From kauer at biplane.com.au  Mon May  4 11:17:58 2026
From: kauer at biplane.com.au (Karl Auer)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 11:17:58 +1000
Subject: [AusNOG] OFF-TOPIC: Seeking article on unworkable anti-spam
	solutions
Message-ID: <b8739084dc444ee2fe04ea5f5b494ab2a631c8b7.camel@biplane.com.au>

Some time ago I read an article that was basically all about why your
suggested whizz-bang new method for combatting spam will not work. It
listed dozens of reasons - it depends on the spammers doing something,
it depends on everybody installing new software, it depends on charging
money for something, it depends on all email going through a central
server, it depends on [name of large organisation] doing something, it
depends on global regulation, etc etc.

It was serious, though humorously written. It was basically intended as
a sign people could tap when yet another brilliant idea pops up for
solving the spam problem.

I cannot seem to find it again; does anyone here know what I am talking
about and perhaps have a copy or a pointer to it?

Many thanks, K.

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Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au, he/him)
http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer



From markzzzsmith at gmail.com  Mon May  4 11:22:43 2026
From: markzzzsmith at gmail.com (Mark Smith)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 11:22:43 +1000
Subject: [AusNOG] OFF-TOPIC: Seeking article on unworkable anti-spam
	solutions
In-Reply-To: <b8739084dc444ee2fe04ea5f5b494ab2a631c8b7.camel@biplane.com.au>
References: <b8739084dc444ee2fe04ea5f5b494ab2a631c8b7.camel@biplane.com.au>
Message-ID: <CAO42Z2xxma8DiQ+K1CzJgPGSoh2X49ZNXDWQZT2x692FNVrpXA@mail.gmail.com>

https://trog.qgl.org/20081217/the-why-your-anti-spam-idea-wont-work-checklist/

On Mon, 4 May 2026, 11:18 Karl Auer, <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:

> Some time ago I read an article that was basically all about why your
> suggested whizz-bang new method for combatting spam will not work. It
> listed dozens of reasons - it depends on the spammers doing something,
> it depends on everybody installing new software, it depends on charging
> money for something, it depends on all email going through a central
> server, it depends on [name of large organisation] doing something, it
> depends on global regulation, etc etc.
>
> It was serious, though humorously written. It was basically intended as
> a sign people could tap when yet another brilliant idea pops up for
> solving the spam problem.
>
> I cannot seem to find it again; does anyone here know what I am talking
> about and perhaps have a copy or a pointer to it?
>
> Many thanks, K.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au, he/him)
> http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AusNOG mailing list
> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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From kauer at biplane.com.au  Mon May  4 11:47:02 2026
From: kauer at biplane.com.au (Karl Auer)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 11:47:02 +1000
Subject: [AusNOG] OFF-TOPIC: Seeking article on unworkable anti-spam
 solutions
In-Reply-To: <CAO42Z2xxma8DiQ+K1CzJgPGSoh2X49ZNXDWQZT2x692FNVrpXA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b8739084dc444ee2fe04ea5f5b494ab2a631c8b7.camel@biplane.com.au>
 <CAO42Z2xxma8DiQ+K1CzJgPGSoh2X49ZNXDWQZT2x692FNVrpXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <dfafd620c16eb69aa3e5467d1bb490c33ea68cc4.camel@biplane.com.au>

On Mon, 2026-05-04 at 11:22 +1000, Mark Smith wrote:
> https://trog.qgl.org/20081217/the-why-your-anti-spam-idea-wont-work-checklist/

Thanks!

I put "why your anti spam idea won't work" into an internet search
having tried numerous close-but-no-cigar variants of same, and *of
course* immediately found the article I was looking for, containing the
acronym which had escaped me namely "FUSSP" (Final Ultimate Solution to
the Spam Problem).

https://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/you-might-be.html


Regards, K.

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Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au, he/him)
http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer



From alex at samad.com.au  Thu May  7 18:07:22 2026
From: alex at samad.com.au (Alex Samad)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 18:07:22 +1000
Subject: [AusNOG] Fibre termination in racks
Message-ID: <CAJ+Q1PXurGLp07BSmG1z_3DMTk-yFkXtvMszrAogQWBSCU66vg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

Looking to fit out a new rack - wondering what people are doing with
external connections - so cross connect into racks.
Currently, we are looking at terminating into a FTP

Looking at FS.COM they have some 1 ru - where they can coil up the cross
connect in the back of the unit to take up slack and then I believe you
just plug in the LC into the back of a dongle thing that presents LC at the
front

I have bought some stuff from fs.com - it works and is typically cheaper
than named brands - but haven't look at this stuff - any one got any
experience

Also we are looking at move from MDAC cabling in rack to SMOF -  do people
use the normal cable management stuff - we are looking at 1 ru cable arms -
the rack space is to narrow to put anything on the sides . how does that
work with fibre - a long time ago we used to use the round dongle on the
end of the runs to stop the cable bending too much.

