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PCAP of APE issues last night?
by Tim Hoffman 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Greetings all, Following last night's issues on the APE, Dylan and I were wondering wondering if any APE participants managed to take a pcap of the traffic they were seeing on their interfaces facing the exchange. If any of you did and are willing to share this would be incredibly useful to us - drop us a message off-list. Many thanks, Tim

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Re: [nznog] [AusNOG] IPv4 - Where is the training?
by Elly Tawhai 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Hi Don, There is not currently any APNIC IPv6 training scheduled for Christchurch. However we will be conducting an IPv6 Workshop in Auckland, which will be held on 6 - 8 May. For more information and registration please visit: http://training.apnic.net/events/2013/workshop-ipv6-6may13 If you have any queries please contact <training(a)apnic.net> (apologies for cross list posting thought this maybe of interest to those on NZNOG list) Kind regards, Elly APNIC Don Gould wrote: > On 5/03/2013 4:23 p.m., jason andrade wrote: >> From: Elly Tawhai <elly(a)apnic.net> >> To: "ausnog(a)ausnog.net" <ausnog(a)ausnog.net> >> Subject: [AusNOG] [::] APNIC IPv6 Workshop BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 13-15 >> Mar 2013 >> > Thanks. Sorry, I missed seeing a post about APNIC running the some > training in Christchurch? > > Have they been running this sort of training in all the smaller centres > like Christchurch, around the region? > > D >

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IPv6 peering at APE
by Sid Jones 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

There is quite a significant disparity between the number of active peers on the two APE IPv6 route servers. [ You can see this at http://nzix.net/cgi-bin/lg.cgi ] e.g. There are 68 IPv6 peers configured on both the route servers. I see 44 established IPv6 peering sessions on rs1.ape.nzix.net, yet only 24 sessions on rs2.ape.nzix.net. If we can assist in anyway to get more of these sessions established please let us know.

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Best local presentation at NZNOG2013
by Gerard Creamer 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Hi all, Thanks to everyone who came to NZNOG last week, it was great to have you all there. And thanks to all of you who helped out, and especially to all of our sponsors. This year we added an incentive to local presenters - the best local presentation would win travel and accommodation to APRICOT in Singapore and a complementary registration. The paper would be submitted to the APRICOT programme comittee and the winner might get to present at the event. There was quite a lot of discussion about who should win, and we have selected Donald Love's presentation on UFB Realities as the best local presentation at NZNOG 2013 for it's combination of technically interesting content and 'good honest truth' delivery. Congratulations to Donald and a big thank you to all of our local presenters for the interesting and engaging presentations. If you have something technically interesting worth sharing start planning your submission for NZNOG 2014 now :^) NZNOG 2014 will be held January 27-31 2014 in Nelson, New Zealand, and a Call for Papers will be issued to this list later in the year. Cheers, Gerard

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Re: [nznog] [AusNOG] IPv4 - Where is the training?
by Don Gould 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Karl, If we can have 50 posts about 23 IP phones on list, then I'm sure some discussion about IPv6 training can be endured even if there are parties with a commercial interest. I am interested and I wonder how many more folk in my area would also be interested (Christchurch) hence why I've copied the NZNOG in as well. What the discussion over the past few days has highlighted for me is I clearly don't know enough and if the messages in my inbox are anything to go by, then there must be others in the same boat. I'd like to understand what the training I need might cost me. How much people think I need to invest in myself to get myself on track. I'd be interested to hear from others, on or off list who might also be interested in some more help to get up to v6 speed. D On 5/03/2013 4:35 p.m., Karl Auer wrote: > Hi Don. This message is not to the list, but you should feel free to > quote it there if you wish. I hope you will not interpret it as spam. > I specialise in IPv6, and I specialise in IPv6 training - see > www.into6.com.au. Let me know if you are interested. It is > comprehensive, highly customisable and I would be happy to do a > workshop (where we get down and just do some stuff in your network for > a few hours). Or we could set up a network together - whatever you > want or need. I'm also happy to come to New Zealand, especially if you > can get a few other people together. and I use a Mikrotik in my SOHO > network :-) >> If I find it over whelming, then I wonder how many others are in the >> same boat? > Lots. I've trained over 300 people in the last few years. But think of > it this way - if you had had to absorb all of IPv4 at once, that would > have been overwhelming too! Luckily 90% of IPv6 is the same as IPv4 - > you don't need to relearn it, you just need to recognise it. > >> How do we trim all this down to subsets that I actually need to know >> just to operate? > Our courses concentrate on concepts that you can apply to any hardware, > any network. We don't teacj Cisco, Juniper or Mikrotik, we teach IPv6. > >> This needs to be in 20 pages, not the 200+ that you just linked. > Wellll... for a home network maybe. Just. > >> I need pictures. I use a GUI configuration tool, not CLI. > You'll be amazed how little needs configuring. A few router interfaces - > if you have a GUI, it should be able to do IPv6. Then it's just a case > of knowing what to configure, and our courses leave you confidently > knowing that. > > Regards, K. > -- Don Gould 31 Acheson Ave Mairehau Christchurch, New Zealand Ph: + 64 3 348 7235 Mobile: + 64 21 114 0699

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Network device discovery
by Paul Adshead 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Hi guys. I'm looking for software that will discover network devices site-wide, as the start-point for an asset management db. Looking for MAC and IP primarily, but if manufacturer\model would be great too. Having command line execution, connectivity diagram output and being opensource\free, would all be a bonus. Not looking forward to having to do it manually, so what's out there to make life easier? Almost time for a beer. Thanks, Paul.

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Fibre / Network connectivity
by Darren Moss 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Hi Noggers, We are looking for some internet connectivity into a new support centre in the Auckland CBD. There is an existing fibre box and a bunch of DSL style ports. Needs to connect with our DC networks in Airedale Street and Rosedale. International connectivity a must. Please contact me off list. Many thanks, Darren.

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APNIC Slashes Costs for New Members
by Skeeve Stevens 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hey everyone, APNIC has slashed the "IP Resource Allocation Fee" from AU$3500 (ex-GST) to AU$1750 (ex-GST). This means a new member can sign-up and get access to IP resources of up to a /22 of IPv4, IPv6 space and AS numbers. The cost of becoming a new member (with resources) is now: AU$2425 (ex-GST for Australians) which is: AU$675 (ex-GST) + AU$1750 (ex-GST). Please see the official announcement here: http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/ip-resource-application-fee-red… ...Skeeve <http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/ip-resource-application-fee-red…> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd <http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/ip-resource-application-fee-red…> <http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/ip-resource-application-fee-red…> <http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/ip-resource-application-fee-red…> skeeve(a)eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve facebook.com/eintellegonetworks ; <http://twitter.com/networkceoau> linkedin.com/in/skeeve twitter.com/networkceoau ; blog: www.network-ceo.net The Experts Who The Experts Call Juniper - Cisco - Cloud

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New Trans-Tasman submarine cable
by Kris Price 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Oh, looky, a new cable: http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3880&page=index I'm curious about something though, maybe someone on the list can share a bit of history. Is Tasman-2 still active in some capacity? I had always assumed it was shutdown after southern cross was built, but it's still shown often on cable maps such as the one in that press release: http://twitpic.com/c4wu2k Cheers Kris

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Re: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable
by Peter Lambrechtsen 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

So wouldn't a larger population buy more data due to size and thus get a better discount? Isn't that how typical economics works. Or am I missing something? So wasn't that my main argument about population or lack thereof? ----- Reply message ----- From: "Jay Daley" <jay(a)nzrs.net.nz> To: "Peter Lambrechtsen" <Peter.Lambrechtsen(a)telecom.co.nz> Cc: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2013 9:31 am On 20/02/2013, at 7:16 AM, Peter Lambrechtsen <Peter.Lambrechtsen(a)telecom.co.nz> wrote: > How are prices high when it costs the same to land data on SCCN NZ-US as it does AU-US and there is 3 cables going into AU? List prices are the same but the unlisted discounts are significant and they favour the stronger buyers. AU buyers are generally much stronger because they buy more bandwidth and they can shop around between cables for prices. Jay > > NZ is a small population with a low wage economy spread across a very mountainous geography that the vast majority of people only use less than 30gb of data.... > > Fix those issues and we will all have cheaper internet. > > Sent from my HTC Wildfire S on Telecom's XT mobile network. > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Chris Hodgetts" <chris(a)archnetnz.com> > To: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable > Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 11:15 pm > > > > Yes - more cables does equal good... > > However, given the three Telco's involved... does it still mean high > prices? > > > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:32:43 +0000, Christian Nielsen > <cnielsen(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > > More Cables = Good. > > > > This is a pretty good site. Still shows Tasman-2. > > http://submarinecablemap.com/ > > > > Christian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Kris Price > > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 4:29 PM > > To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable > > > > Oh, looky, a new cable: > > > > http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3880&page=index > > > > I'm curious about something though, maybe someone on the list can share > a > > bit of history. Is Tasman-2 still active in some capacity? > > > > I had always assumed it was shutdown after southern cross was built, but > > it's still shown often on cable maps such as the one in that press > release: > > > > http://twitpic.com/c4wu2k > > > > > > Cheers > > Kris > > _______________________________________________ > > NZNOG mailing list > > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > > _______________________________________________ > > NZNOG mailing list > > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog -- Jay Daley Chief Executive .nz Registry Services (New Zealand Domain Name Registry Limited) desk: +64 4 931 6977 mobile: +64 21 678840 linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jaydaley<http://www.linkedin.com/in/jaydaley>

