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Spam from 200/8
by Mark Foster 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

Hi Guys, We've had to block 200.0.0.0/8 from our MTAs temporarily, our mail queue jumped to around 30,000 messages at around 6:40 this morning and we're still taking more than one message per second from MTAs which are predominantly in that netblock. There are exceptions now but blocking 200/8 certainly reduced the load something chronic. Looks like a sweep (random(a)ourdomain) looking for valid targets, and the source addresses are random(a)a-valid-but-forged-domain. As a result our MTAs are now bombarding the source domain MTA trying to bounce all the invalid addresses, and now we're getting complaints from them... Wonder whether any other NZ ISPs have seen this happen recently or whether this is the first of many? - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Speaking of spam...
by Dylan Reeve 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

I have seen spam 'from' brandebank(a)brandebank.com arrive at a number of addresses today, at least one of them is fairly new, and I have never posted it anywhere public that is likely to have been trawled. Anyone else seen these? Are they a symptom of the mass spam that had QSI blocking the majority of Latin American and the Caribbian? -- Dylan Reeve - dylan(a)wibble.net It's just not cricket. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Fwd: Outage in Wellington - OT
by Tim John 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

> "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something!" > Thomas A Edison Peter, I notice your signature has changed ... Isn't it 'fun to do the impossible' any more :) Tim -----Original Message----- From: Peter Mott [mailto:peter.mott(a)2day.com] Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2002 7:25 p.m. To: Richard Naylor; Peter Mott; Mark Foster; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: RE: Fwd: Outage in Wellington > I wondered when this would come up. CityLink has a different architecture > and there is no "central office". Switching centers have ups and > generators > and smaller buildings just have UPS. So your switching centres stayed up and other locations with just UPS went down due to available runtime being exceeded by outage length? -PWM "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something!" Thomas A Edison - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog DISCLAIMER: The content of this email is confidential and may contain legally privileged information intended only for the individual or entity named above. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that the use, distribution and publication of the above information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact Domainz by returning the email and destroying the original. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Fwd: Outage in Wellington
by Wayne Kampjes 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

wot - no power backup for this stuff? -----Original Message----- From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] Sent: Monday, 5 August 2002 12:05 To: Mark Foster Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Fwd: Outage in Wellington On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Mark Foster wrote: > Ok try it from the right address now. :) > > > >Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:54:56 +1200 > >To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > >From: Mark Foster <mfoster(a)quicksilver.co.nz> > >Subject: Outage in Wellington > > > >Just heard from one of our NOC team here that there seems to be a power > >outage in Wellington which has certainly affected Citilink (one of our > >links is down) and by the looks also Actrix (who dissapeared off the face > >of the map earlier this morning.) > > > >Just in case anyone else is wondering why things are being a bit strange. > > > >Mark. > >(Quicksilver Internet) Ohhh... is that why www.stuff.co.nz is dead too? -- Juha Saarinen - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Magnetic field strength in NZ?
by Dan Langille 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

On 6 Aug 2002 at 8:42, Lindsay Druett wrote: > Now you're telling everyone how ancient you are.... I was only born > towards the end of the '60s And I in the early 60's. > Just out of curiosity, what did they/you use for the return path when > they/you measured the EMF induced by the earth's magnetic field onto > the disused telegraph cable ? I don't know. I should clarify. I was helping someone research what the cable had been used for after it was no longer used for telegraph (its original purpose). > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Langille [mailto:dan(a)langille.org] > Sent: Monday, 5 August 2002 17:08 > To: Juha Saarinen > Cc: NZNOG > Subject: Re: Magnetic field strength in NZ? > > > Strange that you should mention it... I was involved in some > research on the Pacific Cable (a telegraph cable from Vancouver to > NZ). One of the things we found was that after decomissioning (in the > 60's I believe), it was used to measure earth current. -- > -- Dan Langille I'm looking for a computer job: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Magnetic field strength in NZ?
by Juha Saarinen 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

Does anyone know roughly how many mG it is? Of course this is on topic for NZNOG. I need to ahhh... uhhh... measure electron deviation in network gear made for Northern Hemisphere magnetic conditions. ;-) -- Juha Saarinen - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Re: Fwd: Outage in Wellington
by Richard Naylor 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

At 11:59 a.m. 05/08/2002 +1200, Mark Foster wrote: Just heard from one of our NOC team here that there seems to be a power outage in Wellington which has certainly affected Citilink (one of our links is down) and by the looks also Actrix (who dissapeared off the face of the map earlier this morning.) >>Just in case anyone else is wondering why things are being a bit strange. The Power co had a cable fault they eventually found. Initially another substation fault was feared as a transformer tripped at the same time and at the same place as the ring opened - which happened to NOT be the faulty cable segment. After a few recloses (think "no shutdown" with lotsa power behind you) the fault became apparent. (ie someone felt the ground shake) and it was isolated. Most customers closed things down due to false restarts with the recloses. We waited and installed a geny as the UPS was horribly confused and pretty well dead. The outage affected New World, Actrix (where CityLink have a switch) and most of Courtenay Place. There were genies and extension cords everywhere.........even down the footpath. The New World Sub needs some new paint on the switchgear. Things are now restored and the power boys are off to do a location and dig. rich richard.naylor(a)citylink.co.nz - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Still seeing Code Red/NIMDA activity?
by Juha Saarinen 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

Hi, Just a quick check if NZ network operators are still seeing Windows worm activity, so to speak. Has anyone kept statistics on this? If so, I'd be interested to hear about it -- contact me off-list, please. (Or keep it on-list, if it's deemed on topic.) Cheers, -- Juha Saarinen - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Fwd: Outage in Wellington
by Gavin Bartle 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

>From the looks of their site they might have been updating it -----Original Message----- From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] Sent: Monday, 5 August 2002 12:05 p.m. To: Mark Foster Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: Fwd: Outage in Wellington On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Mark Foster wrote: > Ok try it from the right address now. :) > > > >Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:54:56 +1200 > >To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > >From: Mark Foster <mfoster(a)quicksilver.co.nz> > >Subject: Outage in Wellington > > > >Just heard from one of our NOC team here that there seems to be a power > >outage in Wellington which has certainly affected Citilink (one of our > >links is down) and by the looks also Actrix (who dissapeared off the face > >of the map earlier this morning.) > > > >Just in case anyone else is wondering why things are being a bit strange. > > > >Mark. > >(Quicksilver Internet) Ohhh... is that why www.stuff.co.nz is dead too? -- Juha Saarinen - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Fwd: Outage in Wellington
by Mark Foster 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

Ok try it from the right address now. :) >Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:54:56 +1200 >To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >From: Mark Foster <mfoster(a)quicksilver.co.nz> >Subject: Outage in Wellington > >Just heard from one of our NOC team here that there seems to be a power >outage in Wellington which has certainly affected Citilink (one of our >links is down) and by the looks also Actrix (who dissapeared off the face >of the map earlier this morning.) > >Just in case anyone else is wondering why things are being a bit strange. > >Mark. >(Quicksilver Internet) - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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