[42494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What Worked - What Didn't
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Mon Sep 17 13:18:04 2001
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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:17:28 -0400
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com>
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Sean Donelan wrote:
> As the New York Stock market re-opens, and some things are returning
> to normal, I'd like to look at how well the Internet performed last
> week.
>
> At the Oakland NANOG I'd like to give a presentation about what worked,
> and what didn't work during the last week in regards to the Internet. I
> would like to gather what details I can from both small and large
> providers in New York, the rest of the USA, and even overseas about
> what they saw, what problems they experienced, and what things worked.
>
> You can send me private mail if you wish, with or without attribution.
> This is a personal effort, not assocated with my employer.
>
> Oakland NANOG is several weeks away, so I don't expect an immediate
> response. I expect many ISPs will be conducting their own internal
> reviews. But if you could, please consider responding. I'm looking
> for input from small, medium and large providers. Thank you.
>
> A few questions, all related to the time between Sept 11 and 17:
>
> 1. Briefly tell me who you are, and generally where your operations
> were located?
>
> 2. What worked?
>
> 3. What didn't work?
>
> 4. Did you activate your emergency response plan?
>
> 5. Were you required to do anything different operationally? Did you
> make preventive operational changes?
>
> 6. Were any infrastructure administration functions impaired, such
> as DNS registration, routing registry, address delegation?
>
> 7. Were you able to communicate NOC-to-NOC when needed?
>
> 8. Were any means of communications nonfunctional or impaired (direct
> dial telephone, toll-free telephone, pager, e-mail, fax) when you
> attempted to communicate with other NOC's?
>
> 9. Did you ask for or receive a request for mutual aid from any other
> providers? Was it provided?
>
> 10. Within the limits of safety and rescue efforts, where you able to
> gain access to your physical facilities?
>
> 11. Did hoaxes or rumors impact your operations?
>
> 12. Do you have any recommendations how Internet providers could have
> responded differently?
Sean;
Multicasting worked. It handled a big traffic spike without a hiccup.
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
T.M. Eubanks
Multicast Technologies, Inc
10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 410
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone : 703-293-9624 Fax : 703-293-9609
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