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Re: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable
by Peter Lambrechtsen 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

And the other important part is SCCN "could" charge more to NZ due to the monopoly. But they don't. Plus talking about 1gb plans. That is by far and above the edge cases. We have to remember this is bb for the masses. Most OECD countries have an average GB usage below 40 or so... And they have far more options in the online video content space. So NZ isn't *that* different in that respect. Plus in many of those countries have underground ducting that is reused unlike NZ which makes a massive impact on costs. Last of all much of it gets run by the government so issues with the RMA doesn't apply. Sent from my HTC Wildfire S on Telecom's XT mobile network. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Mauricio Freitas" <freitasm(a)geekzone.co.nz> To: "dean(a)deanpemberton.com" <dean(a)deanpemberton.com>, "Peter Lambrechtsen" <Peter.Lambrechtsen(a)telecom.co.nz> Cc: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2013 9:19 am Peter was saying that SCX charges the same to NZ companies as they charge AU companies, even though one could obviously say there is a much bigger market in AU. In effect we are paying the (lower) Australian prices for the SCX data. Cheers Mauricio Freitas (@freitasm) www.geekzone.co.nz<http://www.geekzone.co.nz> www.freitasm.com<http://www.freitasm.com> www.twitter.com/freitasm<http://www.twitter.com/freitasm> -----Original Message----- From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Dean Pemberton Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2013 08:58 To: Peter Lambrechtsen Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Peter Lambrechtsen <Peter.Lambrechtsen(a)telecom.co.nz> wrote: > How are prices high when it costs the same to land data on SCCN NZ-US > as it does AU-US and there is 3 cables going into AU? > Sorry I don't get what you're saying here. Probably just me being dense, could you expand? > NZ is a small population with a low wage economy spread across a very > mountainous geography that the vast majority of people only use less > than 30gb of data.... Thats true, but it changes. At one point it was impossible to imagine that people would even require 1gb/month. You want the speed of capability to keep pace with the speed of demand. The problem is that capability is always slower to accelerate. > > Fix those issues and we will all have cheaper internet. I don't necessarily want cheaper. I want one which matches my expectations more. =) Dean _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

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Re: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable
by Peter Lambrechtsen 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

How are prices high when it costs the same to land data on SCCN NZ-US as it does AU-US and there is 3 cables going into AU? NZ is a small population with a low wage economy spread across a very mountainous geography that the vast majority of people only use less than 30gb of data.... Fix those issues and we will all have cheaper internet. Sent from my HTC Wildfire S on Telecom's XT mobile network. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Chris Hodgetts" <chris(a)archnetnz.com> To: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 11:15 pm Yes - more cables does equal good... However, given the three Telco's involved... does it still mean high prices? On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:32:43 +0000, Christian Nielsen <cnielsen(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > More Cables = Good. > > This is a pretty good site. Still shows Tasman-2. > http://submarinecablemap.com/ > > Christian > > -----Original Message----- > From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Kris Price > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 4:29 PM > To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable > > Oh, looky, a new cable: > > http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3880&page=index > > I'm curious about something though, maybe someone on the list can share a > bit of history. Is Tasman-2 still active in some capacity? > > I had always assumed it was shutdown after southern cross was built, but > it's still shown often on cable maps such as the one in that press release: > > http://twitpic.com/c4wu2k > > > Cheers > Kris > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

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APNIC EC election online voting and proxy appointment open
by Dean Pemberton 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Morning all, If you're an APNIC member then it's time to exercise your voting powers. Online voting is now open for the upcoming Executive Council elections. There are four seats open, so you will get a number of votes. Here's a very cut down version of the biographies (wording taken from http://conference.apnic.net/35/elections#nominees) if you're still undecided. James Spenceley James founded Vocus, now one of the largest IP backbone providers in Australia and New Zealand. James has successfully managed Vocus into the awarded fastest growing technology company in Australia. Vocus now listed on the Australian Stock Market offers IP transit, fibre and data centre services in three markets (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore Hong Kong and USA) giving James a strong perspective on operating an Internationally diverse operation and valuable experience in technical and financial matters and corporate governance. James is also a founding director of AusNOG (Australian Network Operators Group), defining the company structure and not for profit nature of the AusNOG orgaisation. Since it's founding in 2007 AusNOG has held six annual conferences which regularly exceed 200 attendees. Guarab Raj Upadhaya Presently employed by Limelight Networks (LLNW) as Network Architect on their backbone engineering team, Gaurab supports Limelight's high speed backbone in Asia, Europe and North America. Gaurab previously worked for Packet Clearing House (PCH) as Senior Internet Analyst Gaurab is one of the 14 global Trusted Community Representatives who cryptographically sign the root of the domain name system in ICANN Root DNSSEC Key ceremonies. During his career, he has spoken and presented at INET, APRICOT, SANOG, APNIC, NZNOG, MENOG, AUSNOG, PHNOG, JANOG, AfNOG, NANOG, ICANN conferences as well as RIPE and LINX Meetings. Kenny Huang Dr. Huang's contributions have been acknowledged especially in the development of Internet technology. Dr. Kenny Huang is the co-author of RFC3743 of the IETF, the Co-Chair of JET (Joint Engineering Team, formed by JPNIC, KRNIC, CNNIC, TWNIC), Advisor of CDNC (Chinese Domain Name Consortium). Dr. Huang is working closely with government departments in developing technology policies. Wei Zhao Deputy Director of Operation Management Department,CNNIC, responsible for IP services, related external cooperation and innovation. At APNIC community, she has been involved in policy developing and other community events since she joined CNNIC. She was served as NIR SIG co-chair in 2009 to 2010, and elected as APNIC Executive Council in 2011. Lengchheang Hong Lengchheang Hong began his career at AsiaForm where he was a network administrator. He then moved on to become a Senior Customer Solutions Support Officer for ONLINE before moving up and becoming the Key Account Manager. He became the Technical Support Manager for SINET-MOOV in March 2010 and was responsible for NOC ISP and its branches' operations. ________________________________________________________________________ Proxy appointment/online voting for 2013 APNIC EC election open now ________________________________________________________________________ Online voting and proxy appointment for the APNIC Executive Council (EC) election opens today, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 for a two-week period until 09:00 (UTC +8), Wednesday, 27 February 2013. The EC members whose positions are up for re-election are: - Kenny Huang - James Spenceley - Guarab Raj Upadhaya - Wei Zhao The nominees are: - Lengchheang Hong - Kenny Huang - Guarab Raj Upadhaya - James Spenceley - Wei Zhao Online voting is available to APNIC Member Corporate Contacts and Member Contacts with voting rights via MyAPNIC. By default, all Corporate Contacts have voting rights, and they can assign voting rights to other contacts in MyAPNIC. https://myapnic.net Full details of the election and alternative voting methods are available at: http://conference.apnic.net/35/elections If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact: helpdesk(a)apnic.net ________________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat secretariat(a)apnic.net Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net ________________________________________________________________________ * Sent by email to save paper. Print only if necessary.

