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NZ MBONE
by James Tyson 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

Just one more thing. When I talk about where to put this router I am talking about Auckland, as most ISP's core networks are in Auckland and they are more likely to be equiped to deal with the increased traffic demands in Auckland. Once we have a fair idea of the bandwidth being used by it then we can probably ask for someone to supply some inter-city bandwidth. 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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NZ MBONE
by James Tyson 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

Okay, having talked to Josh in private email, etc, I have come to the following conclusions: Can someone from Citylink email me about putting Roger's router in the citylink rack, and about a few other management things. Can Roger email me about the router so that we can sort out exactly what we are going to need, etc. I am going to be talking to various people over the next few days about various ways of landing the tunnel in NZ - and mostly who wants to put up bandwidth for it, so if your David Robb or Joe Abley then I would expect that you will get a call from me shortly. Can people also email me nominations for who you would trust to maintain the router (which I don't expect to be very complicated or time consuming), and next monday I will stop taking nominations and put a web-based polling system up to decide who gets chosen. If anyone has any questions then fire me off an email. I don't want to piss anyone off, but it would appear that no one wants to take responsiblity for getting this going - so I decided to. 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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RE: [isocnz-l]Re: MBONE-less
by jabley＠automagic.org 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

I am happy to do this, at least for a trial period (say six months or so). I can house a loaner mbone termination router within 100M range of the APE. ----Original Message----- >From: Josh Bailey <joshbailey(a)lucent.com> >To: David Robb <david.robb(a)staff.ihug.co.nz> >Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz; isocnz-l(a)isocnz.org.nz >Subject: [isocnz-l]Re: MBONE-less >Reply-To: isocnz-l(a)isocnz.org.nz >Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2000 08:53 > >On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, David Robb wrote: > >> *raises hand* I'm interested. > >I should qualify what I meant by serious interest, before you be so kind >as to volunteer. :-) > >The last proposal that was "floating around" was for us to land the tunnel >on a router housed somewhere. The person administering/housing that router >would of course have to provide bandwidth for it, and configure GRE >tunnels to other ISPs that might want "downstream" feeds. IOW, there is >money and administrative overhead involved. > >-- >Josh Bailey (joshbailey(a)lucent.com) "Josh is... at large" -- F.W. > > >_______________________________________________ >go to http://listserver.actrix.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/isocnz-l >for subscription/unsubscription information. > >

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Testimony of Richard Pethia; Director, CERT Centers before a US S enate committee
by Frank March 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

This is the second posting I have made to this list of information related to security issues affecting the Internet. The information is sourced from a email list of the GOVIS information security forum which is convened by Mike Pearson of the Ministry of Fisheries. Unless there is objection that the information is off-topic or inappropriate I shall continue to make such postings when it seems to me that the information is of potential interest to members of the nznog. Happy to receive comments direct if people prefer not to clog the list with feedback. Full report at: http://www.cert.org/congressional_testimony/Pethia_testimony_Mar28-2000.html <extract> The recently publicized rash of attacks on Internet e-commerce sites reminds us once again of the fragility of many sites on the Internet and of our ongoing need to improve our ability to assure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of our data and systems operations. While it is important to react to crisis situations when they occur, it is just as important to recognize that cyber defense is a long-term problem. The Internet and other forms of communication systems will continue to grow and interconnect. More and more people and organizations will conduct business and become otherwise dependent on these networks. More and more of these organizations and individuals will lack the detailed technical knowledge and skill that is required to effectively protect systems today. More and more attackers will look for ways to take advantage of the assets of others or to cause disruption and damage for personal or political gain. The network and computer technology will evolve and the attack technology will evolve along with it. Many information assurance solutions that work today will not work tomorrow. </extract> 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 --------- 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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www.i4free.co.nz
by James Tyson 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

I was just wondering if anyone else is having trouble connecting to i4free.co.nz from ihug's network. I am able to connect to it from anywhere else on the internet, but not from my webserver machine which is hosted at the end of an ihugbusiness dds. Does anyone have any ideas? 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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Re: www.i4free.co.nz
by Rob Isaac 02 Apr '00

02 Apr '00

>> Why on earth would ihug do that ? > >Haemorrhage prevention? If you can avoid your customers from >accessing someone elses on-line signup? ironic adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" [syn: dry, ironical, wry] 2: characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely" [syn: ironical] --------- 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: SANS Flash: Urgent Request For Help In Stopping DOS Attacks
by Frank March 30 Mar '00

