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Places to buy routers
by Rob Isaac 02 May '00

02 May '00

Hi folks. Might seem like a silly question (they usually are), but does anyone have some positive (or negative) experiences to share on the subject of purchasing cisco boxes and support contracts for the same? I'm doing some work for a company that has an over-abundance of routers, but an under-abundance of clue. What I'm looking for is an organisation either with national service or based in Auckland who can do 'full service', almost retail router sales and support, and who offer service contracts, hot swap spares, and stuff like that. I have this vague mental picture that Anite in Auckland used to offer this sort of service, but I'm open to any other suggestions. The objective, in case it isn't obvious, is to connect my current employer to someone who can compensate for their lack of clue in exchange for large bundles of cash. Any thoughts on who to talk to (and perhaps who to avoid) would be welcome. If there's sufficient interest, I'm happy to post the consensus back to the list, in case any of you find yourselves in a similar situation. Regards, Rob. --------- 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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Notorious hacker "Venomous" now working at a NZ ISP.
by Alan Brown 01 May '00

01 May '00

This is a heads-up for those who care about such things. "Venomous" - real name Jodi Jones - is now working at Netbyte in Auckland. People tracking him will recall that the last ISP he worked for (Dayrom in Australia) was used as a base for hacking and DoS attacks. You may wish to firewall accordingly. Yes Netbyte are aware of his history - they claim they believe in giving second chances. Funnily enough that's the exact same claim Dayrom made... AB --------- 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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The New Zealand Network Operators' Group
by Donald Neal 01 May '00

01 May '00

The New Zealand Network Operators' Group The New Zealand Network Operators' Group (NZNOG) has neither a king, a president nor a formal membership. At present it consists of the subscribers to this mailing list, which anyone is free to join. At last count the list had around 140 subscribers, with the count growing slightly each month. The NZNOG mailing list is provided through a server at The University of Waikato, and is administered by an employee of Telecom NZ Ltd. Neither of these organisations (nor the administrator) is responsible for its content. NZNOG Mailing List Acceptable Use Policy The NZNOG mailing list exists to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information and the discussion of implementation issues that require cooperation among New Zealand network service providers. In order to continue to provide a useful forum for discussion of relevant technical issues, users of the list are asked to respect the following guidelines. 1. Discussion will focus on Internet operational and technical issues. 2. Discussion related to meetings of network service providers is appropriate. 3. Discussion unrelated to these topics is not appropriate. 4. Postings to multiple mailing lists are discouraged. 5. Postings that include foul language, character assassination, and lack of respect for other participants are unacceptable. 6. Blatant product or service marketing is unacceptable. 7. Postings of a political, philosophical or legal nature are discouraged. 8. Postings to the list should be in ASCII or MIME encoded as text/plain. Attachments should not be sent to the list. To present a document, a suitable URL may be referred to. For documents of general interest, the use of proprietary file formats is discouraged. 9. Breaches of list etiquette should be dealt with privately with the offending list user, and should not result in complaints being sent to the list. Mailing List Archives A full archive is available at http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/nznog/ To search the archive, see http://list.waikato.ac.nz/archives/search.html (and remember to select nznog). Subscribing to the List To subscribe to the NZNOG list, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz, where the body of the message reads subscribe nznog There are at present no restrictions on who may subscribe to the list, or even on who may post to the list. Digest Mailing List If you don't wish to receive postings as they are sent, you can instead subscribe to the nznog-digest mailiing list, on which all postings are sent out in a single "digest" every couple of days. Other Activities NZNOG does not at present have other regular activities than this mailing list, though some Auckland subscribers have been known to meet over beer. Donald Neal NZNOG Mailing List Owner/Administrator/Muggins --------- 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: NZ MBONE Nominations
by Richard Naylor 30 Apr '00