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Fwd: [ECS Seminars] 2013-02-20 Fred Baker - Buffer Bloat!
by Andy Linton 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ECS Seminar Notification <seminar-admin(a)ecs.vuw.ac.nz> Date: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:30 AM Subject: [ECS Seminars] 2013-02-20 Fred Baker - Buffer Bloat! To: ecs-seminars(a)ecs.vuw.ac.nz Date: Wednesday 20th February 2013 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Location: Cotton Club, Cotton 350 Fred Baker is scheduled to present a seminar about: Buffer Bloat! School of Engineering and Computer Science Seminar Abstract: The networking industry has looked at Quality of Service numbers times, resulting in the Integrated and Differentiated Services Architectures and numerous papers and articles on the topic. In the past few years, the topic has been popularly renamed "Buffer Bloat", and looked at again from the view of autoconfiguration and deployment. In this talk, we will look at Buffer Bloat in access networks, multistage networks such as WiFi, and data centers, each of which has unique issues and requirements. Bio: Cisco Fellow Fred Baker has been involved in data communications since 1978 and the development of the Internet since the 1980's. He participated in early development of IEEE 802.1d switching and IP routing. He has served as the Chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force, chaired several working groups, and written or edited numerous RFCs. He now chairs the IETF's IPv6 Operations Working Group, working with the operational community on IPv6 deployment issues. He also contributes to the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG). At Cisco, he works with researchers within the company, and with university researchers outside, on various projects. He also advises management and technologists on technical direction. Any queries about this seminar, please email Qiang.Fu(a)ecs.vuw.ac.nz ============================================================================= This message was automatically generated by the ECS Seminars System. View seminars at http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/Seminars Sub/unsub at http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/ecs-seminars

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ihug Ultra and Proxy Caching
by neals5 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

In order to defeat a patent troll, I'm looking for someone who can tell me from their own experience when ihug starting using proxy caching in conjunction with their Ultra satellite service. Unless we've all used so much caffeine our memories don't stretch back to last century? Any replies to me off list, please. I'll be happy to summarise. - Donald Neal

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Transit in Sky Tower for OOB
by Cameron Ferdinands 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

Hi All, I'm looking for transit in Sky Tower for OOB access, we're on Level 48, Window 16. looking for anyone on the same level or willing to help do a copper cross-connect between floors Thanks,

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Traceroute question
by Andy Linton 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

What do you see if you: $ traceroute 216.81.59.173 with maxhops > 30?

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NZNOG2013
by Patrick Sharp 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Hi, In the aftermath of the NZNOG conference this year, we got sent a portable Optoma Projector. It's not ours which presumably means that someone else is missing it. If it's yours, can you email me and I'll arrange to get it back to you? Cheers, Patrick Sharp CityLink patrick.sharp(a)citylink.co.nz<mailto:patrick.sharp(a)citylink.co.nz> 021 2269 269

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InternetNZ position on APNIC prop-106-v001: Restricting excessive IPv4 address transfers under the final /8 block
by Dean Pemberton 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

Here is the InternetNZ position on the second policy for discussion in Singapore. The original policy text can be found here: http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/text_file/0009/56871/prop-106-v001.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InternetNZ position on prop-106-v001: Restricting excessive IPv4 address transfers under the final /8 block ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authors: Dean Pemberton dean(a)internetnz.net.nz <javascript:;> 1. Executive Summary -------------------- Prop-106 suggests that based on observations of APNIC IP resource transfer history records, some LIRs seems to be collecting IPv4 address blocks from the ‘final /8’ (103/8). It also suggests that this is being accomplished through the use of multiple accounts to apply for individual /22s, and then transferring these blocks to a single account and that this kind of behaviour is against the spirit of the final /8 policy (prop-088). Prop-106 intends to restrict IPv4 address transfers which were allocated/assigned from the final /8 block. In assessing whether Iupport, oppose, or adopt a position of neutrality on a particular policy proposal, three questions are considered: 1. Does this policy seek to address a well-defined, well-accepted problem? 2. Will the solutions outlined within the proposal effectively mitigate the stated problem? 3. Does the policy proposal fit with InternetNZ policy principles? After consideration the questions above, InternetNZ believes that: 1. Based on information provided by the APNIC secretariat, there is no evidence supporting a threat to exploit any perceived loophole in the APNIC transfer policy. As such this proposal does not address a well-defined, well-accepted problem. 2. The options presented within this policy proposal will have no material effect on the sorts of IP resource hoarding activity being suggested to occur in the problem statement. 3. This policy proposal does not fit within several of InternetNZ policy principles, namely those of: Openness, Market competition, Working with the architecture of the internet and accessibility of the internet for all. As such InternetNZ opposes the adoption of APNIC prop-106 as presented in version 001. 2. Does this policy seek to address a well-defined, well-accepted problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prop-106 states: "The current APNIC IPv4 address transfer policy allows to obtain a maximum of /22 distribution(s) per each APNIC account holder. We propose add a restriction to IPv4 address transfer policy to restricting excessive IPv4 address transfers under the final /8 block." This proposal looks to close a perceived loophole in APNIC's transfer policy that is suggested would allow a single actor to obtain, through mergers and acquisitions (M&As), more than their allowed /22 from the final /8. Prop-106 suggests that this activity has already been observed and as such a policy is required to close the perceived loophole. In considering if this perceived loophole exists and is actually being exploited, InternetNZ has used information provided by the APNIC secretariat. There are 16,384 /22 blocks available from 103/8. APNIC has made 2,110 (12.9%[1]) delegations so far. Of those delegations, 32 (1.5% of allocations, or 0.2% of the total available) have been transferred. This consists of 24 standard transfers and 8 M&A transfers. 15 APNIC members have more than a single /22 from 103/8 associated with their account. The highest number is 5 x /22s in one account. These five /22 blocks represent 0.03% of the address space within 103/8. It would appear, based on this information, that there is not currently a large amount of activity looking to exploit any perceived loophole in existing APNIC transfer policy. As such, InternetNZ does not believe that this proposal seeks to address a well-defined, well-accepted problem. 3. Will the solutions outlined within the proposal effectively mitigate the stated problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prop-106 suggests two options that claim to close the perceived loophole in APNIC's transfer policy: Option 1: Restrict IPv4 address transfers under the final /8 address block for two years. Option 2: Set a deposit for transfers under the final /8 range. Pay ten years of APNIC's annual fees for transferred address block[s] in advance when receiving the final /8 address range by address transfer or account name change. Both of these options seek to dissuade an actor from transferring 103/8 addresses from multiple shell companies to a single APNIC account. It should be noted however, that there is nothing to stop such an actor from registering and using the same addresses and wilfully failing to notify APNIC. In such a scenario the actor would have access to multiple /22s from the 103/8 block, but the APNIC registration database would reflect that these were held by different entities. The options presented in prop-106 are intended to influence the behaviour of actors that are operating outside the intent of the last /8 policy. InternetNZ suggests that if such actors exist, and are seeking to operate outside APNIC policy, they are unlikely to comply with the proposed policy presented here. As such, InternetNZ believes that this proposed policy will have no material effect on the sorts of IP resource-hoarding activity that is suggested in the problem statement. 4. Does the policy proposal fit within InternetNZ policy principles? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A set of eight policy principles[2] underpin the work of InternetNZ and help ensure that our approach to Internet-related public and technical policy is transparent and predictable. Internally, the principles guide the development of policy positions and statements. Externally, they explain the basis of InternetNZ’s views to our stakeholders and to the general public. Any proposal that InternetNZ takes a position on is evaluated against these principles. Six of the eight principles apply with respect to prop-106. They are the following: ** Principle No. 1 The Internet should be open and uncapturable. ** In considering a policy proposal using this principle, InternetNZ looks to see if there will be a material effect to openness and/or non capturability. Openness -------- As stated above, there is a material concern that one outcome of this policy would be to discourage actors to from interacting with APNIC during merger & acquisition activity (regardless of their intentions for procuring the addresses). Such a move would have a material effect on the openness of the Internet through an erosion of trust in the ability of the APNIC database to accurately represent the ownership of IP resources. Uncapturable ------------ There is a small chance that an actor could register multiple companies, gain /22 resources and then acquire them. Information provided by the APNIC secretariat shows that this situation is either not occurring, or is occurring at such a low level as to not pose a material threat to the capturability of the Internet. It is accepted that should this situation change in the future that intervention may be required and a watching brief should be kept on the situation. ** Principle No. 2 Internet markets should be competitive. ** For a market to be competitive it must not place any significant barriers on new entrants, nor should it place significant barriers on the natural growth of organisations through M&As. As stated above, prop-106 proposes to place barriers on any entity looking to complete M&A activity involving IP resources from 103/8. If these actors have benign intent and wish to operate within APNIC policies, these barriers will place an undue burden on them. If on the other hand the actors have malicious intent, there are numerous ways for them to avoid the burdens imposed by these policies and achieve their outcomes. As such InternetNZ believes that this policy will have a negative impact on the competition within the Internet market. ** Principle No. 3 Internet governance should be determined by open, multi-stakeholder processes. ** APNIC has an open, multi-stakeholder policy development process. This proposal does nothing to alter that. ** Principle No. 4 Laws and policies should work with the architecture of the Internet, not against it. ** By placing barriers in the way of all M&A activity, APNIC may discourage actors from updating IP resource usage in the APNIC database. This would cause a loss of trust in the integrity of the information in the APNIC database. As this information is used to make decisions related to security, incident response and even routing decisions on the Internet, InternetNZ believes that the effects of this proposal could act against the architecture of the Internet. ** Principle No. 6 The Internet should be accessible by and inclusive of everyone. ** The Internet is undergoing a significant period of growth, especially in developing markets (such as BRIC[3]). While it is an established fact that IPv4 addresses have all but been exhausted and IPv6 represents the only sustainable future direction, access to IPv4 resources is currently a major requirement for the rapid deployment of Internet access throughout these growing economies. InternetNZ believes that placing barriers such as those proposed by prop-106 on M&A activities may have a negative effect on Internet deployment and growth within developing economies in the region. ** Principle No. 7 Technology changes quickly, so laws and policies should focus on activity. ** There is clear evidence of significant activity in terms of Internet growth within the region. This is shown through the allocation of 11-12% of the final /8 in a relatively short period of time. Given that IPv6 is accepted as the only clear future deployment direction for the Internet, yet there is a clear short-term demand for IPv4 resources, InternetNZ believes that barriers should not be placed in the way of getting these resources to those who require them to provide solutions to current technical problems. 5. Summary ---------- After consideration of the material above, InternetNZ believes that: 1. Based on information provided by the APNIC secretariat, there is no evidence supporting a threat to exploit any perceived loophole in the APNIC transfer policy. As such this proposal does not address a well-defined, well-accepted problem. 2. The options presented within this policy proposal will have no material effect on the sorts of IP resource hoarding activity being suggested to occur in the problem statement. 3. This policy proposal does not fit within several of InternetNZ policy principles, namely those of: Openness, Market competition, Working with the architecture of the internet and accessibility of the internet for all. As such InternetNZ opposes the adoption of APNIC prop-106 as presented in version 001. Dean Pemberton Policy Advisor InternetNZ dean(a)internetnz.net.nz <javascript:;> ________________ [1] Some delegations are of smaller size (/24 or /23) so the utilisation is actually closer to 11%. [2] https://internetnz.net.nz/content/Policy-Principles [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC

