Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...
Dan York
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Dec 01
Australia (.AU) and Grenada (.GD) Are Latest ccTLDs To Sign With DNSSEC
Today’s DNSSEC Deployment Maps have two great new additions for country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs): Australia’s .AU domain and Grenada’s .GD domain both had their DS record published in the root zone of DNS over the past few days. What this means is that anyone who has registered a domain in .AU or .GD may soon be able to gain the increased security of signing their own domain with DNSSEC and tying it into the “global chain of trust” of DNSSEC. To be clear, these two ccTLDs have entered the 4th of 5 stages of DNSSEC deployment where the DNSSEC chain of trust now extends from the root of DNS to the ccTLD itself. The next “Operational” stage is where the ccTLD starts accepting DNSSEC records from registrants. Hopefully that time will not be far away for both of these ccTLDs. (To get ready, please visit our Start Here page to find out how you can prepare your organization to work with DNSSEC.)
Given Australia’s large size on a map, the new “DS in Root” bright green shows up wonderfully in the global view:
and even better in the Asia Pacific view:
Unfortunately with the resolution of our maps you can’t really see Grenada on the Latin America map, but I can tell you that it is one of the six ccTLDs in the “DS in Root” stage in the map:
Congratulations to the teams at both ccTLD registries!
In the case of Australia’s .AU, the registry organization, auDA, has been experimenting with DNSSEC since back in 2008 and 2010, and signed the .AU zone back in April 2014 (entering into our “Partial” state on the maps). The news this past week is the culmination of all that work over several years. AuDA has also published two pages of interest:
- DNSSEC page, showing their intended deployment timeline
- Interim DNSSEC Policy and Practice Statement (DPS) for the .au Domain
We look forward to learning that auDA is accepting DNSSEC records from .AU registrants and enters the fully “Operational” state.
In the case of Grenada, the first we knew was when the DS record was published in the root zone (seen on stats sites like this one). I couldn’t see any further information on Nic.gd, so I don’t know their further plans at this point. Regardless, it was a wonderful surprise to learn that .GD was signed and had the DS record in the root zone!
In fact, November was a great month for ccTLDs and DNSSEC with Norway’s .NO signing and Ireland’s .IE signing and also entering the “Operational” state.
All great to see! We’re looking forward to the day when our DNSSEC deployment maps are all green!
If you want to get started with DNSSEC – or just learn more of what it is all about, please visit our Start Here page to find resources tailored for your type of organization or role.
Dec 01
Cyber Monday: 50% Off Ebook of "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks"
Want to lean more about how to increase the security of your unified communications (UC) / voice-over-IP (VoIP) system? Today you have a great opportunity to buy "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks" and hundreds of other ebooks and videos from O'Reilly and associated publishers at a discount of 50% off or more. Simply go to:
http://oreil.ly/Cyber-Monday
and start shopping! Or you can go directly to the book's page at O'Reilly at:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781597495479.doAs I've mentioned in the past, buying direct from O'Reilly offers multiple excellent benefits, including:
- DRM-free - no stupidity with license restrictions.
- Free lifetime access
- Multiple formats (ex. ePUB, PDF, Kindle, etc.)
- Free updates
- Sync with Dropbox and other similar services
... and more! All you do is enter "CYBERDY" as the promotion code when checking out. The deal expires on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 05:00 US Pacific Time.
P.S. While you are there at O'Reilly, you can also purchase my "Migrating Applications To IPv6" ebook and gain insight into what you may need to do to migrate your UC applications over to IPv6 as the Internet moves increasingly to being based on IPv6.
Dec 01
Can You Please Rate or Review 7 Deadliest UC Attacks On O’Reilly’s Site?
If you have read "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks" and found the book helpful, could you please take a moment to rate and/or review the book on O'Reilly's website? Even if you just enter the number of stars and say something very basic it would be helpful. All you need to do is go to this page:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781597495479.do
and click on the "Write Review" link.
In preparation for today's Cyber Monday sale, I looked at the page and noticed that ever since O'Reilly started selling the book as an ebook there have not been any reviews there. There are a few reviews on Goodreads and several very nice reviews over on Amazon.com, but none yet on O'Reilly's site.
These kind of ratings and reviews do help people decide whether to purchase a book - and they are helpful to me as an author, too, to understand what people did (or did not) find useful and helpful.
Thank you!
Dec 01
Cyber Monday: 50% Off Ebook of “Migrating Applications to IPv6″
Today you have a great opportunity to buy “Migrating Applications to IPv6” and hundreds of other ebooks and videos from O’Reilly and associated publishers at a discount of 50% off or more. Simply go to:
and start shopping! Or you can go directly to the book’s page at O’Reilly at:
As I’ve mentioned in the past, buying direct from O’Reilly offers multiple excellent benefits, including:
- DRM-free – no stupidity with license restrictions.
- Free lifetime access
- Multiple formats (ex. ePUB, PDF, Kindle, etc.)
