after stumbling upon Farnam Street blog, i found another one - that of Mark Manson. and i found it thanks to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck article. after reviewing this short list i realized how many of those advices i could give to myself seven years ago. it’s worth to read. and think.
during previous PLNOG we’ve had a broad discussion about apocalyptic vision of depleting IPv4 and 2-byte space. some time ago Cisco IOS 12.4(24)T was released, and it brings 4-byte ASN feature for ISR (1800/2800/3800) and 7200 routers. so if you’re using Cisco gear, you can request 4 byte ASN using RIPE form, and then advertising it properly (starting from 1st of January, 2009 RIPE will by default hand out 4 byte ASNs). i’m taking a peek into the global routing tables from time to time, while preparing for CONFidence presentation. ...