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InternetNZ position on APNIC prop-105-v001: Distribution of returned IPv4 address blocks
by Dean Pemberton 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

Morning all, There are two policy proposals for discussion at the upcoming APNIC conference in Singapore. They are in addition to the presentation Elly made at the conference (They came in late). InternetNZ has reviewed the proposals and made a submission on each. The first one is prop-105. The original text of the proposal can be found here: http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/text_file/0010/56872/prop-105-v001.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InternetNZ position on prop-105-v001: Distribution of returned IPv4 address blocks (Modification of prop-088) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authors: Dean Pemberton dean(a)internetnz.net.nz <javascript:;> 1. Executive Summary -------------------- Prop-105 highlight the fact that under current APNIC policy, any future IPv4 address resources made available via IANA (or any other mechanism) would be subject to allocation purely based on the guidelines within the ‘last /8’ policy (prop-088). Prop-105 suggests that, based on the demonstrated need for IPv4 addresses (citing that 70% of the respondents to a recent survey expressed a need to receive additional IPv4 address space), any additional APNIC allocations should be handled outside prop-088 guidelines. The central issue prop-105 has with the prop-088 guidelines is that once an APNIC member has applied to recieve a blocst /8 (currently a /22), they are not eligible for any additional address space. Prop-105 seeks to amend prop-088 to allow members to receive a single block from 103/8 (the last /8) in additional to a single block from any space which APNIC might receive subsequently. In assessing whether InternetNZ will support, oppose, or adopt a position of neutrality on a particular policy proposal, three questions are considered. 1. Does this policy seek to address a well defined, well accepted problem? 2. Will the solutions outlined within the proposal effectively mitigate the stated problem? 3. Does the policy proposal fit with InternetNZ policy principles? After consideration of the questions above, InternetNZ: 1. believes that even though there is a demonstrated demand for IPv4 addresses, it does not accept that a situation exists whereby changes are required to prop-088 for APNIC to cater for additional IPv4 resources from IANA. 2. does not believe that allowing APNIC members to receive additional allocations from small blocks received from IANA will make a material difference to the demand for IPv4 addressing. 3. believes that the proposal has the potential to send the wrong message with regard to the importance of IPv6 adoption as opposed to continued IPv4 deployment. 4. This policy proposal does not fit within several of InternetNZ policy principles, namely those of: Working with the architecture of the Internet and focusing on technical activity. As such InternetNZ opposes the adoption of APNIC prop-105 as presented in version 001. 2. Does this policy seek to address a well-defined, well-accepted problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prop-105 states: “While rapid implementation of IPv6 is in progress throughout the APNIC region, demands for IPv4 address still continue. According to our survey conducted to the APNIC community, over 70% of the respondents expressed the needs to receive IPv4 address space, if a separate distribution policy is defined from the final /8 policy. In May 2012, the global policy “Global Policy for Post Exhaustion: IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA” was ratified by ICANN board, and it will be implemented soon. Based on this policy, IPv4 address space returned to IANA will be distributed to RIRs, and its size is not expected to be so large but substantial enough to be able to consider an additional minimum allocation for APNIC members.” The APNIC secretariat states that they have so far pre-approved 43 requests, for a total space of 1,717,504 IP addresses (this equates to roughly just over half a /12 worth of address space). The study cited in prop-105, coupled with the stats from the APNIC secretariat clearly demonstrates a demand for IPv4 resources, what is unclear however, is if a situation will ever exist under which this policy will become relevant. It can be effectively argued that it is uncertain if IANA will ever allocate a meaningful amount of additional IPv4 address space to APNIC for LIR allocation. In the absence of that occurring, this problem this policy seeks to solve would not exist. As such, InternetNZ accepts that there is a demonstrated demand for IPv4 addresses, but does not accept that a situation exists whereby changes are required to prop-088 for APNIC to cater for additional IPv4 resources from IANA. 3. Will the solutions outlined within the proposal effectively mitigate the stated problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prop-105 presents the following as a solution to the the perceived problem: “Modify prop-088 to distribute non-103 IPv4 address blocks to APNIC account holders who meet the IPv4 distribution criteria define in APNIC policies. If APNIC account holder, who was allocated an /22 from final /8 pool, needs an additional IPv4 address block, they are eligible to receive another distribution of IPv4 block. The same policy as the final /8 policy will be applied in terms of the criteria and the size of the distribution given the requestor has utilized a total of /22 block from 103/8.” This is assumed to mean that APNIC members are free to obtain a /22 from 103/8 as well as an additional /22 from any subsequent block of IPv4 addresses that APNIC might obtain from IANA (or other mechanisms). While at a high level this might appear to be a solution to the stated problem, it does not accurately present itself as a standalone policy, nor does it reference the parts of prop-88 which would need to change, nor any suggested replacement text. Prop-105 also neglects to define conditions such as the minimum size of additional allocation under which this policy would be enacted. The ICANN policy referred to by the author states: “The purpose of the proposal is to enable ICANN, as the IANA Functions Operator, to allocate IPv4 blocks returned by the RIRs. ICANN would place IPv4 blocks returned by the RIRs in a Recovered IPv4 Pool. This Pool would be declared active when one RIR has less than half its last /8 left, approximately 8m IPv4 addresses. The IANA Functions Operator would then allocate an "IPv4 allocation unit" (minimum size /24) to each RIR, if the Pool size so permits. If the space available in the Pool is too limited, allocation would be deferred in 6 month intervals until space is available.” It is clear from this wording that ICANN envisages small addresses being handed back to RIRs (evident by the use of a minimum /24 size reference). If for example APNIC were to receive a /20 from IANA (equivalent to 4 /22s) it would be hard to see how a change to the existing prop-088 policy would be justified. If on the other hand APNIC were to receive an additional /8 from IANA, then there may be a case to justify allowing members an additional allocation from this block. While all these are technical possibilities, InternetNZ in defining its position must take into account the probability of each event occurring. While it is impossible to predict the future, InternetNZ feels that it is far more likely that a number of small (<= /20) blocks, if any, will be made available from IANA rather than any significantly large blocks (<= /16). It should also be noted that it was the intent of prop-088 that an APNIC member’s allocation from the last /8 be used to facilitate adoption of and transition to IPv6. It was not intended to be used for day to day operational purposes. As such, InternetNZ does not believe that allowing APNIC members to receive additional allocations from small blocks received from IANA will make a material difference to the demand for IPv4 addressing. InternetNZ also believes that it has the potential to send the wrong message with regard to the importance of IPv6 adoption as opposed to continued IPv4 deployment. 4. Does the policy proposal fit within InternetNZ policy principles? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A set of eight policy principles[1] underpin the work of InternetNZ and help ensure that our approach to Internet-related public and technical policy is transparent and predictable. Internally, the principles guide the development of policy positions and statements. Externally, they explain the basis of InternetNZ’s views to our stakeholders and to the general public. Any proposal that InternetNZ takes a position on is evaluated against these principles. Five of the eight principles apply with respect to prop-105. They are the following: ** Principle No. 2 Internet markets should be competitive. ** Allowing existing APNIC members to receive additional allocations from subsequent IANA allocations will reduce the ability of new entrants to receive initial allocations under the existing prop-088 framework. While this is a possibility, the amount of address space envisaged to be allocated by IANA is expected to be so small as for this effect to be considered minor. As such InternetNZ believes that this policy will have a negligible impact on the competition within the Internet market. ** Principle No. 3. Internet governance should be determined by open, multi-stakeholder processes. ** APNIC has an open, multi-stakeholder policy development process. This proposal does nothing to alter that. ** Principle No. 4. Laws and policies should work with the architecture of the Internet, not against it. ** InternetNZ believes that the future of Internet deployment is with IPv6. Anything which artificially prolongs the life of IPv4 at the expense of wide scale IPv6 adoption is seen to be acting against the architecture of the Internet. The intent of prop-088 was that an APNIC member’s allocation from the last /8 was to be used to facilitate adoption of and transition to IPv6. As such InternetNZ believes that this proposal acts against the architecture of the Internet, by prolonging members reliance on IPv4 resources. ** Principle No. 6 The Internet should be accessible by and inclusive of everyone. ** InternetNZ accepts that in order to ensure that the Internet is accessible to and inclusive of everyone that APNIC members require access to IPv4 resources while they transition to using IPv6. It is our position however that this access is already catered for under the existing prop-088 mechanism. If a situation exists under which a member requires additional IPv4 resources, then this can be accomplished through existing APNIC address transfer mechanisms and the growing IPv4 marketplace. As such, InternetNZ does not believe that the adoption of this proposal is required to ensure the accessibility of the Internet. ** Principle No. 7. Technology changes quickly, so laws and policies should focus on activity. ** InternetNZ accepts that there is a current demand for IPv4 addresses, it believes however that the appropriate mechanism for the fulfilment of this demand is: 1. Allocation of a final /22 from the last /8 as per prop-088 guidelines. 2. Timely adoption of IPv6 delivered services 3. Any additional IPv4 resources sourced through existing transfer policies and recorded accurately in the APNIC database. 5. Summary ---------- After consideration the questions above, InternetNZ: 1. believes that even though there is a demonstrated demand for IPv4 addresses, it does not accept that a situation exists whereby changes are required to prop-088 for APNIC to cater for additional IPv4 resources from IANA. 2. does not believe that allowing APNIC members to receive additional allocations from small blocks received from IANA will make a material difference to the demand for IPv4 addressing. 3. believes that the proposal has the potential to send the wrong message with regard to the importance of IPv6 adoption as opposed to continued IPv4 deployment. 4. This policy proposal does not fit within several of InternetNZ policy principles, namely those of: Working with the architecture of the Internet and focusing on technical activity. As such InternetNZ opposes the adoption of APNIC prop-105 as presented in version 001. Dean Pemberton Policy Advisor InternetNZ dean(a)internetnz.net.nz <javascript:;> ________________ [1] https://internetnz.net.nz/content/Policy-Principles

