July 2013 archive

Jul 08

FIR #711 – 7/8/13 – For Immediate Release

Speakers and Speeches is up; Brian Solis speaking in London, FIR episodes will result; Quick News: Journalists trust elected officials more than PR people, Yellow Pages of social networks released, TSA Instagram account shows confiscated dangerous items, BBC issues news style guide; Ragan promo; News That Fits: is the CCO an endangered species?, Dan York's report, is the bloom off the social media rose?, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, Twitter shows the way forward with Do Not Track, Michael Netzley's Asia report, employers are making bad decisions when screen candidates on Facebook; music from Jann Klose; and more.

Jul 05

The Legacy IP Only / IPv6 Horse And Buggy Stickers – How To Get Copies…

After we tweeted last week about the “Legacy IP Only” horse-and-buggy stickers that we received from Virginia Tech, we had a great number of people asking us about where to get these stickers.  As we noted in a subsequent tweet, the source of the sticker is Phil Benchoff at Virginia Tech and the image is available from his Flickr account:

The image was also re-implemented as a SVG file for those who want that image format.  Any of the images are available for download so that you can print your own stickers.

For those people interested in actually purchasing a number of these Legacy IP Only stickers, Phil has created an “IPv6 Promotion” community within Google+ to help coordinate bulk purchases… and potentially to help promote other stickers, shirts and products that promote IPv6.

It’s certainly a fun idea and we’re glad to see the sticker out there!

Legacy IP Only sticker

Jul 04

First Africa DNS Forum To Be Held July 12-13 In Durban, South Africa

AfTLD logoWhat can African registries and registrars do to grow the domain name business in Africa? What role can the African governments play to empower registries and registrars? What can be learnt from successful registries and registrars operating outside Africa and adapted to strengthen their African counterparts? How can cross-border collaborations be setup to strengthen the African DNS Industry? What policies can be implemented to ensure a robust domain name industry? What are the processes that should be implemented to support a structured ccTLD framework? What are the provisions that should exist in order to ensue trust amongst registrants?

These are some of the many questions that are planned for discussion at the first Africa DNS Forum to be held July 12-13, 2013, in Durban, South Africa, just prior to the ICANN 47 event the following week. The DNS Forum is organized by AfTLD and sponsored by the Internet Society and ICANN and is looking to be quite a good event with a program agenda very focused on how to grow business usage of the Internet within Africa.

I (Dan York) will be there attending the event and am looking forward to speaking with people from the region.  I’ll be moderating one of the panels and will also be looking to talk to people informally about DNSSEC and how we can get more African ccTLDs using DNSSEC. I’ll also be encouraging people to attend the DNSSEC workshops that will be part of the ICANN 47 event the following week.

If you are already planning to be in Durban for ICANN 47 I’d encourage you to come a few days early and attend this DNS Forum.  Registration is open to all interested.

Jul 03

Comments? Olle’s Thoughts on SIP (VoIP) and DNSSEC / DANE

How you you think DNSSEC and specifically DANE could be used with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to provide an added layer of security to voice / video communications over IP? (a.k.a. “VoIP”)   I started raising this question back in a presentation at SIPNOC 2013 and again in a recent VUC interview about DNSSEC and VoIP, but today to my delight Olle Johansson dove a bit deeper with a set of slides about SIP and DNSSEC / DANE he posted up on SlideShare. These are just his “brainstorming” a bit about how DNSSEC/DANE could work with SIP – and he has posted them for comment and feedback:

I like that he went deeper than I had done into precisely where in the SIP interactions DNSSEC / DANE could play a role.  Olle is definitely looking for comment which you can leave in many different places (such as SlideShare, this blog post, anywhere it’s posted on social networks) or can send directly to Olle or send out on the DANE working group mailing list.

I’m pleased to see the continued evolution of this discussion… and I look forward to seeing more work happen in this space.  (Note that I’ve set up a page here about DNSSEC and VoIP to track where some of this work is happening (and am always looking for items to add).)

Jul 02

TDYR #019 – On The Need For Time Offline – And Time For Reflection

In the fast-paced, always-on world of today, how do we carve out time when we disconnect and reflect on how pieces fit together? Do we need to go completely offline, as Baratunde Thurston recently did for 25 days? Do we need to schedule in some time in our regular week? (Or do we not need to?) What do you find works for you?

Jul 02

4 Outstanding IPv6 Transition Videos From RIPE NCC

Want to understand what various IPv6 transition mechanisms are available to help you with the move to IPv6?  Interested in understanding the differences between “6in4″, “6RD”, “NAT64″ and “DS-Lite”? (Or what they even are?)

If so, our friends over at the RIPE NCC have put together a set of four IPv6 transition videos that are excellent ways to learn about these technologies. Using animations, these videos provide easy explanations of what each transition mechanism is all about, what a service provider needs to think about and how to go about implementing each mechanism. Perhaps most importantly, the videos explain when you might want to use a certain technique.

IPv6 Transition Videos From RIPE NCC

 

The page for each video also includes links to relevant documents for people wishing to learn more.  The videos are also all out on YouTube which makes it easy for the videos to be shared or embedded in other websites.  They are also viewable on both desktop and mobile devices.

Kudos to the RIPE NCC Training team for creating these excellent videos and we hope they do help people understand what options are out there.  Let’s get out there deploying IPv6!

Jul 01

TDYR #018 – Happy Canada Day!

Today, July 1, is Canada Day, a national day of celebration in that country. In this brief episode I record a few brief thoughts about the five years we spent in Canada and the effect it has had on my life - and wish all Canadians a very happy Canada Day!

Jul 01

FIR #710 – 7/1/13 – For Immediate Release

Two interviews posted; Neville's panel discussion coming; Brian Solis in London July 12; IABC update; Ragan promo; Quick News: Introducing NSA-proof font, astroturfing comes to EU, Vine sharing tanks after Instagram video introduced, Second Life turns 10; News That Fits: most employees are emotionally disconnected from their jobs, Michael Netzley's Asia report, why the world of PR is changing, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, print is not dead, Dan York's report, Yammer and Klout bring social rank to the enterprise; how to comment; music from John Kadelecik; and more.