zealand | project. > > -- Donald Neal | Q: How many programmers does it take to change Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? The University of Waikato | A: Two. One always leaves half-way through the Hamilton, New Zealand | project. ************ LIST FOOTER ************* This message was posted by Donald Neal <d.neal(a)waikato.ac.nz> - If you wish to reply privately, send your reply to Donald Neal <d.neal(a)waikato.ac.nz>, otherwise your reply will be sent to nznog. To Unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz with the command "UNSUBSCRIBE nznog" in the **BODY** of the message.

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