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Tools found at Sky Tower
by Simon Paterson 23 Jun '13

23 Jun '13

Hi, While at Sky Tower today, I noticed a small zip-up tool case left on level 48, in a slightly out of the way location. It is still sitting where I saw it. If it's yours, but aren't sure exactly where you left it, reply to me with a description of it, and I'll let you know exactly where it is. Cheers, Simon

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APNIC 36 Call for Papers
by Srinivas Chendi 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

________________________________________________________________________ APNIC 36 Conference - Call for Papers ________________________________________________________________________ The APNIC 36 Programme Committee is now seeking tutorials and presentations for the APNIC 36 Conference to be held in Xi'an, China, from 26 - 30 August 2013. We are looking for content which would suit the APOPS Plenary, the technical conference sessions and the tutorials. Key Dates --------- The timeline for submissions is: Call for Papers Opens Now First Round Paper Acceptance 12 July 2013 Final Deadline for Submissions 12 August 2013 Final Round Paper Acceptance 18 August 2013 Final Slides Received 25 August 2013 Submitting Proposals -------------------- http://submission.apnic.net/paper/submit/user/login.php?event=1 Programme Material ------------------ The technical sessions at APNIC 36 will include presentations relevant to Internet operations and technologies. The following topics are examples of possible areas of interest. - IPv4 exhaustion / IPv6 deployment and operations - IPv6 transition / IPv4 prolongation technologies - ISP and Carrier Services - IXPs and Peering - Network security - Access and Transport Technologies - Content and Service Delivery If you have any another ideas or proposals for panel or Birds of Feather sessions, please feel free to submit your ideas via the submission system. If you have any questions, please email the Programme Committee at: program(a)apricot.net For more information about APNIC 36, please visit: http://conference.apnic.net/36 On behalf of: APNIC 36 Programme Committee Co-chairs: Philip Smith, Mark Tinka & Dean Pemberton

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InTAC Conference - Come along, Get Involved, Do Something
by Dean Pemberton 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

*Look for the helping opportunity near the end of the message* Hi Everyone, This year, InTAC is being held in Wellington as part of NetHui 2013. You can register online at http://nethui.eventbrite.co.nz. What: InTAC (the Internet Technical Architecture Conference) When: Monday 8 July, 2013 Where: Wellington Town Hall Cost: Free (Registration required) Why should I attend? The New Zealand Internet is like a huge super tanker. The bad news is that it takes a long time to change course if you don't like the direction you're headed. The good news is the earlier you start making those changes the smaller the changes need to make. The InTAC conference will be more than just a collection of technology presentations. This year InTAC will be a collaborative environment designed to focus on outcomes as well as the discussions needed to bring them about. InTAC this year will take a long term view driven by short term actions. The focus of the conference will be around answering the following questions: "What do we want the New Zealand Internet to look like in 5 years?” “What are the 5 actions the industry can perform in the next 5 months to make that future more likely?" Don't miss out on your chance to be part of the technical decisions facing the direction of the New Zealand Internet for the next 5 years. *** Helping opportunity *** I'm also looking for people/organisations to show the attendees a little bit about what they are doing across the next 5 years. To that end if you want to produce me a 2 minute youtube video of any of the following topics, I'll select some to play during the day in order to get attendees heads into that forward looking mode: . What you're up to which has something to do with the Internet (even if it's just a blog to help people find lost cats) . What you need the NZ Internet to provide you (what doesn't it do at the moment that you need it to?) . What you'd be able to provide others if the NZ Internet was just a little different (If it did this, I could save more cats.) . Anything else you think the conference might like to know/hear *** For those keen to stick around for NetHui - being held 8 to 10 July in Wellington - we encourage you to also register for this at http://nethui.eventbrite.co.nz Looking forward to seeing you there. Regards, Dean Pemberton Technical Policy Advisor InternetNZ

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Tender issued for construction of new Trans-Tasman Cable
by Gaurab Raj Upadhaya 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I thought this is good development in the context of the discussion on NZNOG a few months ago. http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/tender-issued-construction-new-telecommunica… Excerpt: Thursday, 13 June, 2013 - 09:05 The three telecommunications companies that intend to co-invest in a new submarine cable between New Zealand and Australia have issued a tender for the cable’s construction. Several international submarine cable contractors have been invited to tender for the Tasman Global Access (TGA) Cable and all have indicated strong interest in responding. - -gaurab - -- http://www.gaurab.org.np/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlG7SPUACgkQSo7fU26F3X26HQCfRIrG/QyigTdt1Onfz+e1LLkk 1ogAoJa02TDgQupChaqC9Dm1yHvRdyk+ =r3U0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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IANA AS Numbers registry update
by Leo Vegoda 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

Hi, The IANA AS Numbers registry has been updated to reflect two changes. LACNIC has returned the range 61440-62463 in exchange for a block composed of two non-contiguous ranges: 61440-61951 263168-263679 Both ranges were allocated today. You can find the IANA AS Numbers registry at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers Regards, Leo Vegoda leo.vegoda(a)icann.org ******************************************* Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Phone: +1 310 301 5800 Fax: +1-310-823-8649 *******************************************

