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Fwd: RIP: Bill Manning
by Mark Foster 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Not sure how many of you read NANOG. We hosted Bill at NZNOG 2009 in Auckland, and Dunedin 2008. May he rest in peace. -------- Original Message -------- From: Brett Watson <brett(a)the-watsons.org> Sent: 28 January 2020 9:34:44 AM NZDT To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: RIP: Bill Manning I was saddened to see this yesterday, that Bill Manning had passed. I was surprised this morning that it hadn’t hit NANOG yet but thought I’d post something because I have a ton of respect for Bill as I’m sure many here do. I met Bill as a very young, thought-I-knew-everything network engineer around ’92 when I was starting my internet life at a small ISP in Houston. Bill was visiting Stan Barber @ Sesquinet, which was my upstream provider at the time via T1, if I remember it all correctly. I was young, fresh out of college with a CS degree, and learning this “internet thing.” I met with Bill on campus at Rice University to discuss networking/routing, and Bill taught me CIDR, which I had no f-ing idea at that time what it was. Bill was always gracious and willing to share/teach. We always chatted and stayed in touch at NANOG and IETF conferences and through his relationship with Los Nettos over the years. Most notable, to me, was 2007 when my youngest daughter was diagnosed with cancer, and I believe Bill’s wife had (or previously battled) cancer as well. I hadn’t seen Bill for a few years, but he immediately reached out, shared his positive thoughts/prayers, and kept in touch during the battle we went through. Bill cared about people, and as noted below, he was smart as hell, and always had a crazy idea for how to solve a problem. Also as noted in Rod’s note below, Bill had a wealth of music knowledge and could always recommend something new and interesting to listen to. I’ll definitely miss Bill, and his passing makes me feel the years, and the mileage, but in a good way. -b >> This morning I talked to Julie Manning, Bill's wife. Bill died early >> Saturday morning, at home in Oregon. Most of you know Bill was >> waiting for a new heart. He would perhaps have gotten one next >> month. I guess the old one just wouldn't hold out long enough. >> >> I first met Bill in about 1995, when I returned to ISI after my first >> stint in Japan. He had taken a position in the Los Nettos project at >> ISI, a regional network project in the days when Internet service and >> operations work was still heavily shared between business and >> academia. Bill brought an operator's eye to the project, often seeing >> things differently from the researchers in the group. >> >> Bill kept the most erratic hours of any non-student I've ever met. He >> might be in the office at 2am or at 2pm, either was equally likely. >> I'd ask, "Bill, what time did you come in?" He'd reply, "10am." "I >> was here before that, and you were already here, it must have been >> earlier." "Greenwich Mean Time." >> >> And in one phase of life, "Bill, where do you live?" "Seat 4A." He >> would speculate about his average altitude and speed over the previous >> month. >> >> And, like any good geek, Bill had a spectacular collection of tie-dye >> t-shirts. He came by the look honestly: growing up in the Bay Area, >> he had actually snuck into Grateful Dead rehearsals held in a barn, >> and had traveled as a deadhead for a while. >> >> At ISI, we called Bill "the bad idea fairy". He always brought a >> slightly-off-kilter view of technical problems, which triggered >> endless discussions of fascinating, if usually implausible, >> alternatives. >> >> He had the most broad-ranging musical tastes of anyone I knew, and >> would eat almost anything (though, like me, he didn't drink alcohol). >> I was often envious of his eating and musical experiences. He >> certainly lived life to its fullest. >> >> On one occasion, I recall, we were eating lunch in a Thai restaurant >> for the first time. Bill called for the food "the way you'd make it >> in Thailand". The waiter went back into the kitchen and came out with >> a few raw Thai chiles. Bill ate one whole, without even breaking a >> sweat. The owner of the restaurant immediately came out to see who >> was eating them. Pam became a friend to our group. >> >> On other occasions, when the waiter asked for his order, Bill would >> point to another person at the table, and say, "I'll have what she's >> having." "Well, what is she having?" "I don't know, I haven't heard >> her say." Once in a while, he would point to someone else in the >> restaurant and say, "I'll have what they are having." It was funny >> and sometimes disconcerting, which was very Bill, and it was also his >> way of making sure he himself was eating (and thinking and doing) as >> broadly as possible, without getting stale. >> >> Bill worked in a bakery before joining Texas Instruments and >> accidentally falling into computer networking. (When we first met, he >> was commuting between Houston and L.A.; Julie and the kids were still >> in Houston.) I believe he attended a series of colleges but never >> finished his bachelor's degree. Just a few years ago, however, Jun >> Murai convinced him to get a Ph.D.; this took clearing administrative >> hoops to demonstrate that Bill's life experience matched that of a >> bachelor's degree, which it certainly did. I was honored to be on his >> Ph.D. committee. I literally created a "trouble ticket" accounting >> scheme to track change requests for his thesis. >> >> Bill was a valued member of the WIDE Project here in Japan. He worked >> with the DNS root operations group here, and participated in as many >> WIDE meetings as he could. He also came to Keio University's Shonan >> Fujisawa Campus when he was in Japan, and one of the best things about >> Bill was how seriously he took the students and their work, treating >> them like adult colleagues. >> >> Bill had friends on all seven continents, and for all I know on the >> International Space Station, as well. He was loved by us all. >> >> Julie does not plan to have a funeral immediately, so there is no need >> for flowers or the like. The family may do a memorial service in Utah >> in the spring. >> >> He was a unique and wonderful human being. And a good friend. >> Rest in peace, Bill. >> >> —Rod > -- Sent from a mobile device.

