March 2014 archive

Mar 26

Congratulations to Portugal’s .PT on their DNSSEC growth!

Tonight at the DNSSEC Implementers Gathering at ICANN 49 in Singapore, I was seated next to an attendee from the registry in Portugal that operates the .PT top-level domain and she let me know about some dramatic growth they had recently seen.  She also clued me in to their dnssec.pt page that has their statistics and also info about DNSSEC workshops and other events (I’ve now added this to our DNSSEC Statistics page).  As noted on the chart below from March 14, 2014, the big jump that happened for them was when their second largest registrar/DNS hosting provider jumped from 200 to 4,000 .PT domain names signed with DNSSEC.

DNSSEC growth in Portugal

 

This is compared to the chart from only 11 days earlier showing Flesk at 199 signed domains.  In speaking with her this jump was apparently not due to any incentives but rather to a registrar looking to do the right thing and provide more security options to their customers.

Congratulations to the team at .PT for seeing this big jump in second-level domains!

Mar 25

TDYR #138 – Day 2 Of ICANN 49

TDYR #138 - Day 2 Of ICANN 49 by Dan York

Mar 25

DNSSEC Workshop on March 26 to Be Streamed Live from ICANN 49 in Singapore (Featured Blog)

If you are interested in DNSSEC and how it can make the Internet more secure, the DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN 49 in Singapore will be streamed live for anyone to listen and view. One of three DNSSEC-related technical events at ICANN 49, the DNSSEC Workshop takes place on Wednesday, March 26, from 8:30am - 2:45pm Singapore time. More...

Mar 25

Watch/Listen LIVE To The ICANN 49 DNSSEC Workshop On Wednesday, March 26

ICANN 49 SingaporeWant to learn about DNSSEC from people who have actually deployed DNSSEC in their region? Want to learn about DANE and how it can be used in applications? How can DNSSEC make the Internet more secure? As I mentioned last week, these are some of the topics that will be discussed in the ICANN 49 DNSSEC Workshop that will be streaming live out of Singapore on Wednesday, March 26, from 8:30am – 2:45pm Singapore time. The session will be recorded for those unable to watch live.

[WARNING: Singapore local time is UTC+8, so it is 7 hours ahead of Central European time, 12 hours ahead of US Eastern time and 15 hours ahead of US Pacific time.  So if you are on the US East Coast, for example, this workshop will start at 8:30pm TONIGHT (Tuesday, March 25).]

Topics to be discussed include:

  • DNSSEC Deployment Metrics
  • DNSSEC Activities in the Asia Pacific Region
  • Case study of the deployment of DNSSEC at .ee (Estonia)
  • Guidance for Registrars in Supporting DNSSEC – and DNSSEC requirements in the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA)
  • Preparing for DNSSEC Root Key Rollover
  • DNSSEC Applications
  • Demonstration of DANE applications and tools

A full agenda and all of the available slides can be found on the ICANN 49 DNSSEC Workshop program page. You can watch or listen to the event via:

The session should provide excellent information for people interested in DNSSEC and how we can make the Internet more secure.  Please do join in!

And if you are interested in deploying DNSSEC, please check out our DNSSEC resource pages to learn more.

Mar 25

DNSSEC Workshop On March 26 To Be Streamed Live From ICANN 49 In Singapore (Featured Blog)

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Mar 24

TDYR #137 – Travelogue: The Flight To Singapore, Initial Impressions And The First Day At ICANN 49 –

TDYR #137 - Travelogue: The Flight To Singapore, Initial Impressions And The First Day At ICANN 49 - by Dan York

Mar 24

FIR #749 – 3/31/14 – For Immediate Release

Neville's not available, Olivier Blanchard is guest co-host; Quick News: Google Glass in talks with Luxottica, USC to offer a journalism class in Google Glass, Facebook acquires Oculus Rift, will Twitter do away with @ symbol and hashtags?; Neville talks about two upcoming interviews; Ragan promo; News That Fits: a look at sentiment analysis, Michael Netzley's Asia Report, the death of Facebook organic reach, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, Dan York's Tech Report, Igloo Software promo, recap of last week on the FIR Podcast Network, Olivier talks about his new novel; music from Make the Girl Dance; and more.

Mar 24

FIR #748 – 3/24/14 – For Immediate Release

Two interviews coming; Quick News: longer brand videos get popular, Donna Papacosta and Steve Lubetkin working on business of podcasting book, two Augmented Reality campaigns make news, 20 ways to use the Twitter favorite button; Ragan promo; News That Fits: real-time content can make the most of new devices, Michael Netzley's Asia Report, PR at a crossroads, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, the future of social selling, Dan York's tech report, Igloo Software promo, last week on the FIR Podcast Network, social media in B2B; Olivier Blanchard will guest co-host with Shel next week; music from the Kyle Hollingsworth band; and more.

Mar 24

Watch/Listen Live TODAY To The “DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide”

ICANN 49 SingaporeIn just about 1.5 hours from now here at ICANN 49 in Singapore we’ll be part of the “DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide” session.  Running from 17:00 – 18:30 Singapore time, the session will start at the very basic level of why should anyone care about DNSSEC and get into what kind of problem we are trying to solve.  This session includes a skit where we visually act out DNS and DNSSEC transactions.

You can listen remotely via an audio stream or listen and view the slides via a a virtual meeting room.  Details are on the program page.

The session will be recorded for later viewing, which may be appreciated by any readers in the Western hemisphere (such as those in the USA) for whom Singapore time at UTC+8 will be very early in the morning. :-)

Mar 23

TDYR #136 – My 3-hour Sunday In London’s Airport

TDYR #136 - My 3-hour Sunday In London's Airport by Dan York