30 Apr '00

At 03:29 PM 4/24/00 -0700, Josh Bailey wrote: >On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Josh Bailey wrote: > >> I thank James Tyson, Roger de Salis, Rich Taylor, Andy Linton, > >Of course, I meant to type, Naylor. My apologies, Rich, especially in >light of your assistance. > no probs. I;ve been meaning to follow the MBONE up. Our offer is for rack space in BOTH APE and WIX. We will also provide tech support and are looking at bandwidth (with a probable yes). We plan on Roger's router at one point and a Linux box at the other. Zebra suports DVMRP and I'm looking for something for PIM on Linux boxes. rich richard.naylor(a)citylink.co.nz This mail message contains information that is confidential and which may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and erase this mail. --------- 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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Cisco router value
by David Zanetti 30 Apr '00

30 Apr '00

I have someone who's looking to sell their now-surplus Cisco 1603, but has no idea what it's worth. (And neither do I..) So what's one worth these days 2nd hand? -- David Zanetti <dave2(a)earthling.net> | "It doesn't matter a damn what the Moderator, nz.politics.announce | [ISOCNZ] members think or say" #include <geek/unix.h> | Jim Higgins, (then) ISOCNZ chairman --------- 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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MX for domainz.net.nz points to a CNAME (illegal)
by Joe Abley 29 Apr '00

29 Apr '00

Hello, Just out of interest -- has anybody noticed any problems sending mail to Domainz, due to the fact that the MX for domainz.net.nz points to mail2.actrix.gen.nz, which is itself a CNAME for mercury.actrix.gen.nz? It's not the best MX for the zone, and hence might never get used anyway. [MX to a CNAME is illegal, in case I'm not making myself obvious] Just interested in whether this has had any operational impact. Whilst simultaneously poking fun at Domainz and Actrix for their trivial DNS misconfiguration, obviously :) jabley(a)tardis[129]$ dig mx domainz.net.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> mx domainz.net.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56161 ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 3, Addit: 3 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; domainz.net.nz, type = MX, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: domainz.net.nz. 4835 MX 20 mail2.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 4835 MX 10 mail.actrix.gen.nz. ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns1.waikato.ac.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 86400 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 86400 A 203.96.16.36 ns1.waikato.ac.nz. 86400 A 140.200.128.13 ;; Total query time: 47 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:55:37 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 32 rcvd: 201 jabley(a)tardis[130]$ dig a mail.actrix.gen.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> a mail.actrix.gen.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58816 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; mail.actrix.gen.nz, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: mail.actrix.gen.nz. 60 A 203.96.16.107 mail.actrix.gen.nz. 60 A 203.96.16.108 ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.36 ;; Total query time: 77 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:55:57 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 36 rcvd: 149 jabley(a)tardis[131]$ dig a mail2.actrix.gen.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> a mail2.actrix.gen.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62610 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; mail2.actrix.gen.nz, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: mail2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 CNAME mercury.actrix.gen.nz. mercury.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.37 ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.36 ;; Total query time: 51 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:56:09 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 37 rcvd: 156 --------- 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: More on DDOS Attacks
by Donald Neal 27 Apr '00

27 Apr '00

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:47:46 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood <cw(a)f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <s8b3a585.032(a)groupwise.telecom.co.nz>; from Donald.Neal(a)telecom.co.nz on Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 09:16:40AM +1300 X-No-Archive: Yes > Speaking of the stablity of different IOS versions, we have a 3640 > with 12.0(4)T on it that needs rebooting after about 7 weeks of > uptime. Starts spamming the console port with memory allocation > failures, although still manages to route stuff. > > It's not a particullarly odd setup, just routing between a couple > of FE ports, but we are using dynamic packet filtering on it, ala > "permit ... reflect outbound". > > Ring any bells for anyone? Couldn't see anything that jumped out at > me in the later release notes, and wasn't keen on an upgrade just > to "try it out".. Sure, 12.0x is really immature right now and full of bugs. Try the most recent 12.0x release and see if that makes your problems go away. Experience says release start to get usable around about '10 and stable about '16 or so -- so you still have a while to wait. -cw --------- 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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Domainz system change
by Peter Mott 26 Apr '00

