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On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, David Becker wrote:
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> Check out the bits on BGP and traceroute towards the bottom..
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:03:10 -0500
> From: Sean Donelan
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: NOTICE: mass-media event expected Sep 11, 1998
>
> DRA Net is the Internet Service Provider for the Library of Congress.
> It is expected the Library's web server(s) will be the primary distribution
> point for the Office of Independent Counsel report to the House of
> Representatives. The exact time and and place has not been announced.
>
> A sudden large traffic surge is expected report is released. DRA Net
> has provisioned additional bandwidth, servers and working on other traffic
> management plans to handle the increased network load. While interest
> in the report is expected to be high, we don't currently know how much
> traffic will be generated. The short time period given to prepare means
> some very good ideas for handling the traffic may not be in place in time.
> I'm acutely aware that attempts to hurriedly implement other options tend
> to create other problems. DRA appreciates the several offers of
> assistance
> we have received.
>
> DRA has begun receiving many inquiries from the public news media. Other
> network providers, when calling the DRA service desk about a major network
> problem be prepared to identify yourself and your AS number immediately
> so we can handle your call properly. I request during the next few days
> ONLY senior network engineers attempt to call our direct network
> operations
> center phone numbers. This contact information has been previous supplied
> by DRA to each network peering with DRA Net.
>
> To avoid problems with "social engineering" DRA reserves the right to
> screen and implement additional security procedures to verify the
> authenticity of any callers. Violations of the Computer Fraud and
> Abuse Act and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act
> will be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities.
>
> If you peer with DRA Net, and have not previously provided a call back
> number for your NOC, you may send it to peering@dra.net. Please verify
> BGP peering and routing this evening, access-lists are in place so you
> will not be able to traceroute into the LOC network, and send a message
> to peering@dra.net if they are incorrect. No new BGP sessions will be
> setup or changed after 6am Central Time September 11, 1998.
>
> Public and media inquiries concerning the report should be directed to
> the House of Representatives and Library of Congress Public Affairs
> offices. All decisions controlling the release of the report is
> determined SOLELY by the United States House of Representatives' rules.
>
> DRA can NOT provide information about the report's contents. DRA's media
> contact is Joe Bonwich, 314-432-1100, joe@dra.com during normal business
> hours.
> --
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>
>
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