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RE: [swinog] FW: Copper thefts in california
by Glogger Steven 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

imagine this imaginary conversation with an ISP help desk: helpdesk: "good day sir. how can i help you?" customer: "help - my internet and my ADSL line is not working anymore." helpdesk: "does your phone is working?" customer: "no, not at all - i'm calling you from my mobile." helpdesk: "did you checked the cablings? is the plug inserted correct in the walljack?" ... 2minutes of rümschelrümschel... we hear an 'outch' - seems the customer banged his head against the table or so... customer: "<little bit dizzy>yes, i've taken it out and plugged back in - but still no signal" helpdesk: "hmm.. let me check your line - " ... <tiptiptip> ... "yes, i dont see any signal on our side - it could be that you have a psysical access problem" customer: "no, i'm not challenged!!!" helpdesk: "i mean that your physical line of the t-e-l-e-p-h-o-n-e might be interrupted / broken somewhere. you know, the thin cable ..." customer: "what should i do? call an electrician?" helpdesk: "no, we will open a ticket at <put in your favorite last mile provider or:> the local telco". ... some days later ... helpdesk: "good day sir. we've got now feedback from the local telco company. your line should be fixed within the next days" customer: "what is it?" helpdesk: "lets call it problem with the last mile access..." customer: "... which means?...." helpdesk: "well... it seems that someone stole your wire?" customer: "sorry, i'm disturbed.. he stole what??" helpdesk: "as you might have heard the price increase for copper has lead some criminals to pick exiting copper lines which are digged in the street... some made a fortune with copper lines..:" customer: "this would explain why my electrian had to put in new electrical-cables - they might have disappeared some days ago... i had no power at all... " customer: "... and my internet was not working ... thats why i called you" helpdesk: <speakless> otherwise..please refer to "the internet help desk" (old but always good :)) http://www.mrmouse.ch/fun/video/wesmonocable.mov -steven ps: plz reserve in your agenda the 17th of july - next ZH beer event will be planned for this date :)

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FW: Copper thefts in california
by Glogger Steven 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

will this be the new business model after upgrading mostly to fiber? "we sell copper" does get a double meaning :) -steven -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Donelan Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:42 PM To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Copper thefts in california In addition to the traditional backhoe threat, as the price of copper increased so has the threat of people stealing telephone trunk cables containing copper wire. http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4021500 Since Jan. 1, there have been 148 reports of copper wire theft in San Bernardino County, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller. [...] Per pound, the metal has risen in price from about 70 cents in July 2001 to $3.60 this month, according to Kitco Inc., an international retailer of precious metals. [...] Anyone with information on the Verizon theft may call the Verizon Security Control Center, 1-800-997-3287. For the AT&T thefts, people may call security at (213) 633-2558 or (213) 633-2405. People with information on copper thefts may also contact their local law enforcement agencies.

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FW: 91.192/10 to be used for PI assignments to End Users
by Glogger Steven 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

probably swisscom/andré will update their filter stuff, not? :) -steven -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of leo vegoda Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:51 PM To: Address Policy WG; routing-wg(a)ripe.net Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu; afnog(a)afnog.org; sanog(a)sanog.org; uknof(a)ukif.org.uk; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: 91.192/10 to be used for PI assignments to End Users Dear Colleagues, At recent RIPE Meetings, we have reported a steady rise in requests from our members for Provider Independent (PI) address space for End User networks. We have reclaimed and recycled space from closed Local Internet Registries to meet this demand, but we are nearing the point where the available PI space will run out. In the past, we made PI assignments from former Class C space (193/8 and 194/7). Because of the increasing demand for PI space, we made sure that we would be able to use some of our most recent allocation of address space to meet future requests. We have designated 91.192/10 for PI assignments to End User networks. When the former Class C space is exhausted, we will start to make PI assignments from 91.192/10. We will let you know when this happens. We are announcing a pilot prefix using the RIS beacons, you may want to update any filters that you have in place. The RIS beacons are announcing the following networks: 91.192.0.0/24 91.192.0.0/16 You can ping 91.192.0.1. Full details of reachable IP addresses and tools are available on our web site at: http://www.ris.ripe.net/debogon/debogon.html Regards, -- leo vegoda Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC

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[OT] Announcement: Birth of our son
by Tobias Orlamuende 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Hi folks, last Saturday our son - Leon - was born. He had a weight of 3460 g and a size of 50 cm. If you are interrested, have a look at his gallery which will be updated regulary. http://leon.linux-guru.ch Cheers Tobias

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mhs.ch: Job offerings (german only - sorry)
by Matthias Hertzog 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hi folks! We currently have two job offerings: Technician/Supporter: http://www.mhs.ch/unternehmen/Jobs/Jobs_techniker.shtml Webpublisher: http://www.mhs.ch/unternehmen/Jobs/Webpublisher.shtml Best wishes, Matthias _________________________________________ mhs @ internet AG Zürcherstrasse 204, CH - 9014 St. Gallen Phone +41 71 274 93 93, Fax +41 71 274 93 94 http://www.mhs.ch _________________________________________