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Re: Need emergency source for Chorus ONT power supply, or equivalent.
by Paul Adshead 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Good option. Offline replies have also pointed me towards CDL and PBTech which are selling the same item (which includes a tiny UPS), as well as an offer of borrowing a genuine part. Thanks, Paul. On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, 09:23 Matthew Harrison (Primo), <matthewh(a)primo.nz> wrote: > Yeah cut it off the old one and splice it to the new one, I run all my > onts off 12v batteries with a charger > > Kind regards > Matthew Harrison > The Top Dog / Managing Director > The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for > the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > destroy any copies of this information. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paul Adshead <paul.adshead(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2020 9:13:01 AM > *To:* Matthew Harrison (Primo) <matthewh(a)primo.nz> > *Cc:* nznog <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > *Subject:* Re: [nznog] Need emergency source for Chorus ONT power supply, > or equivalent. > > It needs the weird molex(?) Connector on the end though. > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, 09:10 Matthew Harrison (Primo), <matthewh(a)primo.nz> > wrote: > > Any 12v psu will do... > > Kind regards > Matthew Harrison > The Top Dog / Managing Director > The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for > the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > destroy any copies of this information. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paul Adshead <paul.adshead(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2020 09:09 > *To:* nznog > *Subject:* [nznog] Need emergency source for Chorus ONT power supply, or > equivalent. > > Chorus are sending a replacement, but I need options to buy or borrow one > for a number of days. Central/West Auckland location. > > Single point of failure and all that - doh.. > > Cheers, > Paul Adshead. > >

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Re: Need emergency source for Chorus ONT power supply, or equivalent.
by Paul Adshead 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

It needs the weird molex(?) Connector on the end though. On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, 09:10 Matthew Harrison (Primo), <matthewh(a)primo.nz> wrote: > Any 12v psu will do... > > Kind regards > Matthew Harrison > The Top Dog / Managing Director > The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for > the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > destroy any copies of this information. > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paul Adshead <paul.adshead(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2020 09:09 > *To:* nznog > *Subject:* [nznog] Need emergency source for Chorus ONT power supply, or > equivalent. > > Chorus are sending a replacement, but I need options to buy or borrow one > for a number of days. Central/West Auckland location. > > Single point of failure and all that - doh.. > > Cheers, > Paul Adshead. >

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Need emergency source for Chorus ONT power supply, or equivalent.
by Paul Adshead 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Chorus are sending a replacement, but I need options to buy or borrow one for a number of days. Central/West Auckland location. Single point of failure and all that - doh.. Cheers, Paul Adshead.