26 Apr '00

Does anybody here know an exact date and time for when domainz will switch off the UoW registration system (comprising domainz.waikato.ac.nz and whois server)? I dont recall it being published anywhere as yet. Regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2day.com -/- --------- 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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FW: Wireless Internet Training Program Development
by Frank March 25 Apr '00

25 Apr '00

Please forward within your own networks as seems appropriate. Frank March Specialist Advisor, IT Policy Group Ministry of Economic Development, PO Box 1473, Wellington, NZ Ph: (+64 4) 474 2908; Fax: (+64 4) 471 2658 > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce W. McConnell [SMTP:mcconnell(a)mcconnellinternational.com] > Sent: Friday, 21 April 2000 07:40 > To: itcoord(a)undp.org > Subject: Wireless Internet Training Program Development > > Dear National IT Focal Points, > > Below I am sending you an announcement from the World Bank announcing > three > paid fellowships to enhance developing country training programs in > wireless > internet technology at the university level. The program is being > supported > by Motorola to help address the worldwide shortage of knowledgable > experts. > The selected applicants would spend four to six months in the United > States > developing a training curriculum and materials to be used in their home > countries. > > The deadline for applications is May 31, 2000. Please send the > announcement > of this opportunity to those who might be interested in participating. > > Regards, > > Bruce W. McConnell > Facilitator, Information Technology Coordination List > for the United Nations Working Group on Informatics > > 1341 G Street, NW - Suite 1100 > Washington, DC 20005 > +1.202.347.7445 > fax +1.202.347.7446 > mcconnell(a)mcconnellinternational.com > > +++++++++++ > > REQUEST FOR APPLICATION > > THE VISITING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM > FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT > > infoDev and Motorola University (MU) are pleased to announce that they are > accepting applications for the Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program. > > This Fellowship program seeks to address the shortage of communication > professionals in emerging economies. The program is divided into two > phases: > Phase I - Design and Development will have a university curriculum manager > from an emerging economy work with MU to develop a generic > university-level > educational curriculum focused on communications and IP-based networks > technologies. During the four-month visit, the Scholar will also update > and > improve his/her existing home university curriculum and core materials to > achieve state-of-the-art technology training. > Phase II - Dissemination and Awareness will provide shorter-term > fellowships > to two selected developing country university curricula managers to also > work with MU to adapt and customize the generic curriculum and test the > material and curriculum in the classroom. > > GOALS AND OBJECTIVES > > The objectives of the Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program are to: > · establish new and strengthen existing university-level educational > curricula focused on communications technologies and Internet > Protocol-based > (IP-based) networks; and > · create a "Virtual Curriculum Managers Network" (explained below). > > The ultimate intent is to bridge the gap between existing technologies in > the Scholars' countries and state-of-the-art technologies in > communications > and IP-based, networks curriculum. The Visiting Scholar will be provided > with state-of-the-art training and knowledge, and in turn will be expected > to provide better education to engineering students in their universities. > > PROGRAM STRUCTURE > > To meet these goals, MU will host Visiting Scholars from emerging > economies > at the Motorola corporate headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, located > outside of Chicago. The Program will be structured in two phases, with > one > Phase I Scholar visiting for a period of four months, starting after July > 1, > 2000, and two Phase II Scholars visiting later for approximately two > months > each. > Phase I: Design and Development - During this phase, one Visiting Scholar > will structure and develop a generic curriculum, and then a customized one > for their university. First, the Scholar will work with technical > education > and training professionals and Motorola staff to develop a generic > university-level educational curriculum focused on wireless communications > and IP network technologies. The Scholar's efforts will be coordinated > with > ongoing MU efforts in curriculum development. Working under the > supervision > of education and training specialists provided through MU's College of > Technology, the Scholar will design a high-level curriculum, develop > individual course modules, and update existing materials. When necessary, > the Scholar will create new educational materials where none exist to > round > out the generic curriculum. > > The Scholar should plan, if possible, to initiate the effort by utilizing > ex > isting materials brought from their university. Materials and resources, > both knowledge and human, will also be made available through MU and > Motorola. In