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NLNZ 2013 Harvest Underway
by Jay Gattuso 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

Hi All, Just a quick note to let you know the NLNZ 2013 national domain crawl and the NLNZ .nz domain survey crawl has begun. We anticipate the national domain crawl will run for a period of two weeks followed by a week or two of patching/QA. The survey crawl is slash page only and will conclude sooner. Please let me know if you experience any issues as a result of this crawl, or if you have any questions. Best, Jay Jay Gattuso | Digital Preservation Analyst | Preservation, Research and Consultancy National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand | +64 (0)4 474 3064 jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)natlib.govt.nz>

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Has nznog.org done something to offend google?
by Andrew Jones 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

I was searching for the site to look at some conference presentations, but it looks like the site has fallen off the google index. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=site:nznog.org Cheers, Andrew

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New prefixes at APE, WIX and CHIX: 103.245.172.0/22 and 2406:1700::/32
by Michael Fincham 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Hi everyone, (cross-posted to NZNOG since nzix-route-announce still seems pretty much dead...) We intend to begin announcing the prefixes 103.245.172.0/22 and 2406:1700::/32 to the APE, WIX and CHIX in approximately 2 weeks. These prefix will be originated from AS38477. This will bring our total set of (le 24) announced IPv4 prefixes to: 114.23.96.0/22 originated from AS38477 113.130.120.0/22 originated from AS38294 path: 38477 38294 116.90.128.0/20 originated from AS38477 202.6.116.0/23 originated from AS38477 192.138.251.0/24 originated from AS38590 path: 38477 38590 182.50.160.0/22 originated from AS45641 path: 38477 45641 116.90.135.0/24 originated from AS45641 path: 38477 45641 202.37.124.0/23 originated from AS38477 131.203.133.0/24 originated from AS56102 path: 38477 56102 131.203.134.0/23 originated from AS56102 path: 38477 56102 202.44.60.0/22 originated from AS56214 path: 38477 56214 202.50.102.0/24 originated from AS38477 103.11.124.0/22 originated from AS38477 103.246.250.0/24 originated from AS38477 122.102.108.0/23 originated from AS38477 103.8.232.0/22 originated from AS132255 path: 38477 132255 103.247.56.0/24 originated from AS38477 103.245.172.0/22 originated from AS38477 And our v6 prefixes: 2401:f000::/32 from AS38477 2406:1e00:6000::/35 from AS38477 2407:2400::/32 from AS45641 2400:C000::/32 from AS38294 2001:df0:dc::/48 from AS38590 2403:B700::/32 from AS132255 2406:1700::/32 from AS38477 These prefixes are being announced in cooperation with Orca Communications Ltd. -- -Michael Fincham System Administrator, Unleash www.unleash.co.nz Phone: 0800 750 250

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Re: [nznog] Best local presentation at NZNOG2013
by donald＠resolveware.com 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

I appreciate the feedback. NZNOG are a great group. I've put a copy at http://www.resolveware.com/UFB_Realities.pptx Regards, Donald Love On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Joel van Velden wrote: > Are there any presenters' slides available online? > > Regards, > Joel van Velden ______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list <mailto:NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz <http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog> http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

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Re: [nznog] Best local presentation at NZNOG2013
by Andy Linton 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Gerard Linstrom <Gerard.Linstrom(a)chorus.co.nz> wrote: > Congratulations Don, > > A well deserved win. > I'll second that!

