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NZNOG 2018 Updates
by Dave Mill 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

Hi all As promised here is the list of workshops/tutorials that we have organised so far. These aren't definite yet but are very likely to happen. *Wednesday tutorials:* -Network Security Tutorial (run by APNIC) -Facebook Network Automation Hack event (run by Facebook, will be similar to https://netengcodehack2017.splashthat.com/%29 ) *Workshop (roughly Monday 9am to Wednesday 12pm):* -Mikrotik MTCINE training - Outline here https://mikrotik.com/download/pdf/MTCINE_Outline.pdf Our CFP is still open. Details here - http://www.nznog.org/nznog18/call-for-papers-2018 . If anyone else wants to help Richard Nelson and myself put together the programme for Thur/Fri please get in contact. So far we've received details on some really interesting talks. If you want to sponsor NZNOG please reach out also. Cheers Dave

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Datacom having network problems?
by Mauricio Freitas 23 Sep '17

23 Sep '17

Does anyone have a network contact at Datacom please? I can't get to datacom.co.nz (direct) from my NZ connection, and can't get to Geekzone via Cloudflare either (CF returns a timeout trying to reach origin). However if I fire a VPN to Sydney both datacom.co.nz and Geekzone work fine. Called datacentre and ops guys have no idea what's going on. Seems that traffic to NZ is being impacted but not to overseas. Cheers Mauricio Freitas https://about.me/freitasm

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NZNOG 2018 updates
by Dave Mill 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Hi all I wanted to give some more details on our plans for the conference next year. On Wednesday Facebook are looking at holding a Network Automation Hack event as part of NZNOG. This should be a really awesome session. It will be similar to this - https://netengcodehack2017.splashthat.com/%29 . Whilst this isn't completely locked in yet it has approval internally at Facebook and looks set to happen. I'd suggest if this interests you then plan to be at NZNOG from Wed - Fri. Be warned, seats will be limited. The other event I wanted to announce I unfortunately still can't. I've been chasing people pretty hard on it and I still don't know that it will definitely happen :( I will update when I know more. Cheers Dave

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Dialup over Ethernet
by Ewen McNeill 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

A client had a (business) customer switch over to UFB and needed assistance reconfiguring the (Mikrotik) router being attached to the ONT -- it turned out whoever first set up the Mikrotik (sensibly) assumed it'd be seeing IP packets over VLAN 10, but actually the ISP required IP packets over PPPoE over VLAN 10 in order for it to work. Looking around it appears this client's customer's ISP isn't the only one that is requiring PPPoE over VLAN tagging over Ethernet for their UFB connections. Is there a reason other than "let's make everything look like 1990s dialup so it works with our legacy equipment" for the bit/CPE CPU overhead of PPPoE on UFB, including imposing the lowered usable MTU and PMTU discovery headaches on the end user? The only one that really comes to mind is "user/password authentication" (rather than needing to collect CPE MAC addresses which seems to happen with, eg, Vodafone cable/FibreX). But it's not clear to me why, eg, 802.1X isn't used for the user/password authentication in that case; or DHCP with some extension to pass a "secret" identifier. 20-bytes-per-packet-forever seems a large overhead to pay for user/password authentication at CPE power on.... (Maybe in the beginning there's "lack of CPE support" -- but we're a few years into the UFB rollout, and lots of ISPs seem to be supplying their own ISP-badged CPEs anyway, which could presumably implement whatever was needed.) Ewen

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AirNZ SPF Issues
by Pieter De Wit 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Hey NZNOG’rs, I know that this is not “nice to do” but I have tried the contact centre - the issue is logged but I doubt it will get to the right people ? AirNZ currently has 2 SPF entries and this is causing emails to fail: dig TXT airnz.co.nz | grep spf1 airnz.co.nz. 21301 IN TXT "v=spf1 a ..." airnz.co.nz. 21301 IN TXT "v=spf1 …" Please fix :) I have error logs going back to the 8th of Aug, if that helps ? I don’t know what other domains this was done on. Cheers, Pieter

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KSK rollover timeline and how to check if your systems are ready
by Save Vocea 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Dear NZNOG list members, I’d appreciate if this is shared through your network /organizations and to check if your systems won’t be affected by the following change. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is planning to roll, or change, the “top” pair of cryptographic keys used in the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) protocol, commonly known as the Root Zone KSK. This will be the first time the KSK has been changed since it was initially generated in 2010, and is considered an important security step, in much the same way that regularly changing passwords is considered a prudent practice by any Internet user. What does that mean? Rolling the KSK means generating a new cryptographic public and private key pair and distributing the new public component to parties who operate validating resolvers, including: Internet Service Providers; enterprise network administrators and other Domain Name System (DNS) resolver operators; DNS resolver software developers; system integrators; and hardware and software distributors who install or ship the root's "trust anchor." The KSK is used to cryptographically sign the Zone Signing Key (ZSK), which is used by the Root Zone Maintainer to DNSSEC-sign the root zone of the Internet's DNS. Why do you need to prepare? Currently, 25% of global Internet users, or 750 million people, use DNSSEC-validating resolvers that could be affected by the KSK rollover. If these validating resolvers do not have the new key when the KSK is rolled, end users relying on those resolvers will encounter errors and be unable to access the Internet. How to know if your systems are up-to-date? ICANN is offering a test bed for operators or any interested parties to confirm that their systems handle the automated update process correctly. Check to make sure your systems are ready by visiting: http://go.icann.org/KSKtest. What is the timeline for this process? October 27, 2016: KSK rollover process begins as the new KSK is generated. July 11, 2017: Publication of new KSK in DNS. September 19, 2017: Size increase for DNSKEY response from root name servers. October 11, 2017: New KSK begins to sign the root zone key set (the actual rollover event). January 11, 2018: Revocation of old KSK. March 22, 2018: Last day the old KSK appears in the root zone. August 2018: Old key is deleted from equipment in both ICANN Key Management Facilities. More information about the root zone KSK rollover is available here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ksk-rollover. Thank you, Save vocea VP, Global Stakeholder Engagement, Oceania ICANN

