Re: SBCglobal routing loop.

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

michael.dillon () bt com wrote:
> Sounds like he's used to used IRC, not mailing lists.
> There used to be an IRC channel where a lot of NANOG
> folks hung out. Anyone care to publicize the channel
> name and which IRC network carries it?
>
> --Michael Dillon

from the nanog mailing list...

From: "Tim Brown" <>
To: "Matthew McGehrin" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: real-time DDoS help?

> First and foremost, the #nanog IRC channel has absolutely nothing to
> do with the nanog mailing list, other than it shares some common
> personalities. Operational discussion is rarely experienced, the most
> often-experienced relevant question is "how do I configure BGP", and
> Secondly and perhaps most notably, IRC is in no way, shape, or form a
> protocol or communications method one would describe as resilient or
> operationally relevant. Neither are the instant messaging networks or
> Jabber servers. IRC does not meet the "needs" of operators.
> Describing these needs is a separate topic and probably not
> appropriate for this mailing list, even though you could describe the
> topic as operationally relevant.