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Call for Lightning talks
by Richard Nelson 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

We have a slot for lightning talks tomorrow afternoon in the NZNOG conference. Talks should be five minutes or less. If anyone has a talk that they would like to give, could you please email the title, and topic (one sentence) to talks(a)nznog.org Thanks, Richard

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NZNOG 2019 - About to get underway, incl. streaming link
by Nathan Ward 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hi! We’re about to get underway with NZNOG 2019. Great to see everyone here. Reminder that the programme is on the website, and on the screens in the lobby. The stream will be available at http://thevideo.nz/nznog <http://thevideo.nz/nznog> during the sessions. This will 302 to Youtube, but the Youtube URI will change each session, so hit this each time and it’ll get you there. It’s on the website as well. -- Nathan Ward

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Slack trial / potential use case at conference
by David Young 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hey NZNoggers, I see that there's a trial of Slack for realtime/conference discussions (http://www.nznog.org/slack) I'm keen to try this out pre-conference, and I understand (above) that I need an existing member to invite me. Can an existing NZNOG slack member please message me off-list to setup an invite? Thanks! D

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Re: [nznog] Tongan Internet Outage
by Mehmet Akcin 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

resending without the attachment - i have uploaded here instead. https://twitter.com/mhmtkcn/status/1089759385373425670 On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 9:33 PM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet(a)akcin.net> wrote: > here is an interesting datapoint. I believe the cable repair ship that is > going to Tonga is TE Subcom's Reliance. > > https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:711444/zoom:9 > > [image: Screen Shot 2019-01-27 at 9.31.16 PM.png] > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:25 PM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet(a)akcin.net> wrote: > >> Interesting and thank you for sharing >> >> I am running https://dev.networkatlas.org >> >> If you have any more data, i would love to update. >> >> Mehmet >> >> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 16:17 Pete Mundy <pete(a)fiberphone.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> >>> There was an interview with the deputy CEO of Tonga Communications Corp >>> in Dateline Pacific on Friday which had some more information for those >>> interested: >>> >>> >>> https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/20… >>> >>> It mentions that the breaks in the two separate cables are 5km apart yet >>> occurred at the same time. >>> >>> The interviewee's comments suggest that the satellite provider may be >>> putting thumbscrews on for long-term commitments before approving >>> additional capacity. >>> >>> It's a shame Google don't have a spare loom balloon to send their way to >>> patch into some Facebook style satellite laser backhaul! >>> >>> >>> > On 28/01/2019, at 12:59 PM, Mark Foster <blakjak(a)blakjak.net> wrote: >>> > >>> > Surprised I hadn't seen much news on this, tripped over it whilst >>> looking >>> > into other things. >>> > >>> > >>> https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/381086/tongans-urged-t… >>> > >>> > Related articles indicate that there's two breaks to submarine cables >>> > offshore and they don't know what caused it yet, but it's likely to be >>> at >>> > least a week before repairs are completed. >>> > Limited capacity in the interim (Satellite only, maybe?) >>> > >>> > Cheers >>> > Mark. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZNOG mailing list >>> NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >>> https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog >>> >> -- >> Mehmet >> +1-424-298-1903 >> >

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Tongan Internet Outage
by Mark Foster 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Surprised I hadn't seen much news on this, tripped over it whilst looking into other things. https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/381086/tongans-urged-t… Related articles indicate that there's two breaks to submarine cables offshore and they don't know what caused it yet, but it's likely to be at least a week before repairs are completed. Limited capacity in the interim (Satellite only, maybe?) Cheers Mark.

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New Chorus ONT - ACS changes required.
by Brent Marquis 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Hi folks, It is looking to me like some of the technical detail around this is not getting through to all of the right people In all of the right RSPs. The important headline is that if you are an RSP and use the POTS port on our ONTs for your voice service, you *MUST* make ACS updates or voice will not work on the new ONT. If you weren’t in the meeting we had on Wednesday afternoon and you look after an RSP ACS for UFB ONTs, can you please get in touch. We are running an internal staff trial for the new ONTs from 4th Feb, with production launch early March. When the production launch hits, the new ONT will be popping up on Chorus UFB connections (new installs and fault replacements). Further detail here, but please get in touch with myself and/or your SDM if you have questions or need any assistance. https://sp.chorus.co.nz/product-update/3rd-generation-ont-phase-1-rollout-s… Thanks, Brent Brent Marquis Senior Network Design Engineer T +64 4 8964169 M +64 27 2290923 E Brent.Marquis(a)chorus.co.nz PO Box 632 Wellington 6011 www.chorus.co.nz Aon Hewitt Best Employer in Australasia 2012-2017 Aon Hewitt Best of the Best Employers in Australasia 2015  Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail _______________________________________________________________________________ The content of this email (including any attachments) is intended for the addressee only, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you’ve received this email in error, you shouldn’t read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any of the content of this email . No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mis-transmission or error. This communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of Part 4 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or its attachments.