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Re: [nznog] Best local presentation at NZNOG2013
by Gerard Linstrom 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Congratulations Don, A well deserved win. Regards Gerard Linstrom Chorus -----Original Message----- From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 12:00 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: NZNOG Digest, Vol 121, Issue 19 Send NZNOG mailing list submissions to nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz You can reach the person managing the list at nznog-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of NZNOG digest..." Today's Topics: 1. NLNZ WOD 2013 Update (Jay Gattuso) 2. Best local presentation at NZNOG2013 (Gerard Creamer) 3. Re: Best local presentation at NZNOG2013 (Joel van Velden) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:12:43 +0000 From: Jay Gattuso <Jay.Gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz> To: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: [nznog] NLNZ WOD 2013 Update Message-ID: <178721665.17254.1359418364413.JavaMail.root(a)s111-0006-lnv06> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1257" Hi All, Thank you for your patience and accommodation of the whole of domain harvest thus far. We have concluded the initial crawl, and are currently poised to move into the harvest proper. I initially informed you of our intent to commence the main crawl on the 4th Feb, we are actually ready to start the full harvest today, and we may ask the IA to start the harvest slightly ahead of schedule. I also wondered if there was any useful / interesting stats or data on the harvest I could provide for you during runtime? I intend to send a round up message to this group when the harvest is completed (including some of the key information points) - but if there is interest in more frequent updates I'm happy to oblige. As ever, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to drop me a line or reply on the list. Many thanks Jay Jay Gattuso | Digital Preservation Analyst | Preservation, Research and Consultancy National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna M?tauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand | +64 (0)4 474 3064 jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)natlib.govt.nz>

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NLNZ WOD 2013 Update
by Jay Gattuso 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Hi All, Thank you for your patience and accommodation of the whole of domain harvest thus far. We have concluded the initial crawl, and are currently poised to move into the harvest proper. I initially informed you of our intent to commence the main crawl on the 4th Feb, we are actually ready to start the full harvest today, and we may ask the IA to start the harvest slightly ahead of schedule. I also wondered if there was any useful / interesting stats or data on the harvest I could provide for you during runtime? I intend to send a round up message to this group when the harvest is completed (including some of the key information points) - but if there is interest in more frequent updates I'm happy to oblige. As ever, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to drop me a line or reply on the list. Many thanks Jay Jay Gattuso | Digital Preservation Analyst | Preservation, Research and Consultancy National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand | +64 (0)4 474 3064 jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)natlib.govt.nz>

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NZNOG-13 Webcast
by Richard Naylor 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

For those intrerested, NZNOG-13 was a little quieter than NZNOG-12. Audience was 1714 viewers from 21 countries. Total data shifted was 220GBytes. This doesn't include mobile viewers - there were roughly 790 of them. Its a different CDN and doesn't give a lot of stats Videos will be online asap, but we're just starting a 7 day event, with a large audience. Rich

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NZIX survey
by Jamie Baddeley 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi There, For those of you at the conference yesterday that saw the Citylink update you may recall a survey I mentioned. In case you forgot the link, here it is again.. http://surveymonkey.com/s/nzix Cheers jamie

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Tshirts are here, cash is preferred, come collect from me if you're at the venue
by Sam Russell 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

-- Sam Russell Network Engineer Research & Education Advanced Network NZ Ltd ddi: +64 4 913 6365 mob: +64 21 750 819 fax: +64 4 916 0064 http://www.reannz.co.nz

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Lightening Talks
by Richard Nelson 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

We are now looking for lightening talks for tomorrows session at the conference. If anyone would like to present a talk lasting 5 min or so could you please send an email to either me or talks(a)nznog.org. Thanks, Richard Nelson

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Barracuda product warning.
by Alex White-Robinson 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/2013… Vulnerability overview/description: ----------------------------------- 1) Backdoor accounts Several undocumented operating system user accounts exist on the appliance. They can be used to gain access to the appliance via the terminal but also via SSH. (see 2) These accounts are undocumented and can _not_ be disabled! 2) Remote access via SSH An SSH daemon runs on the appliance, but network filtering (iptables) is used to only allow access from whitelisted IP ranges (private and public). The public ranges include servers run by Barracuda Networks Inc. but also servers from other, unaffiliated entities - all of whom can access SSH on all affected Barracuda Networks appliances exposed to the Internet. The backdoor accounts from 1) can be used to gain shell access. This functionality is entirely undocumented and can only be disabled via a hidden 'expert options' dialog (see Workaround).

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IPv6 Security
by Andrew Ruthven 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Hey, These emails that just came through on the ipv6hackers seem relevant given Karl's talk on IPv6 Security. Cheers! -- Andrew Ruthven Wellington, New Zealand At home: andrew(a)etc.gen.nz | linux.conf.au 2013 | Come join the party... | http://linux.conf.au

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networking is hard - tshirts
by Sam Russell 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

I hope you're all enjoying the conference, and the awesome tshirts that some of us are wearing. I've had a few requests for them, so I thought I'd ask on list to see who wants them - they're $35 each, sizes are a bit larger than kiwi (my size M is like a normal kiwi size L), black with white text on them saying "networking is hard" I need to get about 10 requests all up to make it worthwhile, and I've had 5 already, so if I can get another 5 by the end of the day I might be able to get them printed in time for tomorrow - if not, you'll have to find some way to get your shirt, I'm in wellington, but given how much many of us travel I'm sure you could find someone to courier yours to you -- Sam Russell Network Engineer Research & Education Advanced Network NZ Ltd ddi: +64 4 913 6365 mob: +64 21 750 819 fax: +64 4 916 0064 http://www.reannz.co.nz

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NZIX OpenFlow adventures phase 3
by Dean Pemberton 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Morning everyone, You all remember the NZIX OpenFlow project I've been posting about of late. Well we've just ticked off Phase 3, and as far as we can tell it's another world first. Phase 3 was to implement a distributed SDN controlled fabric and pass production traffic over it. Today, with considerable support from Citylink, REANNZ and others in the SDN community. We have managed to extend our existing fabric across the city, provision our first customer link and pass their production traffic across the fabric and onto the WIX. I'll be giving some of the technical details at the NZNOG conference this week, but suffice to say that we're not about to stop here. We've got a distributed fabric now, and we're looking to extend this even further. 1) More locations. I still want Auckland and we're very close to having this be a reality 2) Look at further services this enables at Layer3 (going to working closely with Citylink on developing this) 3) Look at the auto-provisioning options this can provide at Layer2 So a couple of things to take away from this. . Remember that if you have a WIX peering session currently, I've already configured you a test session on my route server for you. Turn up a test session and convince yourself that it works router bgp 9483 bgp router-id 202.7.0.119 . If you have any suggestions of things we can be working on in the future then now's the time to get in touch and let us know your thoughts. What are the things that you always wished you could do on the exchange but couldn't? We can build those tools. . Thank you to all the people who made this success possible. If you've been a supporter since the beginning then we know who you are and thanks. See you that the conference! Regards, Dean

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Re: [nznog] Will the conference wireless have IPv6?
by Pete Mundy 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Yep, it'll work just fine, I was using it today to get to Google hosted email via IMAP/SSL/IPv6 & KAREN. Pete On 23/01/2013, at 6:16 PM, Lloyd Parkes <lloyd(a)must-have-coffee.gen.nz> wrote: A game server that I've just built here at home is only on IPv6 and I'd like to be able to connect to it. Cheers, Lloyd

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Will the conference wireless have IPv6?
by Lloyd Parkes 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

A game server that I've just built here at home is only on IPv6 and I'd like to be able to connect to it. Cheers, Lloyd

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National Library of New Zealand Web Harvest 2013
by Jay Gattuso 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Hi All, This email is to inform you of the NLNZ intent to undertake its 3rd Whole of Domain Web Harvest. The planned dates for this exercise are the 4th to the 22nd of February 2013. The harvest will be undertaken by the Internet Archive<http://archive.org/index.php> on our behalf, More details can be found on the web harvest website: http://natlib.govt.nz/publishers-and-authors/web-harvesting/2013-nz-web-har… If anyone has any specific concerns, requests or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly: jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz> or via the project email address: Web.Archive(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:Web.Archive(a)dia.govt.nz?Subject=About%20the%202013%20Web%20Harvest> If anyone wants to discuss this further on the mailing list I am happy to do so. King regards, Jay Jay Gattuso | Digital Preservation Analyst | Preservation, Research and Consultancy National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand | +64 (0)4 474 3064 jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)natlib.govt.nz>

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Microsoft at APE and WIX
by Kevin Epperson 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Hello Good folks of NZNOG - After following several recent threads on this list and other forums regarding Microsoft performance issues in New Zealand, I am pleased to now be in a position to solicit peering sessions at both APE and WIX (details below.) We are also peering with the route servers at both exchanges. Please feel free to email me directly with any related questions and also be on the look out for a Microsoft network engineer at NZNOG next week. Microsoft Details: AS macro: AS-MICROSOFT Suggested max prefixes : 250 Prefer no MD5. NOC E-mail: ioc(a)microsoft.com NOC Phone : 1-425-705-2686 Peering: peering(a)microsoft.com ASN: 12076 APEv4: 192.203.154.162 APEv6: 2001:07FA:0004:c0cb::9aa2 WIXv4: 202.7.0.220 WIXv6: 2001:07FA:0003:ca07::00dc Full details at http://as8075.peeringdb.com To establish a session please set up your side and reply with the details below to peering(a)microsoft.com ASN: IPv4 address: IPv6 address: Approx number of IPv4 prefixes: Approx number of IPv6 prefixes: AS macro: NOC email: NOC phone: Peering email: Regards, -Kevin

