January 2016 archive

Jan 27

Azerbaijan (.AZ) Becomes Latest ccTLD To Sign With DNSSEC

Azerbaijan signs .AZ with DNSSEC

Earlier this month Azerbaijan’s .AZ became the latest country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) to sign the domain with DNSSEC and complete the first step in allowing all domains underneath .AZ to obtain the higher level of security possible with DNSSEC.    This is, of course, just the first step.  As we outline in our tutorial, the next steps are that registrars and DNS hosting providers for .AZ need to now support the DNSSEC-signing of domains.  But it’s a good step to see!

We saw this signing come through on Rick Lamb’s DNSSEC Deployment Report and could easily verify it on the command-line using the command “dig dnskey az.” which shows the relevant DNSKEY records. (As well as “dig ds az.” that shows the existence of the DS record.)

A great step forward for Azerbaijan – and we look forward to seeing even more of the countries on our DNSSEC Deployment Maps filled in with green over the months ahead!

If you want to get started with DNSSEC, please visit our Start Here page to begin!

Jan 26

TDYR 283 – Matrix.org and Matthew Hodgson

At AstriCon on October 15, 2015, I spoke with Matthew Hodgson of Matrix.org about what they are trying to do to address the issue of walled gardens of messaging...

Jan 24

TDYR 282 – Reflections on the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships

TDYR 282 - Reflections on the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships by Dan York

Jan 17

TDYR 281 – Greetings from frigid Minnesota!

TDYR 281 - Greetings from frigid Minnesota! by Dan York

Jan 10

2016 Nashua Junior Bonspiel – First Event Final

Jan 09

2016 Nashua Junior Curling Bonspiel

Games at the 2016 Nashua Junior Curling Bonspiel at the Nashua Country Club in Nashua, NH, from January 9-10, 2016.

First Event Final – Sunday, 11:00am

This game is between the top 2 teams (of the 10 in the bonspiel) – it will be between a team from the Ardsley Curling Club (near New York city) and “Capesham”, a team with two Cape Cod players and two Petersham players.  The Capesham team consists of 3 of the players of Team Rodgers.

Saturday, 4:30pm – Capesham vs Petersham

This game is between a team from Petersham Curling Club and “Capesham”, a team with two Cape Cod players and two Petersham players.  The Petersham team consists of four Whitney siblings: Morgan, Maureen, Max and Madison.  The “Capesham” team has three players from “Team Rodgers” that is heading to the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships (Rebecca Rodgers, Anna Cenzalli and Chloe York) plus Emma Leary from Cape Cod Curling Club.

THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE AUDIO DURING THE GAME because we don’t have microphones out on the ice or anyone to comment.

Jan 09

2016 Nashua Junior Bonspiel – Sat, Jan 9, 2016 – 4:30pm – Petersham vs Capesham

Jan 07

A Choice Of Internet Futures: Will Nonprofits Be Stuck In The Slow Lane?


In March 2015, I spoke at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference (15NTC) on the topic of what the future of the Internet could be. More information about the session and the abstract can be found at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/02/speaking-nten-15ntc-conference-austin-about-our-choice-internet-futures Warning: As you will see, these slides are done in the minimalist "Lessig style" and so there is not a great amount of value in these slides without hearing the actual session. Unfortunately there was no recording of the event.

Jan 07

A Choice Of Internet Futures: Will Nonprofits Be Stuck In The Slow Lane?


In March 2015, I spoke at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference (15NTC) on the topic of what the future of the Internet could be. More information about the session and the abstract can be found at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/02/speaking-nten-15ntc-conference-austin-about-our-choice-internet-futures Warning: As you will see, these slides are done in the minimalist "Lessig style" and so there is not a great amount of value in these slides without hearing the actual session. Unfortunately there was no recording of the event.

Jan 04

Global IPv6 Deployment Now Passes 10%! (Featured Blog)

Global IPv6 deployment just passed a major milestone over the past few days when Google's IPv6 adoption statistics showed over 10% of users connecting to Google's sites coming in over IPv6. Considering that only two years ago I wrote here on CircleID about IPv6 passing the 3% adoption mark, this is a great amount of growth to see! If you look on the "per-country" tab of Google's stats you will see that in some countries deployment is much higher. For example, around 25% in the USA, Portugal and Germany, 31% in Switzerland and 44% in Belgium. More...