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NZNOG2020 - Programme Available.
by Richard Nelson 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

The complete programme is now available at http://www.nznog.org/nznog-2020/nznog-2020-programme Registrations are going well. We are on track to just beat last years record attendance. Richard

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Open Network User Group - Wellington network meetup 23/1/2020
by Alex White-Robinson 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Kia ora koutou, I've been running a User Group in Wellington for the last three months - it's a place to discuss network implementations in the datacentre, service-provider or enterprise arena. The stated interests of the group are network ecosystem tools including monitoring and configuration deployment, as well as network technology topics ranging from protocol options to ASIC choices. To date, the user group has covered techologies including automatic pre-change testing, EVPN implementations in the DC, infrastructure as code and IPAM software. Our next meeting is on Thursday the 23rd of January, from 16:30 in the Thistle Inn, with a short (20 minute) talk from 5:15 in the Katherine Mansfield room. This month, we have a short presentation on monitoring and a demo of setting up prometheus, grafana & alertmanager as a network monitor suite. You can track the talks, published code repositories and slide decks @ https://www.meetup.com/Open-Network-User-Group. Registration/RSVP is not required for those wishing to attend. Cheers, Alex White-Robinson.

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The Times Change
by Donald Neal 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Work is under way to remove Vocus New Zealand's AS9790 from Auckland Peering Exchange. This does not reflect a change in Vocus NZ's open peering policy and does not involve other Vocus AS's. In particular, there is no change to AS4826. * Donald Neal Donald Neal | Network Architect D: +64 9 929 2958E: Donald.Neal(a)vocusgroup.co.nz M: +64 27 808 1023W: vocusgroup.co.nz A: Level 5, 34 Sale St, Auckland 1010

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Waikato Uni Contact for list.waikato.ac.nz?
by Simon Lyall 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Anyone got a contact for the admins of list.waikato.ac.nz ? I looked at their contact page but it seems to be directed at staff/students. The problem is that https://list.waikato.ac.nz/ is not working on some browsers (Chrome, curl) and giving a cert error. It would appear the following intermediate cert: issuer=/C=BM/O=QuoVadis Limited/CN=QuoVadis Global SSL ICA G3 (which is the one that signs list.waikato.ac.nz) is the problem. It appears that it is built into firefox which is okay and possibly was included in Chrome in the past. https://www.waikato.ac.nz includes this intermediate cert in replies so it is not affected. -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar

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NZNOG 2020 brought to you by Cisco
by Nathan Ward 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Hi all, NZNOG 2020 registrations are filling up, so if you’re a “late registerer” it’s worth getting in there ASAP so as not to miss out. http://www.nznog.org/nznog-2020 <http://www.nznog.org/nznog-2020> As you all know it’s based in Christchurch this year, so if you’re local and haven’t been to an NZNOG conference you should come along. We move the NZNOG conference around so that we can make it more accessible to people in each region, so, please take advantage of that! There’s a number of tutorials and workshops happening in the 2 days before the conference - most of these will appeal to any organisation with a router or two, not just service providers. They are really good value - thanks to the generosity of the trainers and our sponsors, what NZNOG charges for these is less than our costs, so much better value than industry training you’ll often see. Our conference keynote speaker is Dr. Paul Vixie, who’s also running one of those tutorials - Threat Hunting Using Passive DNS. This is a pretty rare chance get some training from one of the pioneers of the Internet and modern computing. This would be a great one if you’re more of an enterprise network as well as for service providers. This email will almost certainly reach you due to software Paul has written - cron, bind, dhcpd.. you get the idea. We’ve also got Red Hat providing a couple of different training sessions on Containers, and using Ansible for network config. APNIC are running a course on BGP basics, and another on ROA validation - very important if you’re doing any sort of BGP or peering these days. Sponsors this year are of course on our sponsors page - http://www.nznog.org/nznog-2020/sponsors-2020 <http://www.nznog.org/nznog-2020/sponsors-2020>, and include Cisco, InternetNZ, GoWireless, NZIX, Red Hat, Vocus, and Vodafone. Our sponsors make the NZNOG conference a reality and keep our prices low, so please check out our sponsors page for the full list, and make sure you thank them! -- Nathan Ward

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citylink dns is down
by Jean-Francois Pirus 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Their name servers are not responding. Anybody know how to contact them? It's a bit hard with their website and email not working :-) ns_name_01: ns1.citylink.co.nz ns_ip4_01: 202.8.44.226 ns_name_02: ns3.citylink.co.nz ns_ip4_02: 202.8.47.10 dig citylink.co.nz @202.8.44.226 dig citylink.co.nz @202.8.47.10 status: SERVFAIL -- Jean-Francois Pirus | Technical Manager francois(a)clearfield.com | Mob +64 21 640 779 | DDI +64 9 282 3401 Clearfield Software Ltd | Ph +64 9 358 2081 | www.clearfield.com

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