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gprs01.swisscom-mobile.ch whitelisting / dsbl
by Olivier Mueller 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hello, On some mail servers under my (co-)responsability, the DSBL blacklist is used on smtp-server level to try to fight a little bit against spam. Problem: some customers online via gprs are unable to send mails over these servers, because their external visible IP adress (gprs01.swisscom-mobile.ch: 193.247.250.1) is blacklisted on several lists: http://www.robtex.com/rbls/193.247.250.1.html http://dsbl.org/listing?193.247.250.1 We asked swisscom why they don't try to get away from these lists, but the answer is that we should rather whitelist them: "Die grösseren Schweizer Internet Service Anbieter haben sich vielmehr darauf geeinigt, die IP Nummern von Zugangsanbietern wie Swisscom Mobile auf ihre WhiteList zu nehmen."... Do you think it's the correct way to react? :) Delisting from dsbl.org wouldn't work anyway, at least until abuse or postmaster adresses are created: >Final-Recipient: rfc822;abuse(a)swisscom-mobile.ch >Action: failed >Final-Recipient: rfc822;postmaster(a)swisscom-mobile.ch >Action: failed General question: are you (the postmasters around) using blacklists like dsbl or spamhaus directely on smtp-level (directely rejecting the mails from listed IP's) or only after (like in spamassassin & co.) ? regards, Olivier -- _______________________________________________________ Olivier Müller - PGP key ID: 0x0E84D2EA - Switzerland

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Job: UNIX Administrator, Schlieren/ZH
by Stanislav Sinyagin 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

hi all, We're looking for an experienced UNIX Administrator/Support engineer. The tasks include to maintain internet and network applications on approximately 20 servers, install and maintain new servers, and to provide 2nd and 3d level support to our customers. The candidate should be able to show a good knowledge of general Unix administration. Experience with Solaris and Linux is welcome, but is not a requirement. Knowledge of network applications and protocols, such as email, web, dns, etc. is necessary. Perl and bourne shell scripting experience is desired. Knowledge of IP routing and switching basics is a plus too. The candidate will have to work autonomously, find the answers and solutions on his(her) own, be ready to work under pressure and under time constraints. The requirement is a Swiss or EU citizenship and fluent German and English. Fluent French is a plus. The office is located in Schlieren, in approximately 30 minutes from Zurich HB, or 5 minutes by bus from Zurich-Altstetten station. Please feel free to contact me, as given below. Regards, Stanislav Stanislav Sinyagin Senior System Engineer CCIE #5478 GPS Technik AG Zuercherstrasse 139 CH-8952 Schlieren Switzerland Tel : +41 (0)44 732 99 53 Fax : +41 (0)44 731 18 40 Mobile: +41 (0)79 407 02 24 mail : s.sinyagin(a)gpstechnik.ch www : http://www.gpstechnik.ch

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Contact
by Nicolas Strina 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello, Any Dataway people around ? Please contact me offlist. Regards, Nicolas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEoPruhVupqbmzoscRA96+AKCs7mB5Q0UnCz6tjLWeGpHeYoL18ACfeDvo M+Oxbe3VibFu+DEbDM4oHNc= =x/RG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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xorp
by Richard Klingler 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

ehlo (o; Anybody of you using xorp in a production environment? Any figures regarding stability and resource usage on fbsd/netbsd platforms? cheers rick

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RFD: Filtering/Blacklisting AS9145 (EWETEL) Cause: Providing internet access to known spamer
by Benoit Panizzon 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Dear colleagues In february this year we detected a lot of spam, being sent from dial-up accounts in the responsibility of AS9145. Those spam emails are sent from the well known swiss spamer 'Martin Fürst' who won't get internet-access at almost all ISP in Switzerland and many more in UK Germany and China. I had quite a few phone calls with EWETEL techs and finaly with their law responsible (Mr. Heder.) As I understood their policy does not allow them to block internet-access to the customer sending those spam mails. (Nor to reveal his identity which I never asked for... he is too well known). Today more spam-mails with typical 'Martin Fürst' signatures arrived to various spam-traps and customer addresses. Unfortunately right now I was not able to catch Mr. Heder, and on the support number they again didn't want to put me through to the abuse-desk responsible or to the management, ceo or cto of EWETEL. So I think time has come the ISP running mailservers affected by those spam-floods from EWETEL have to put up a bit more pressure. We are considering filtering AS9145 on our routers and to list the IP-ranges of AS9145 on the SWINOG Antispam Blacklists; if we still don't get the reply from EWETEL that this customer is definitively banned from their network within a few days. What are your opinions? Would other ISP join? Mit freundlichen Grüssen Benoit Panizzon -- I m p r o W a r e A G - System Services ______________________________________________________ Zurlindenstrasse 29 Tel +41 61 826 93 00 CH-4133 Pratteln Fax +41 61 826 93 01 Schweiz Web http://www.imp.ch ______________________________________________________

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