addition, material from the World Bank will be made > available > to be incorporated into the Program design as appropriate, including the > "infoDev Regulatory Handbook" which is under development. > > The generic curriculum will then be customized to create a new curriculum > for their technical training program in the home country university. This > will involve preparing a customized curriculum and course materials that > fill the gap between existing technologies in the Scholar's country and > cutting edge technologies in communications and IP-based networks > curriculum. > > The Scholar, working together with the infoDev webmaster, will also work > to > establish a Virtual Curriculum Managers Network, to link together > curriculum > managers (involved in wireless communications and IP network technologies) > into an electronic virtual network to share knowledge and best practice in > the development and deployment of such curricula. > > Output from this Phase I will consist of: > (i) both a generic and a customized curriculum focused on communications > and > IP-based networks technologies, > (ii) both generic and customized specific course content, including > materials, lecture notes, texts, reading lists, syllabi, etc., and > (iii) the initial activities related to the Virtual Curriculum Managers > Network, to include selecting the material for the webpage, developing a > listserve of curriculum manager, etc. > > Phase II: Dissemination and Awareness - Building on the work of Phase I, > two > shorter-term Fellowships (approximately two months in residence) will be > made available to selected university curricula managers from emerging > economies. Similar to Phase I, the Phase II Visiting Scholars will work > with MU to adapt and customize the generic curriculum from Phase I. When > they return to their country, they will test the customized material and > curriculum in the classroom. > > infoDev and MU will make the newly developed generic curriculum from Phase > I > widely available through the Internet. The Visiting Scholars website, to > be > created and maintained by the Visiting Scholar and infoDev, will reside on > the infoDev website. The infoDev Webmasters will provide assistance in > making the content available widely on the Internet. Curriculum and > course > materials also will be distributed by infoDev through the infoDev > Symposium, > annual meetings, conferences, etc. The Phase II Scholars will also be > responsible for advancing the Virtual Curriculum Managers Network. > > Phase II should produce: > (i) customized curricula focused on communications and IP-based networks > technologies for the Phase II Visiting Scholars' home country > universities, > (ii) customized course content including materials, lecture notes, texts, > reading lists, syllabi, etc., and > (iii) an Internet web presence and updated content to advance the Virtual > Curriculum Managers Network, available to curriculum managers for training > of engineers worldwide. > > STIPENDS > > PHASE I: The monthly stipend will be $5,000, providing a total stipend of > $20,000 for the four months residence of the Visiting Scholar. Economy > roundtrip airfare and insurance for the time of the fellowship will also > be > covered. Modest additional funds will be available for training outside > MU, > and for travel connected with the Visiting Scholarship. Office space, > equipment, etc. will be provided by MU while the Scholar is in residence. > > PHASE II: The monthly stipend for each scholar will be $5,000 providing a > total stipend of $10,000 for the two months per Visiting Scholar. Economy > roundtrip airfare and insurance will be covered. Office space, equipment, > etc. will be provided by MU while the Scholar is in residence. > > SELECTION CRITERIA > > The following criteria will be used to select the scholars from among the > applicants: > · Ability of the candidate to develop a strong, generic curriculum > focused > on communica-tions technologies and Internet Protocolbased (IPbased) > networks, and to modify such a curriculum to meet the needs of their > university and country. Qualifications will in-clude teaching and > curriculum development experience as well as expertise in the technology; > · Commitment of the candidate's home institution to adopt and utilize > an > improved curriculum (demonstrated in letters of support, willingness to > equip facilities for students, etc.); > · Improvement in training of students in the candidate's institution > likely > to result from the improved curriculum (innovation, critique of the > current > curriculum, etc.); > · Need (priority will be given to universities in low-income > countries, or > to universities that face special difficulties funding foreign training > for > staff.) > · Importance of the training to be provided via the new curriculum to > social > and economic development in the candidate's country and region (numbers of > students likely to be trained, rank and importance of the institution in > preparing engineers and technical staff for his/her country, likely career > paths of graduates, rate of introduction of wireless technology, etc.). > > QUALIFICATIONS > > There is only one application process for both Phases of the Program. > > Candidates must have responsibility for development and maintenance of an > education curriculum in a technical or engineering university or other > accredited