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Re: [nznog] NTP sources within NZ
by John Rumsey 04 May '04

04 May '04

mark.harris(a)ssc.govt.nz wrote: > Russell Fulton wrote: > >> we have discovered that most of the off campus sources we had for our >> NTP service are no longer there. Anybody willing to let us connect >> to their servers? > > > > Industrial Research's Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)is now > providing a publicly accessible primary Network Time Protocol (NTP) > server for the synchronisation of computer time for connections within > New Zealand. More details are available on their website: http://www.irl.cri.nz/msl/services/time/ntpServer.html cheers, John Rumsey

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Hikoi webcast - maybe
by Richard Naylor 04 May '04

04 May '04

a "maybe" heads up. We have been developing a webcasting facility known as VideoNow. It is webcasting with the encoder over CafeNet, so you can roam around town. Last friday we drove the van around, which seems to have amused a few folks. I'll put some footage up later for a laugh. Tomorrow the Hokoi will parade/march thru town. There is a strong possibility that we will have a camera on Lambton Quay to catch the action. The VideoNow URL is http://www.r2.co.nz/20040414/ If the camera is live it will connect, if not you get a message. Keep trying - the stream will kick in as we get near an access point. The "maybe" part is how much sleep we get tonight. Camera batteries are already charging........ rich

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RE: [nznog] NTP sources within NZ
by mark.harris＠ssc.govt.nz 04 May '04

04 May '04

Russell Fulton wrote: > we have discovered that most of the off campus sources > we had for our NTP service are no longer there. Anybody > willing to let us connect to their servers? Industrial Research's Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)is now providing a publicly accessible primary Network Time Protocol (NTP) server for the synchronisation of computer time for connections within New Zealand. The Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL) is the official disseminator of the time standard, UTC(MSL), for New Zealand. (Most people will be familiar with their time service disseminated as a series of "pips" broadcast by Radio New Zealand on the National Radio station. ) MSL is now providing a Network Time Protocol (NTP) stratum 1 server for connections within New Zealand. The server is referenced to UTC(MSL) by direct connection of a pulse per second signal from the master caesium atomic clock which is part of the New Zealand time standard. The time in the server is typically stable to around 1 microsecond with respect to the time in the caesium clock. Using the server The server is a publicly available server open to all connections from within NZ. Its address is msltime.irl.cri.nz (Note: this server only services NTP and 'Simple Network Time Protocol' (SNTP) requests. It does not respond to 'datetime' requests. Government agencies however, should register their use of the server with MSL by sending the IP address of their server (a static address is required) and a contact email address to time(a)irl.cri.nz . The reason for this requirement is that some servers overseas have been flooded with requests from devices such as routers and access to the server may have to be restricted at some time in the future. Agencies should limit their requests to come from at most three servers and then any additional server should connect to what will be the agency's three stratum 2 clocks. The best and most accurate way of using this service is to install the official NTP distribution from www.ntp.org. Versions are available for most versions of Unix. Windows versions are available for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. Please note that this message has been liberally pillaged from a fact sheet on the E-government website (http://www.e.govt.nz/programme/docs/Time.pdf) and further details are contained there (sorry, pdf only at present. I'm working on getting more accessible pages up there). Regards Mark Harris Manager Moderation and Web Standards State Services Commission PO Box 329, Wellington, NZ Tel: 64 4 495 2844 Email mailto:web.guidelines(a)ssc.govt.nz -- Caution: The content of this email is the property of the State Services Commission. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete.

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Heads Up - Webcast tomorrow - TUESDAY
by Richard Naylor 03 May '04

03 May '04

We have a webcast tomorrow - Tuesday 4 May 2004 NZ Wireless Data Forum conference at Te Papa. It appears that the organisers haven't put any URLS to the streams anywhere public, so I don't expect any traffic issues. But as usual Help Desks may get questions from users etc. Or you may have a few minutes free and want to see whats new in wireless stuff yourselves. http://www.r2.co.nz/20040504 If theres enough interest, we can use VideoNow (a camera and wireless laptop) to do a tour of the exhibition area to show what toys were on display. Need a time that suits. Theres no lunch break (S**T !!! when will we eat ? We're starting at 6:30am!) and the presentations go thru til 1630. May get someone else to drive that bit videonow is at http://www.r2.co.nz/20040414 rich

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Sasser Virus Information
by Nick MacKechnie (thenet) 03 May '04

03 May '04

Hi All, Sasser seems to be alive and well, here is some information that you may find useful. -- Based on the information at the Symantec link: - Blocking destination tcp ports 5554 and 9996 at the routers will stop the payload being transferred across network segments. (5554 appears to be the content transfer channel (FTP), 9996 is the remote shell used to run commands on a host). - Deploying an IPSec policy with filter actions for Block on port 5554 and 9996 can be used to block the transfer of the payload to or from individual hosts. Blocking inbound 445 is also possible, but may cause problems depending on your specific requirements re File and Print sharing on clients. NB This is a technique to limit the spread of the virus, not to mitigate the vulnerability. -- Group Policy deployment of the removal tool has not been tested to my knowledge, but: - When assigned to a computer, the package is executed using a Local System logon, so shouldn't encounter any permissions issues. - The cleanup tool fails if the MS04-011 hotfix is not installed. - Group Policy does not guarantee an order of completion for assigned packages. - If the package runs unsuccessfully, it may not be run again by the software deployment engine; instead, consider using MSI to get the cleanup tool onto the workstations and a computer startup script to execute the tool. - Our typical suggestion is to install MS04-011, reboot, then run the cleanup tool; GP software deployment may not be able to accomplish this in a single step.

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OT: Looking for 2nd hand 1U servers.
by Lin Nah 02 May '04

02 May '04

HI all I'm look for several ( more than 3 ) 1U machines for servers that I'm putting online. My budget is tight and I don't need high performance. Just realiable stuff. So if people have older boxes lying around ( that isn't broken) doing nothing that would be great. Minimum spec would be: 1U (2U might be okay but 1U prefered), 600MHz+ i386, IDE or SCSI disk (or ability to take a normal one) and 100Mb/s Ethernet. I'd prefer Auckland unless you have several to offset the cost of shipping. Anyway email me if you have any available or know where I can get hold of some. regards lin ps If you are interested in curry and beer this Thurs dinner, contact me if you are in Auckland or go to thursdaynightcurry.com for Wgtn.

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The New Zealand Network Operators' Group
by Donald Neal 02 May '04

02 May '04

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go on - burn up some bandwidth
by Richard Naylor 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

http://www.r2.co.nz/xyzzy it will be gone shortly

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RE: [nznog] go on - burn up some bandwidth
by Regan Murphy 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

> > http://www.r2.co.nz/xyzzy > > it will be gone shortly > 384Kbps streams nicely over telstraclear 2mpbs dsl with 100KB/sec of downloads running in the background :D -- Regan

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WHOIS at ARIN.NET not responding.....
by Steve Withers 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

Anyone else unable to use the WHOIS at arin.net? I can't get a response when trying to check ownership of IP addresses. 15:24 2004 04 29 Steve

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