[65046] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: This may be stupid but..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Roesen)
Mon Nov 10 14:28:27 2003
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:27:46 +0100
From: Daniel Roesen <dr@cluenet.de>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Mail-Followup-To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF524D93A8.4F3CC803-ON80256DDA.003AF11C-80256DDA.003CB93F@radianz.com>; from Michael.Dillon@radianz.com on Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:03:15AM +0000
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:03:15AM +0000, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
> When I interview, I start out by asking one or two key questions that
> help me quickly get to the truth. For instance at one company, when I
> has hiring NOC folks, I started by asking them to explain traceroute
> to me.
"Which one? ICMP, UDP or TCP traceroute (to name the usual ones)?"
<silence on other side of the table>
:-)
Best regards,
Daniel
PS: this is the answer I'd expect from applicants... but this depends
on what cluelevel you want/need in your NOC. :-)