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NZNOG13 Update - Space still available in workshops and tutorials
by NZNOG Announcements 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

*NZNOG13 RegistrationsThis year, the 10th year of standalone NZNOG meetups is looking to be a cracker. The conference itself is now sold out but we do have a waitlist and some places may become available. You can sign up to the conference waitlist at: http://nznog.org/register We still have places on the tutorials and workshops, so if you are interested you might want to get in sooner than later. Tutorials - Wednesday the 23rd of January - Mikrotik wireless and routing systems (full day) - APNIC - Internet Resource Management IRMe (half day) - APNIC - DNSSEC (half day) - IPv6 Security - Karl Auer, Into6 (half day with morning and afternoon sessions) - Out of Band Management - OpenGear (half day) Workshops - Monday the 21st - Wednesday the 23rd JanuaryIPV6 BGP Routing - Philip Smith (APNIC) and Daniel Griggs (PCH) This workshop is targeted at engineers and network administrators from both ISPs and SOHO/enterprise networks. - ISP network topology overview - ISP IP Addressing Plan - Introduction of Internet routing infrastructure - 2 Byte and 4 Byte AS Numbers - BGP operation - Understanding BGP metric and path selection process - Configuring BGP within an AS [iBGP, route reflector] - Configuring BGP between ASes [eBGP] - Controlling routing update traffic [prefix list, distribute list, route map] - Route Summarization with BGP - BGP Traffic engineering [MED, Local Pref, AS-Path prepend] It is highly recommended that participants bring their own laptop computers (At least Pentium 4, 1gb Ram, DVD drive, with administrative access to system) to practice the lessons learned during the workshops. DNSSec Workshop - Phil Regnauld (NSRC) and Joe AbleyThe course is designed for network engineers, systems administrators, and anyone who is involved in managing DNS operations. - DNS concepts - BIND (DNS server) and Resolver (DNS client) configurations - Reverse DNS - DNS Security - TSIG - DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) - DNS and IPv6 It's more DNSSEC centric than a DNS operations 101 course. Goals - Learn about the real world threats that exploit DNS weaknesses - Understand the risks you run when your DNS isn't secured - Learn about the security extensions for DNS: DNSSEC - Enable signing & validation in the organisation - Learn about the impact of DNSSEC on one's DNS infrastructure - Help participants take the next step, whether it involves deploying their own signing solution, acquiring a vendor based solution, or using a third party service Topics zone signature, key management, automated DNSSEC management using BIND & OpenDNSSEC, Hardware Security Modules (HSM) presentation on key ceremonies, DNSSEC Practice Statements Sponsors NZNOG are grateful for the support we receive from our sponsors. Platinum Sponsor - Vocus Communications Gold Sponsors - Go Wireless NZ - Internet New Zealand - Network Hardware Resale - Alcatel Lucent - Citylink - Kordia - FX Networks - REANNZ Silver Sponsors - Fortinet - Opengear - Brocade - ISPANZ Bronze Sponsors - Allied Telesis Workshop Sponsor - Internet New Zealand For further information: To register: http://www.nznog.org/register Follow us on Twitter: @NZNOG Susbscribe to the NZNOG mailing list: http://www.nznog.org/mailing-list Visit the conference website: http://nznog.org <http://2012.nznog.org.nz/> For general enquiries info(a)nznog.org*

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National Library of New Zealand - Whole of Domain Web Harvest 2013
by Jay Gattuso 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Hi All, This is a quick reminder that the National Library of New Zealand about to embark on its 2013 Whole of Domain Web Harvest. Our partners, the Internet Archive will be commencing a test harvest within the next 24 hours. This test harvest is expected to last a few days, and will attempt to complete a basic resources discovery for all the URIs included in the seedlist for the harvest. >From this test we expect to identify: (1) URIs that are no-longer active, (2) robust approximations for storage requirements and (3) URIs that could result in significant quantities of resources being harvested. These results will be used to hone the seed list in preparation for the harvest proper (running between the 4th and 22nd of February 2013). Please refer to this link for more information: http://natlib.govt.nz/publishers-and-authors/web-harvesting/2013-nz-web-har… Or feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions. Best, Jay Gattuso Jay Gattuso | Digital Preservation Analyst | Preservation, Research and Consultancy National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6140 New Zealand | +64 (0)4 474 3064 jay.gattuso(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:jay.gattuso(a)natlib.govt.nz>

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[offer] Accommodation NZNOG
by Joel Wirāmu Pauling 13 Jan '13

13 Jan '13

Kia ora, just putting out an offer of (free) accommodation for this years conference. We have 1 queen guest bedroom and a bed settee . Reply off list it you want to take up the offer. -Joel http://linkedin.com/in/aenertia http://couchsurfing.org/people/aenertia

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Call for APNIC 35 Policy Proposals
by Skeeve Stevens 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, Is there something in APNIC's policies that you think needs an update, could be improved or changed for the better? If so, then why don't you submit a policy proposal for APNIC 35? If you are not sure whether your policy idea has merit or is covered by an existing one, please seek some advice from the Chairs or the community in general by posting to this mailing list. You never know until you ask. Policy proposals will need to be submitted before Wednesday 30 January 2013 to be considered for consensus at the APNIC 35 Policy SIG in Singapore 25 February - 1 March 2013. There are two ways to submit a policy proposal: 1. Use the online form at: http://www.apnic.net/community/policy/proposals/submit 2. Send your proposal in TEXT format to <policy at apnic dot net>. We encourage you to submit proposals well before the deadline. This gives the community more time to consider your proposal and gives you the opportunity to amend your proposal, if needed, based on the community's feedback. More information ---------------- APNIC's policy development process is explained at: http://www.apnic.net/policy View current and past policy proposals at: http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals Learn more about APNIC 35 at: http://conference.apnic.net/35 We look forward to seeing you in Singapore APNIC Policy SIG Chairs Andy, Skeeve, and Masato * * *Skeeve Stevens, CEO - *eintellego Pty Ltd skeeve(a)eintellego.net ; www.eintellego.net Phone: 1300 753 383; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve facebook.com/eintellego ; <http://twitter.com/networkceoau> linkedin.com/in/skeeve twitter.com/networkceoau ; blog: www.network-ceo.net The Experts Who The Experts Call Juniper - Cisco – IBM - Brocade - Cloud ----- Check out our Juniper promotion website! eintellego.mx Free Apple products during this promotion!!!

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Looking for Juniper person experienced with vlan bridging on J Series
by Bryan Tabb 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Hi As subject mentions looking to get some help with what is possible, if what is envisaged is a good or bad idea and some config. Suspect this will only take an hour or two. If interested please drop me a line with contact details. Thanks Bryan Tabb

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NZIX OpenFlow adventures phase 2
by Dean Pemberton 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Hi Everyone, So the OpenFlow router has been up for a wee white now so it seemed about time to let you all poke at it. Phase 2 of the project is to: Deploy an OF switch on an exchange point which can function as a route server. This switch should be able to BGP peer with any peers which currently use the exchange and allow for the exchange of IPv4 prefixes as required. I've used the information on the WIX Peer list webpage (http://wix.nzix.net/peers.html) to pre-configure passive[1] BGP peering sessions for all existing WIX participants. So feel free to use your existing WIX IP addresses and AS numbers to connect to IP: 202.7.0.119 Aut-num: 9483 Things to look for: 1) It should pass you the routes that it learns from the route servers with the Flatnet AS in the path but with the original next hops. This longer path should mean that you won't explicitly prefer the routes from me. Bit of safety there. 2) It will pass you any other routes that people pass me directly. As I mentioned before we've got a few more plans. The next phase will start to take us a bit beyond what the current exchanges offer. In the new year we are going to deploy a similar switch at the APE. This hardware will become part of the single SDN controlled switch that we currently have in Wellington. When you peer with the OpenFlow switch at the WIX you'll get APE prefixes as well. Peer at the APE, you'll get WIX prefixes. Once we can get some traffic on the fabric and a presence at multiple places then we can really start to innovate. . BGP prefix communities based on the millisecond difference between your peering port and the prefix next hop . BGP aware RPF on the exchange (solves the pointing default problem) Got any other ideas. Throw them in the mix and we'll see what we can do. Have a Merry Christmas everyone. Regards, Dean [1] Passive means that I'll never reach out and initiate a session with you. You need to initiate the session with me. Just safer incase people think that I'm TCP Port 179 hax0r-ing them.