30 Mar '00

Folks: This message was circulated by Jay Garden, who have a talk last week to the GOVIS security forum (inaugural meeting in fact) on the recent spate of DOS attacks. I pass it on for your interest, information and possible action. 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: Jay Garden (GCSB) [SMTP:jay(a)gcsb.govt.nz] > Sent: Friday, 31 March 2000 11:21 > To: GOVIS Security Forum > Subject: Fw: SANS Flash: Urgent Request For Help In Stopping DOS > Attacks > > Please action as you see fit. > Cheers, > Jay. > > > > To: Jay Garden (SD070339) > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:37 PM > > > From: Alan Paller, Research Director, The SANS Institute > > > > > > This is an urgent request for your cooperation to slow down the wave > of > > > denial of service attacks? > > > > > > As you may know, denial of service (DOS) attacks are virulent and > still > > > very dangerous. These are the attacks responsible for the many outages > > > reported recently in the press and others that have been kept more > secret. > > > DOS attacks are a source of opportunities for extortion and a > potential > > > vehicle for nation-states or anyone else to cause outages in the > computer > > > systems used by business, government, and academia. DOS > > > attacks, in a nutshell, comprise a world-wide scourge that > > > has already been unleashed and continues to grow in > > > sophistication and intensity. > > > > > > One effective defense for these attacks is widely available and > > > is neither expensive nor difficult to implement, but requires > > > Internet-wide action; that's why we're writing this note to > > > request your cooperation. > > > > > > The defense involves straightforward settings on routers that > > > stop key aspects of these attacks and, in doing that, reduce > > > their threat substantially. These settings will not protect you > > > from being attacked, but rather will stop any of the > > > computers in your site from being used anonymously in attacking > > > others. In other words, these settings help protect your systems > > > from being unwitting assistants in DOS attacks, by eliminating > > > the anonymity upon which such attacks rely. If everyone > > > disables the vehicles for anonymity in these attacks, the attacks > > > will be mitigated or may cease entirely for large parts of the net. > > > > > > The simple steps can be found at the SANS website at the URL > > > http://www.sans.org/dosstep/index.htm and will keep your site > > > from contributing to the DOS threat. Tools will soon be > > > publicly posted to determine which organizations have and have > > > not protected their users and which ones have systems that > > > still can be used as a threat to the rest of the community. > > > > > > More than 100 organizations in the SANS community have tested > > > the guidelines, which were drafted by Mark Krause of UUNET with > > > help from security experts at most of the other major ISPs and > > > at the MITRE organization. The testing has improved them > > > enormously. (A huge thank-you goes to the people who did the > > > testing.) > > > > > > We hope you, too, will implement these guidelines and reduce > > > the global threat of DOS attacks. > > > > > > We also urge you to ask your business partners and universities and > > > schools with which you work to implement these defenses. And if you > > > use a cable modem or DSL connection, please urge your service provider > > > to protect you as well. > > > > > > As in all SANS projects, this is a community-wide initiative. > > > If you can add to the guidelines to cover additional routers and > systems, > > > we welcome your participation. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > Alan Paller > > > Director of Research > > > SANS Director of Research > > > sansro(a)sans.org > > > 301-951-0102 > > > > > > --------- 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: Serious technical comment
by Nevil Brownlee 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Hello Donald: I saw your call for papers for Uniforum 2000, it looks interesting. > I believe this is the only conference left in New Zealand where there's > room for serious technical content. (I'd be interested if anyone >knows of another one.) How about Passive & Active Measurements Workshop, PAM2000 see http://pam2000.cs.waikato.ac.nz This is a two-day workshop on network measuremnts, with about 20 papers from all over the world. If you're interested in this, it's not too late to register, you can do that on the Web site. (This is the first PAM workshop, I hope they'll become an annual event, but - alas - they'll probably be hosted at other places around the world). Cheers, Nevil +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Nevil Brownlee Director, Technology Development | | Phone: +64 9 373 7599 x8941 ITSS, The University of Auckland | | FAX: +64 9 373 7425 Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand | +---------------------------------------------------------------------C --------- 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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I have resigned from Victoria University
by Russell Sharpe 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hi All I have resigned from Victoria University in order to take up a position as Network Consultant with Compaq New Zealand. My new position involves Data / Voice integration projects, which I feel is the place to be! My last day at VUW is Friday April 28th, I will be starting at Compaq on Monday 1st May. My thanks go out to all who have provided helpful support and friendship over the last few years (2.5 at VUW), and hope that these friendships will continue. Tim Lewis, Craig Reynolds and myself will be partaking at the Loaded Hog in Bond St on Friday the 14th April after work for those who wish to have a get together. My direct number at Compaq is yet unknown, but I will be able to be reached at russell.sharpe(a)compaq.com or +64 4 4965800. kind regards Russell Sharpe ------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Sharpe Phone:+64 4 463 5554 Network Manager Fax: +64 21 218 1289 Information Technology Services Cell: +64 21 682 541 Victoria University of Wellington russell.sharpe(a)vuw.ac.nz PO Box 600 Wellington www.vuw.ac.nz New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------ --------- 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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Uniforum NZ 2000 Call for Papers
by Donald Neal 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

In case people missed it, the Call for Papers has now been issued for this year's Uniforum NZ conference . It says in part: "UniForum is about systems interoperability and the future direction of computing. ... We would particularly welcome abstracts about NDS, DNS and Active Server implementation and integration. We look for technical implementation abstracts on Linux, Win2K, Cluster computing and on web based applications. ... If you have an idea which you believe will be of interest and value to the NZ technical community please submit an abstract. SAGE-NZ will also be participating with UniForum this year, so system administration topics will have a dedicated stream, as well as the inclusion of ISOCNZ and internet papers. This residential conference provides an immersion environment where the speakers and attendees have extended opportunities in the "social" interludes to discuss the concepts being presented." "Important Dates for most speakers: NOW!! Registration of Interest March 22nd Commitment to Present a Paper April 5th Abstract and Speaker Profile Required April 19th Notification of Presentation Acceptance August 23rd Publication Materials Required" See http://www.uniforum.org.nz/ for full details. I believe this is the only conference left in New Zealand where there's room for serious technical content. (I'd be interested if anyone knows of another one.) - Donald Neal --------- 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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