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Conference updates
by Richard Nelson 21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19

Conference registrations have now reached 162 people. This is the highest number I can recall for any NZNOG conference. For catering we will cap registrations at 170 so we are down to the final few places left. The programme for this year is now available: http://www.nznog.org/nznog-2019/nznog-2019-programme Richard

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DNS Flag day - What you need to know
by Sebastian Castro 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Hello: Starting in July 2018 InternetNZ has been monitoring and measuring how .nz domains will be affected by DNS Flag day. For those who don't know, DNS Flag Day, or 1 February 2019, has been set by a number of DNS software developers as a coordinated day to release new DNS software versions. The changes will remove DNS protocol workarounds related to EDNS. You can find more information at https://dnsflagday.net InternetNZ has been actively notifying affected DNS Operators, Registrars and Registrants in the past weeks, and the situation has greatly improved. If you haven't tested your authoritative nameservers, we strongly suggest you do. There are still a few high profile .nz domains affected. I'll be presenting about this topic during the next NZNOG meeting in Napier, with a description of what's changing, how the problem has been evolving for .nz and other interesting bits and pieces. There are a number of DNS software implementors involved, as well as a number of ccTLDs measuring and campaigning to reduce the number of domains affected. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me. Cheers, -- Sebastian Castro Chief Scientist @ InternetNZ desk: +64 4 495 2337 mobile: +64 21 400535

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Old Telstra Saturn Cable infrastructure in wellington.
by Jamie Baddeley 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

Hi, I had reason to try and contact Vodafone over the weekend due to some concerns about the mechanical integrity of their ageing overhead cable network. Basically there was a bit that was in danger of getting snagged by a bus or similar. No one on the helpdesk had a clue. The fact that they had overhead wires in a city in NZ seemed like a complete surprise to them. I'm emailing here because the standard routine did not work. This after being routed to several different desks. Does anyone here know how one would resolve an issue like this? Are VF even using this stuff anymore? If not, when are they going to start taking it down so apparent mismanagement of the "asset" doesn't pose a risk to the public? If they are still using it can someone advise the right place to call to get it quickly resolved? Or at least when someone says 'overhead cable infrastructure fault' the response is not 'you'll have to ring Chorus'. cheers jamie

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NZNOG Slack
by Nathan Ward 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

Hi all, Some of you may have noticed that we recently added another page to the website describing the NZNOG Slack we're trialling. This particular one was created a few years back for conference organisation stuff, but we’re opening it up to others. Slack is a commercial chat product, which is used pretty widely by tech companies[1]. We’re using the free plan right now. We’ll see if we qualify for the non-profit thing to get the extra features, but, not really important at the minute. ** Why: There’s a few different Slacks in related industries in NZ that work really well, and most people I interact with professionally are in a couple of Slacks. It’s really useful to be able to drop someone a quick message, where email isn’t quite the right tool. The goal of the Slack is to facilitate real time conversations between people, and build some more direct relationships. You can have private chats with people when you’re debugging something. You can ask in the public channels for people to send you some traceroutes. You can post funny networking related things in the #random channel. You get the idea. The key really is real time. Also: If you have a clever idea for an integration that’s useful for NZ operators, please, let me know. Write a bot for your looking glass, that sort of thing. ** But what about: There is no intent to take away from the mailing list at all, and I would strongly encourage people to post important messages, requests, and all the usual stuff to this list in order to get a good audience. Of course, I’m aware of other places operators in NZ also discuss stuff that are not NZNOG - and we’ve no intent to take things away from those groups either. There is a #conference-2019 channel, for discussion of whatever’s going on at the conference, announcements, etc. In the past there’s been an IRC channel, and probably still is. ** What else should I know?: Some key notes: - The intent is that it’s for network operators in NZ, or people operating networks that touch NZ networks in some way. - Existing members can nominate new members through Slack itself, and then one of the admins will approve/reject. - The expectation is that discussions are not shared. - Don’t post secrets, passwords etc. There is a code of conduct, which you should read for more: http://www.nznog.org/slack/slack-code-of-conduct <http://www.nznog.org/slack/slack-code-of-conduct> ** How do I get on?: - We’re going to invite everyone who’s registered for the conference. I’m going to do that now, and update it with new registrations as they happen. - Ask someone who’s already on there, and they can nominate you. - Up until the conference, if you want on and the above don’t work, email me (nathan(a)nznog.org <mailto:nathan(a)nznog.org>) and tell me who you are and such, and I’ll invite you. -- Nathan Ward [1] Yes there are other “Free”, “Open”, etc. systems. Yes we could host our own system. The intent here is to get something that’s easy for the largest audience, and right now things tend to be looking towards Slack. This is a trial, so if something significantly better comes along then maybe we move to it - but let’s see if there’s value in this way of interacting first.

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