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NZNOG13 - Register now and get a free Mikrotik Access Point
by NZNOG Announcements 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

*NZNOG13 Is Upon Us Register early for NZNOG13 and receive a free Mikrotik wireless access point and router!! The New Zealand Network Operators Group (NZNOG) is holding their annual conference and training workshops and tutorials in Wellington from the 21st to 25th January 2012. Training workshops and tutorials run from the 21st to the 23rd of January. The conference is then held on the 24th and 25th of January. Our annual conference provides both an opportunity to exchange technical information, and a high-value opportunity for NZ’s networking staff to ‘network’ amongst themselves. This is New Zealand’s only technical networking conference. The event will be held at the Mecure Hotel in Wellington. Accommodation is available on site at a discounted rate for conference attendees as well as in the immediate area. Registrations are open. The cost of attendance has been confirmed at $250, students receive a 60% discount and a fellowship scheme exists should you require assistance to attend. Conference Presentations 24-25th January Confirmed presenters for NZNOG13 include: Scott Bartlett (Orcon) - UFB one year in Andrew McDonald (Vodafone) - RBI Wholesale 12 months. Colin Dyer (GeoNet) and Ewen McNeill (Naos, Consultant) - Geonet: 1pps to 10,000 hits/second. Beatty Lane-Davis - SDN: accelerating the pace of evolution in packet and transport networks Sam Russell (REANNZ) - Thimble: OpenFlow-enabled device David Brownlie (REANNZ) - perfSONAR for measuring performance, and troubleshooting. Donald Love - UFB realities Philip Smith (APNIC) - IPv4 / IPv6 route table analysis for NZ Phil Regnauld (NSRC) - DNSSEC George Michaelson (APNIC) - Last words on IPv6 Stu Fleming (WIC) - On being a WISP Plus updates from NZRS, APNIC, CityLink, IPv6 Task Force, WAND and InternetNZ. Tutorials - 23rd January - Mikrotik wireless and routing systems (full day) - APNIC - Internet Resource Management IRMe (half day) - APNIC - DNSSEC (half day) - IPv6 Security - Karl Auer IPv6Now (half day) - Out of Band Management (TBC) Workshops - 21st - 23rd January IPV6 BGP Routing - Philip Smith (APNIC)This workshop is targeted at engineers and network administrators from both ISPs and SOHO/enterprise networks. - ISP network topology overview - ISP IP Addressing Plan - Introduction of Internet routing infrastructure - 2 Byte and 4 Byte AS Numbers - BGP operation - Understanding BGP metric and path selection process - Configuring BGP within an AS [iBGP, route reflector] - Configuring BGP between ASes [eBGP] - Controlling routing update traffic [prefix list, distribute list, route map] - Route Summarization with BGP - BGP Traffic engineering [MED, Local Pref, AS-Path prepend] It is highly recommended that participants bring their own laptop computers (At least Pentium 4, 1gb Ram, DVD drive, with administrative access to system) to practice the lessons learned during the workshops. DNSSec Workshop - Phil RegnauldThe course is designed for network engineers, systems administrators, and anyone who is involved in managing DNS operations. - DNS concepts - BIND (DNS server) and Resolver (DNS client) configurations - Reverse DNS - DNS Security - TSIG - DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) - DNS and IPv6 Social Events Wednesday Night EventThe Southern Cross<http://www.thecross.co.nz/>bar on Abel Smith Street has been confirmed for the networking event sponsored by Network Hardware Resale. The Southern Cross (affectionately known as 'The Cross') is somewhat of an icon in Wellington with unique decor and an impressive range of boutique beers - not to mention their legendary stone grills and Kiwiana inspired menus. Kick off will be 6PM, Wednesday the 23rd of January. Thursday Night Conference DinnerOne of the highlights of the NZNOG conferences each year is the conference dinner which provides an opportunity for attendees to get together, relax and enjoy a night out. The 2013 event will be held at Zealandia: The Karori Wildlife Experience<http://www.visitzealandia.com/what-is-zealandia/zealandia-in-a-nutshell/>and promises to be a great night! Buses will leave the conference venue for Zealandia at 6PM on Thursday the 24th of January. Accommodation Options Mercure is offering an exclusive room rate for NZNOG attendees starting from: $115.00 room only $135.00 bed and breakfast for one guest, 1 room $155.00 bed and breakfast for two guests, 1 room * Rates include GST. * Rates are per room per night, based on single, double or twin share occupancy To book contact Dean on Dean.Grocott(a)accor.com and mention you are with attending NZNOG 2013 http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-1991-mercure-wellington/index.shtml Multiple other accommodation options within Wellington exist. Sponsors NZNOG are grateful for the support we receive from our sponsors. Platinum Sponsor - Vocus Communications Gold Sponsors - Go Wireless NZ - Internet New Zealand - Network Hardware Resale - Alcatel Lucent - Citylink - Kordia - FX Networks - REANNZ Silver Sponsors - Fortinet - Opengear - Brocade - ISPANZ Bronze Sponsors - Allied Telesis Workshop Sponsor - Internet New Zealand For further information: To register: hhttp://www.nznog.org/register Follow us on Twitter: @NZNOG Susbscribe to the NZNOG mailing list: http://www.nznog.org/mailing-list Visit the conference website: <http://nznog.org.nz/>http://nznog.org<http://2012.nznog.org.nz/> For information in fellowships info(a)nznog.org*

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Re: [nznog] NZIX OpenFlow adventures phase 2
by Josh Bailey 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Hi Nathan; Hardware flows != OpenFlow flows. OpenFlow is an API. Some reflection on these statements may suggest an answer. Thanks, == If you hit the limit of number of flows, what happens? Does it reject the flow, or does it delete older ones to make room for it? Given there is no default route, what happens if you get a packet that doesn't match a flow? Does it drop it, or punt it to the controller? (ie. is there a default flow to drop) If it deletes older flows, and punts non-matching packets to the controller, that sounds like there's a potential for really bad performance spikes as you approach the upper limits of the flow table. If it deletes older flows and drops non-matching packets, then that's worse. If you simply reject new flows, then that's a bit better, but you've got to make sure that the route reflectors never re-advertise prefixes unless they're installed in to the flow tables successfully, or you drop packets, or punt them to the controller as above. Some interesting issues to consider! Agreed re. VPLS/etc. - but you've got to make sure your switches have reliable connectivity to your controller(s). In a network like WIX, that might be hard, not sure.

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Re: [nznog] Temporary fibre cable across Wanganui river near Harihari - anybody got photos?
by Richard Naylor 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

At 11:38 a.m. 3/01/2013, Sam Russell wrote: >I'm sure this looks hilarious, does anyone have pictures of their >thrown fibre? You live a sheltered life and have been denied the goods things.. A good lineman will put a throw line between the two wires you ask for at the top of a pole with great ease. These days a cherry picker seems to be the answer to everything high up. My old throw line finally broke and split. Come to NZNOG-13 and buy me a beer and I'll tell you how it was made. These days I'm a little more elegant and carry a bow and arrow, with fishing line, but its really not as good as a throw line and only really good at blasting through trees. In the old days (before helicopters were cheap to hire), power boards got cables across rivers, gullys and valleys etc using rockets with a draw line. Of course, the drawline was sometimes forgotten, completely by accident, of course. In much the same way it was strange how the 11kV earth sticks kept falling into streams and rivers that had fish in them. Very strange. While a good linesman was amazing, us mere mortals caused much hilarity and rolling around laughing by the gang. Working life used to be so much fun - actually it still is. Leave the office for a day or two and experience Layer 0 engineering..

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Microsoft Office 365 Routing Issues with Telecom/Xtra/Global Gateway?
by Regan Murphy 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Going to get my clients to attempt to log this with Telecom, but it sounds like a widespread problem developing.... http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?ForumId=86&topicid=113151 -- Regan

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alcatel.co.nz domain
by Simon Lyall 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

This domain seems to be expiring... Just noticed cause a bunch of people are subscribed to this mailing list using it. -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.

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