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New Zealand Internet Research Forum 2017 - Registrations open
by Nicole Skews-Poole 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Kia ora, Registrations for this year's New Zealand Internet Research Forum are open. The Forum will be held on 8 November, the day before NetHui 2017 <https://2017.nethui.nz/> - as part of the NetHui umbrella. *You can register for free by selecting the first event here: https://nethui-2017.lilregie.com/step1 <https://nethui-2017.lilregie.com/step1>* you can also register there for NetHui 2017 should you want to come along! The programme for this year will be finalised soon, and in the meantime you can check out last year's programme <https://internetnz.nz/internet-research-forum-2016-programme> for an idea of what goes on at the NZIRF. Please consider sharing this with your networks. I look forward to seeing you there! *Ngā mihi nui,* *Nicole Skews-Poole* NZIRF Organiser InternetNZ Mobile: +64 27 323 8914 Email: nicole(a)internetnz.net.nz A better world through a better Internet

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TICSA and lawful intercept
by Dave Mill 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

Hi all So, probably a bit a touchy subject this one but here goes.. If you are a network operator and you have more than 4000 customers in my understanding you need to have full interceptions capabilities. (I'm not a lawyer, etc, etc) This is more than just being 'interception ready'. http://www.police.govt.nz/advice/businesses-and-organisations/ticsa/interce… This will mean having a mediation system and being able to produce intercept data in the ETSI standard - again, as far as I know. What are companies/organisations out there doing about this? Is there a nice open source solution out there for this? (I haven't found one yet) Are people putting their heads in the sand and praying they never get served a warrant? Is everyone just shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars on a vendor LI solutions? What network kit are people integrating with LI in NZ? And note, the last paragraph on the URL I linked above reads: "Can I share interception capability resources? Network operators may co-ordinate, share or contract for services (equipment or staff) in order to meet the interception capability requirements in the Act. However, it remains the responsibility of the network operator to ensure that any such arrangement does not affect any obligations that apply under the Act. Before entering into any such arrangement a network operator must notify the Director of the GCSB." Replies on or off list welcomed. Cheers Dave (AS17705)

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Christchurch Hacker Conference 2017 (CHCon) Tickets and Training now on sale
by CHCon crew 05 Sep '17

05 Sep '17

Hi Everyone. The Christchurch Hacker Conference (CHCon) tickets are now up for grabs at (https://chcon.nz) along with merchandise as part of the ticket purchase process. The conference is running on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of October We also have a collection of excellent trainings available on Thursday 26 October. A big thanks to Insomnia (platinum) and Quantum Security (silver) for sponsoring us and helping us get this far. We are still looking for additional sponsors to help make the conference even better. We look forward to seeing you at the con! CHCon Team.

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NZNOG'18 - Call For Papers
by Richard Nelson 03 Sep '17

03 Sep '17

The NZNOG organising committee invites papers for its 15th annual conference, to be hosted at Rydges Hotel, Queenstown, New Zealand from 22 - 26th January 2017. There will the three day Workshops 22 – 24 January, a day of tutorials on 24 January with the main conference on 25 – 26 January. Conference objective: The NZNOG conference, workshops and tutorials are a once-a-year opportunity for individuals and organisations involved in Internet operations to meet and share the latest in Internet operations, technologies practices and receive high quality training. The event is unique in New Zealand and attracts technical, skilled individuals with a genuine interest in Internet operations and Internetworking technologies. Submit a paper: Presenters are invited to submit talk proposals for consideration by Monday 30th October. Please provide your talk title, duration, a short presenter bio and an abstract of the talk. Abstracts should be no more than one page long and provide a summary of your networking- related subject matter. Normally presentations are video streamed live and slide decks are posted to the NZNOG website. To submit your paper please e-mail: talks(a)nznog.org When considering a presentation, remember that the NZNOG audience is mainly comprised of technical network operators and engineers with a wide range of experience levels from beginners to multi-year experience. There is a strong orientation to offer core skills and basic knowledge in SIGs and to address issues relevant to the day-to-day operations of ISPs and network operators in the conference sessions. The organising committee will evaluate proposals based on fit with the conference’s objective and its ability to stimulate lively discussions around the current state of New Zealand networking. This call for submissions can also be found at: http://www.nznog.org/nznog18/call-for-papers-2018 For more information about the conference visit www.nznog.org or contact: talks(a)nznog.org

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