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Everybody Would Understand
by Joe Abley 07 Mar '00

07 Mar '00

Interesting comment in today's Herald: The question being asked in telecommunications circles is, how did it happen? Such systems are supposed to be fail-safe. Had a contractor put a digger through a fibre optic cable servicing the exchange, everyone would have understood. But not so the failure of a complex marriage of computer equipment from several international suppliers. Protecting the network from backhoe surgery is easy -- you just throw in diverse paths around any potential single point of failure. A "complex marriage of computer equipment from several international suppliers" on the other hand sounds like a recipe for disaster :) --------- 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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Waikato Server availability
by Andrew McGhie 07 Mar '00

07 Mar '00

Editing details and registering new domain names through the web interface with Waikato should go through now with no message of "server not available". Many thanks Andrew --------- 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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Waikato Server availability
by Andrew McGhie 07 Mar '00

07 Mar '00

Any one attempting to edit details or register a domain name through the web interface to Waikato at present is getting the message "server not available". We are investigating this and will post further details as soon as they are available. Many thanks Andrew --------- 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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As Seen On Slashdot
by Joe Abley 06 Mar '00

06 Mar '00

If anybody else runs intel servers remotely, and thinks this is the best thing they have seen all year: http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html then drop me a line, and maybe we can send one big order over instead of all kinds of little bitty ones. They're doing pretty small fab runs at the moment, and the price per card is US$250 (which would be completely unreasonably out of the question if this wasn't such a good idea). If we can get a big order together maybe we can drag that price down a bit... Anyway. Let me know :) --------- 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 -- Ringing Helpdesk Phones
by Joe Abley 05 Mar '00

05 Mar '00

Domainz have sent a letter to every nameholder under .NZ with details of the new Domainz/Glazier system; it appears that some have already arrived with nameholders this morning. Some definitely haven't (I haven't received anything yet). The letter advises nameholders to contact their ISP for more information. Operators may want to find out from Domainz exactly what nameholders have been told, so that they are able to field questions on the helpdesk. --------- 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: Domainz -- Ringing Helpdesk Phones
by Rob Isaac 05 Mar '00

05 Mar '00

While we're on the subject... The letter below seems to consistently substitute commas ( , ) for apostrophes ( ' ). Is it just me, or is there some top secret Domainz, character mapping or MIME type I should be using to view this text? Can anyone confirm that the original letter is also formatted this way? Sorry to be pedantic, but when someone sends out a letter like this that has the potential to cause confusion among the herd, I like to make sure I know *exactly* what I'm dealing with. Regards, Rob. >3 March, 2000 > Our ref: >holder_name >holder_contact >holder_address1 >holder_address2 >holder_address3 >holder_city >holder_country >holder_postcode > >Dear .nz Domain Name Holder > >For Your Information - Changes to the .nz Register > >This letter is to advise you as a .nz Name Holder of the changes planned to >the Domain Registration System. > >According to our records you are the holder of the following domain name(s) >currently listed in the .nz Register: > > domain_name > >As part of the change process, we will create a Customer Record and link the >above domain(s) to your record. The latest contact information we have about >you was taken from your domain - domain_name - which we see was last >modified on date_updated. This contains the address information above, plus >your contact details below: > > holder_email > holder_phone > holder_fax > >If your contact details need updating, now is a good time and you may need >to talk to your ISP to help you do this. > >We will keep you informed of the process and once set up you will be emailed >the Customer ID and Password using the above email address. > >If youd like to keep in touch with progress more information can be found >on our website at the following address: > > http://www.domainz.net.nz/DRS_Changes.html > >Yours sincerely, > > >Patrick OBrien >Chief Executive --------- 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: Domainz -- Ringing Helpdesk Phones
by Rob Isaac 05 Mar '00

05 Mar '00

>> Regarding dealing to the responses from the letter, most enquiries that we >> are receiving indicate that the Name holder and address is OK, but the >> contact details (typically the representative and email address) are >> incorrect and have not been updated in the .nz Register. > >We are now being swamped with calls from people who have read the letter but >dont understand what it means. They are particularly concerned that DOMAINZ >are talking about a customer ID and password. > >We are advising customers to ring DOMAINZ for an explanation. > >regards > >Peter Mott Presumably, someone at Domainz just made a mistake by telling people to contact their ISPs about something that is really Domainz's doing. In the wider context of what they're doing, it would be easy for them to overlook the inconvenience and time-wasting that one little sentence will cause. Maybe they intended to inform ISPs, registrars and so on before they sent the letters, but simply forgot. Who did this, any idea? Who is the letter signed by? I still haven't seen a copy of it, but since it's being delivered on paper, it will probably take a while to filter through to anyone clueful. 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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NZ MBONE
by James Tyson 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

David Robb from IHUG and I have been talking about setting up a local MBONEesque system across APE or WIX, I was just wanting a show of hands as to who would want it, and how people think it should be implemented. 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: (fwd) History of Internet in NZ
by Mark Davies 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

From: Don Stokes <don(a)daedalus.co.nz> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:49:43 +1300 > VUW router's change log says the Kawaihiko DDS links were added on > 14 Jun 90; the PC-router links running before that. This was before I > started there; Mark Davies or Michael Newbery may have more info. Jonathan, Andy and I put the PC-router links in in late '89. They were running SLIP over the the DSIR's terminal network (with Tony van der Peet, then at DSIR, making the required changes to their precursors of the ACE boxes to allow for permanent links). The initial link was between Waikato and here followed up by a similar link between here and Massey. We ran a slightly modified version of SLIP to deal with the non 8bit clean nature of the lines and they ran at the glorious speed of 4.8K. cheers mark --------- 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) History of Internet in NZ
by Michael Newbery 27 Feb '00

27 Feb '00

Mark Davies <mark(a)MCS.VUW.AC.NZ> wrote at 27/2/00 2:47 PM >Jonathan, Andy and I put the PC-router links in in late '89. They were >running SLIP over the the DSIR's terminal network (with Tony van der Peet, >then at DSIR, making the required changes to their precursors of the ACE boxes >to allow for permanent links). The initial link was between Waikato and here >followed up by a similar link between here and Massey. We ran a slightly >modified version of SLIP to deal with the non 8bit clean nature of the lines >and they ran at the glorious speed of 4.8K. And a SHARED 4.8k at that. The theory was that there was sufficient spare capacity on the DSIR network to accomodate the DISR internal traffic and the University use. This proved not to be the case :-) -- Michael Newbery Technology Manager Saturn Communications Tel: +64-4-939 5102 Mobile:021-642 957 Fax:+64-4-939 5100 --------- 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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