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Fwd: [outages] Open Resolver Project
by Joe Abley 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

There seem to be a non-trivial number of open resolvers in the few NZ ASes I just checked. It would be good if there was a concerted effort into shutting them down, or otherwise neutering them so that they can't be effective amplifiers for DDoS attacks. This is last decade's open mail relay problem, except with less spam, more packet love. Begin forwarded message: > From: Jared Mauch <jared(a)puck.nether.net> > Subject: [outages] Open Resolver Project > Date: 7 May 2013 10:52:53 EDT > To: "outages(a)outages.org" <outages(a)outages.org> > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) > > The Open Resolver Project made a mistake in the automation process of the weekly data import. If you're unaware of what it is, I suggest looking at the website - openresolverproject.org > > If you operate a DNS server, or are a network operator, you should check your IP space for Open Resolvers. These are used in DDoS attacks and pose a significant risk to the global network. > > The website has been restored to operation, but please take a moment and check your IPv4 space. > > If you want a report based on your ASN, please e-mail dns-scan(a)puck.nether.net from a corporate e-mail address or something matching the RIR database entry. > > Thanks, > > - jared > _______________________________________________ > Outages mailing list > Outages(a)outages.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages

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Re: [nznog] [outages] Open Resolver Project
by Pete Mundy 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

If you don't like the answers, don't query the server? > On 11/06/2013, at 9:13 PM, Sebastian Castro <sebastian(a)nzrs.net.nz> wrote: > >> Please please avoid to do this at all costs... I've seen those "clever >> tricks" before and they cause more breakage than desired. Specially >> those deploying v6 networks see those tricks as a pain, because A >> records are rewritten but not AAAA records >

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Re: [nznog] [outages] Open Resolver Project
by Pete Mundy 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

I can confirm that Mac OS X at least does this (it only queries the resolvers of your highest priority IPv4 interface as defined by the 'Set Service Order' option in the Network section of System Preferences). No beer required for sharing this feedback ;) Pete On 11/06/2013, at 8:41 PM, Nathan Ward <nznog(a)daork.net> wrote: > If you receive (via DHCP) a DNS server over the wireless network, are modern operating systems intelligent enough to only send queries to that DNS server out that interface?

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Re: [nznog] NZNOG Digest, Vol 126, Issue 3
by Rowan Smith 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Speaking from personal experience in Wellington around 2005-2006, I found Unlimited Potential http://up.org.nz/ a great way to meet people that work around the industry and hear what it's really like on the ground and also what hiring managers look for in a candidate. The most important thing I learned from this experience is not to expect any handouts, but take comfort in the fact that most people are very supportive and willing to hear and share ideas. The hard news to take, is that no matter how good you are, you generally have to start somewhere simple and prove yourself for some years. This is definitely true for larger employers, but the more people you talk to the more opportunities you will discover. Feel free to message me off list with any questions, always happy to use my experiences in helping others on a similar path. Rowan Smith Cheers Rowan On 10 June 2013 12:00, <nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > 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. Re: Mentoring Groups (Jed Laundry) > 2. Re: Mentoring Groups (Dean Pemberton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:25:29 +1200 > From: Jed Laundry <jlaundry(a)jlaundry.com> > To: Jonathan Robins <jonathan(a)tron.net.nz> > Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: Re: [nznog] Mentoring Groups > Message-ID: > <CALYPt1RtG4OttpSUJxbpvVnvLTQ+Mn_JBPJCfP=Lr6yA= > EtYkw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hey, > > Nothing that I know of; are you volunteering to organise? > > Thanks, > Jed. > > Sent from a small screen. > On 7/06/2013 4:42 PM, "Jonathan Robins" <jonathan(a)tron.net.nz> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Would be interested to know if anyone is aware of any mentoring groups > out > > there that are targeted at High School leavers to help guide those that > are > > keen to join the telecommunications industry? > > > > Cheers > > > > Jonathan > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > NZNOG mailing list > > 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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Zone and host scanning by NZRS
by Jay Daley 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Hi Sorry no beer here. Once a month we run a scan on the .nz zone to collect some IPv6 stats which are then provided to the IPv6 taskforce. This has been going for a while with no problems reported. We now plan to expand this scanning, partly to provide better stats on the use of DNS, like this above, and partly to help .nz run better. For example by detecting lame delegations and telling our registrars about this. As well as more DNS scanning we are also planning web site home page scanning for a very limited set of data related to .nz. For example finding out how many web sites in .nz use an SSL cert and would benefit from moving to storing details about these in DNS (see the IETF DANE WG for details - http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dane/charter/) Before we expand our scanning we've published a draft practice statement that sets out in detail what we are doing, why we are doing it and how we will do it and we want to hear what people have to say about that. We're not aware of anyone else creating and publishing a doc like this so this is very much new ground. The practice statement is here: http://nzrs.net.nz/dns/zone-and-host-scanning and we welcome comments on it. cheers Jay

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