training and education institute in an emerging-economy > country. > The Candidates also must have authority to modify and put into practice a > new education curriculum. In addition, the Candidate must be available to > manage the Virtual Curriculum Managers Network during the Fellowship. > Candidates must have strong English language skills. Phase I Scholars > must > be available to live in residence in Schaumburg for a period of four > months, > starting after early July 2000. > > Applicants should submit a curriculum vita and a typed Statement of > Purpose, > (500-700 words).The Statement of Purpose will describe the applicants: > (i) aims in creating an communications and IP-network based curriculum > for > their home country's university, > (ii) why they feel that participation in the Visiting Scholars Fellowship > Program will help them achieve these objectives, and > (iii) what the applicant feels they can contribute to the Visiting > Scholars > Fellowship Program. > > The applicant should include letters of support from their home > university, > and web sites or other materials that describe the university and its > curriculum. he applicant should also arrange that three reference letters > be sent to infoDev from individuals who can testify to the applicants > professional qualifications, institutional role in the university, and > likelihood to succeed in the creation/reform of the curriculum. > > Deadline for applications is May 31, 2000. > > Please send the completed application form via email to > infodev(a)worldbank.org > > Alternatively, you mail send it via regular mail on diskette to: > > Information for Development Program (infoDev) > Attn: Visiting Scholars Fellowship > The World Bank > F5P-156 > 1818 H Street NW > Washington, DC 20433 USA > > CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS > > The applications will be distributed to a panel of three reviewers: one > representative from infoDev, one representative from Motorola, and one > independent reviewer. The three top-rated candidates for the Visiting > Scholars Fellowship Program will be contacted for phone interviews. Each > candidate will receive votes based the ranking given by the panel member: > the top candidate receives three points, 2nd candidate receives two > points, > and 3rd candidate receives one point. The candidate receiving the most > points will be offered the Phases I Visiting Scholar Fellowship. The 2nd > and 3rd candidates will be offered the two Phase II Visiting Scholar > Fellowships. It is expected that candidates will be notified of > Fellowship > awards by the end of June (see calendar below). > > If, after this process, three suitable candidates have not been > identified, > a new call for applications may be issued. > > > RESOURCES > > Curriculum design and course content will be made available by MU, > including > course materials, lecture notes, texts, reading lists, syllabi, etc. Some > of this material contains intellectual property that is confidential and > will not be available for further distribution; any such limitations on a > specific document will be specified by Motorola to the Scholar. It is > planned that an infoDev representative and a MU staff member will visit > Scholars after the training to review progress in the curriculum > development/reform and to learn ways of continuing and expanding the > Program. > > > GUEST LECTURING > > In cooperation with several local universities in the Chicago area, > Visiting > Scholars may be able to offer guest teaching assignments to enhance the > Scholarship Program. Universities that Motorola has relationships with > include: (i) Roosevelt University, School of Science and Technology, (ii) > Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer > Engineering, and (iii) University of Illinois's (Chicago) Department of > Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. > > > > THE VISITING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS > CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -- TENTATIVE TIMETABLE > April 12 infoDev officially announces the Motorola Visiting Scholars > Fellowship Program. Applications to the Program being > accepted by > infoDev. > May 31 Deadline for Applications to the Program (6:00 PM EST). > June 16 Completion of preliminary round of evaluations by the > Selection > Committee. Start of the phone interview stage of evaluation > process. > June 23 Completion of final round of evaluations by the Selection > Committee. > Award letters issued jointly by infoDev and > Motorola. > July 1 Deadline for acceptance for Visiting Scholar Program. > After July 1 Phase I of the Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program will > commence. > Phase II will commence immediately after the close of Phase I. --------- 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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NZ MBONE Nominations
by James Tyson 24 Apr '00

24 Apr '00

There are still no maintainers nominated on mbone.samizdat.co.nz. Remember that geography is irrelevant due to the automagical nature of the internet. If you think that you have even the vague skillset neccessary to maintain this system then please visit the site and nominate yourself. Cheers. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- 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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