[192997] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent Router code updates during height of ecommerce season?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin Wilson)
Fri Dec 9 14:30:16 2016
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From: Justin Wilson <lists@mtin.net>
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:30:10 -0500
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Are they not doing these during maintenance windows? Anytime we get a =
notice from Cogent, Level3, Att they are always during a maintenance =
window at least a week ahead of time. We have yet to see any =
maintenance window notifications from Hurricane Electric. Maybe our =
circuit has never had to have one in a few years. Or maybe they have so =
much redundancy it doesn=E2=80=99t matter and we never see the =
maintenance. =20
Justin Wilson
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> On Dec 8, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com> =
wrote:
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> Hello,
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> Over the last several days we have had interruptions at multiple times =
in our service with Cogent due to them performing router code updates on =
multiple nodes. I know that some companies put these sorts of updates on =
hold during the holiday season but I was wondering if anyone has heard =
of any unannounced security flaws that only larger companies such as =
Cogent would be privy to?
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> I am certain that if you have heard of these flaws you cannot post the =
details but a simple yes or no about the existence of such a thing is =
plenty for me.
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> Happy Holidays
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> Thanks,
> -Drew
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