Thanks
Alex
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From jenn at jenn.id.au  Thu May  7 18:11:12 2026
From: jenn at jenn.id.au (Jennifer Sims)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 18:11:12 +1000
Subject: [AusNOG] Fibre termination in racks
In-Reply-To: <CAJ+Q1PXurGLp07BSmG1z_3DMTk-yFkXtvMszrAogQWBSCU66vg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ+Q1PXurGLp07BSmG1z_3DMTk-yFkXtvMszrAogQWBSCU66vg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+k2KW3LpbcqESA=WhENHKfV82-1QDvhb7tfthiVnnyTc14OkQ@mail.gmail.com>

Most cabinets these days will have a Panduit or similar patch panel that
takes "keystone" style LC/LC couplers for cross connects.

And the XC will get delivered to the coupler, then you patch the front
coupler to the device/router/SFP/etc.

If you have an FTP coming INTO your rack, this usually will be presented as
bare fibre and get spliced into the FTP with LC presentation at the front.
This is entirely between you and either the DC provider (Next, EQ, DR,
etc). Unless you're terminating INTO the DC providers "IR/Interconnect"
room in which case the DC provider will probably dictate most of the
install and bill you for the pleasure of spending your money.

On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 6:07?PM Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Looking to fit out a new rack - wondering what people are doing with
> external connections - so cross connect into racks.
> Currently, we are looking at terminating into a FTP
>
> Looking at FS.COM they have some 1 ru - where they can coil up the cross
> connect in the back of the unit to take up slack and then I believe you
> just plug in the LC into the back of a dongle thing that presents LC at the
> front
>
> I have bought some stuff from fs.com - it works and is typically cheaper
> than named brands - but haven't look at this stuff - any one got any
> experience
>
> Also we are looking at move from MDAC cabling in rack to SMOF -  do people
> use the normal cable management stuff - we are looking at 1 ru cable arms -
> the rack space is to narrow to put anything on the sides . how does that
> work with fibre - a long time ago we used to use the round dongle on the
> end of the runs to stop the cable bending too much.
>
> Thanks
> Alex
> _______________________________________________
> AusNOG mailing list
> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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From mark at duffell.net  Fri May  8 12:04:52 2026
From: mark at duffell.net (Mark)
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 12:04:52 +1000
Subject: [AusNOG] AusNOG 2026 - Call For Papers is Open!
In-Reply-To: <CADjNxcYoggwNsM671LsTHCbp=0uGrUHZoSCiL+L7tb=J3Vt4dg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADjNxcYoggwNsM671LsTHCbp=0uGrUHZoSCiL+L7tb=J3Vt4dg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADjNxcbF=8vZPQ4f+WVcWJ-dX+P4NdEYamg=-u1nbbCmnSUjdw@mail.gmail.com>

Happy Friday AusNOG!

With registrations now open, a friendly reminder that our Call For
Papers for AusNOG 2026 will close next-week May 15th 2026!

If you've been working on something you think would be of interest to
share with the AusNOG community then make sure you submit a short
abstract of the topic you'd like to present via our portal:
https://cfp.ausnog.net

We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane for AusNOG 2026!
Event dates and registration details here; https://www.ausnog.net/

Mark
on behalf of the AusNOG 2026 Program Committee

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 4:42?PM Mark <mark at duffell.net> wrote:
>
> Hello AusNOG :)
>
> The Program Committee is very happy to announce that the AusNOG 2026
> Call For Papers is now open!
>
> We are looking for presentations that an audience working
> predominantly in the network operating space will find interesting and
> useful.
>
> As always, we do not accept marketing or sales material as part of any
> presentation.
>
> The CfP will close on May 15th 2026. This allows time for the Program
> Committee to review papers and choose the program.
>
> Please express your interest and submit a short abstract of the topic
> you'd like to present, via our portal;
> https://cfp.ausnog.net/
>
> Thank you, and see you this September in Brisbane, for AusNOG 2026!
> Event dates and details here; https://www.ausnog.net/
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Mark
> on behalf of the AusNOG 2026 Program Committee

From spoofer-info at caida.org  Fri May  8 20:00:35 2026
From: spoofer-info at caida.org (CAIDA Spoofer Project)
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 10:00:35 +0000
Subject: [AusNOG] Spoofer Report for AusNOG for Apr 2026
Message-ID: <202605081000.648A0Ztd1165314@spoofer-app-web-prod-0.novalocal>

In response to feedback from operational security communities,
CAIDA's source address validation measurement project
(https://spoofer.caida.org) is automatically generating monthly
reports of ASes originating prefixes in BGP for systems from which
we received packets with a spoofed source address.
We are publishing these reports to network and security operations
lists in order to ensure this information reaches operational
contacts in these ASes.

This report summarises tests conducted within aus.

Inferred improvements during Apr 2026:
ASN    Name                                           Fixed-By
152605                                                2026-04-09

Further information for the inferred remediation is available at:
https://spoofer.caida.org/remedy.php

Source Address Validation issues inferred during Apr 2026:
ASN    Name                           First-Spoofed Last-Spoofed
151660                                   2026-04-22   2026-04-22
153085                                   2026-04-30   2026-04-30

Further information for these tests where we received spoofed
packets is available at:
https://spoofer.caida.org/recent_tests.php?country_include=aus&no_block=1

Please send any feedback or suggestions to spoofer-info at caida.org