- Free updates
- Sync with Dropbox and other similar services
… and more! All you do is enter “CYBERDY” as the promotion code when checking out. The deal expires on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 05:00 US Pacific Time.
While you are there you can purchase any of O’Reilly’s other IPv6 books for the same discount. Do note that this sale is for ebooks and not for the print versions of the books.
IPv6 deployment is accelerating – make sure that your applications and networks are ready for the IPv6 Internet!
P.S. My “Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks” book is also on sale as an ebook at O’Reilly’s site… if you are interested in voice-over-IP (VoIP) security, please do check that book out, too.
Dec 01
FIR #785 – 12/8/14 – For Immediate Release
Neville's Twitterversary; Quick News: agency staffers need to disclose, impact of a breastfeeding protest, who's watching online videos?, Netflix tests tweet reminders; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Attributes of social CEOs, Dan York's Tech Report, we're not ready for mobile messaging apps, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, Augie Ray says we've heard it all before about social media marketing, Igloo Software promo, the last week on the FIR Podcast Network, a culture of content; music from Special Guests; and more.
Nov 28
Today At Noon EST: Matrix.Org Distributed Communications On The VUC Call
What is the Matrix.org distributed communication system all about? What is an "open source federated signaling standard"? In about 30 minutes you'll be able to find out LIVE on today's VoIP Users Conference (VUC) where the guest will be Matthew Hodgson, one of the co-founders of Matrix.org. As the site says:
Matrix is a new open standard for interoperable Instant Messaging and VoIP, providing pragmatic HTTP APIs and open source reference implementations for creating and running your own real-time communication infrastructure.Our hope is to make VoIP/IM as universal and interoperable as email.
You can watch it live on YouTube at:
Or join in on the Google+ event page. As noted in the #VUC show notes, the team is going to try a number of different ways to get people connected today.
It's probably best to also join the IRC backchannel where links are shared, questions are answered and other comments occur. You also can visit the Google+ event page for the VUC #517 session today where there may be additional links and info.
If you won't be at your computer, you can also call in via:
- sip:200901@login.zipdx.com
- +1 (646) 475-2098
- Skype:vuc.me
The session will of course be recorded so you can listen/watch later.
Given that I've long focused on the need for "distributed and decentralized" communication systems, I'm intrigued to learn more about what the Matrix.org team is intending to do. More links for background information can be found at:
- Matrix.org main site
- Article: Matrix.org and WebRTC: An Interview with Matthew Hodgson
- Matrix.org specification
- Matrix reference homeserver on Github
I'm not going to be able to join live today due to the holiday here in the USA and some plans with our family... but I'm definitely looking forward to listening to/watching the archive of today's show and giving it a test myself!
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Nov 28
Disruptive Telephony… … disrupted?
It's not for a lack of topics ... my queue of things I would like to write about continues to grow and grow!
It's easy to say that my day job has consumed much of my writing time... and there's definitely a great bit of truth to that.
There's also the fact that I have two young children and a wife whom I adore and want to spend time with... as well as other priorities in life that have taken me away from writing as much as I used to.
I do, though, want to get back to writing here, and indeed across all my sites, a bit more.
Stay tuned...
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Nov 28
Are You Buying Home Electronics That Are Ready For IPv6?
Are you buying home electronics that are ready for IPv6? At this time of year there are many sales both offline and online that offer dramatic discounts on home electronics and devices of all types. Massive TVs, audio equipment, computers, home networking equipment… you name it… the opportunities are tempting!
As you consider whether that particular purchase is just too good to pass up, we would also suggest you ask:
- Will it work with IPv6?
The truth is that the “Internet of Things” (IoT) is happening all around us and the “connected home” or “smart home” is becoming a reality. As more and more connected devices get added to the home, there will be a need for more and more IP addresses… and ultimately homes will need to make the move to IPv6.
Hopefully when that happens all of your shiny home electronics equipment will work fine over IPv6!
To make sure you are prepared, we’d encourage you to do some research on any device that will be connected to a network and find out, if you can, whether it works with IPv6.
If you are going to be purchasing a new home wireless router, the UNH InterOperability Lab (IOL) has a helpful list of IPv6 Ready home routers that they have certified… but those may not be the latest and greatest releases that are on sale in the massive sales that are happening.
It may be hard to discover… but we would strongly encourage you to ask the question… and wherever you can make sure that the electronic devices that you bring in your home today will be able to work on the IPv6 networks that are already being deployed to homes all around the world!
And if you haven’t already started with IPv6, we’d encourage you to visit our Start Here page and learn how you can begin!
Image credit: diariocriticove on Flickr
Nov 27
Thank You For All Your Support And Help In 2014
If you are reading this message, odds are pretty good that this is just another regular Thursday for you. In fact, it might be a quieter Thursday than usual because you are receiving fewer email messages or articles from colleagues or people you know in the USA. Maybe you’ll get a bit more done than other Thursdays!
For those of us in the USA, though, where 3/4 of our team is located, today is our Thanksgiving holiday and we’ll be spending the time with our friends and family, probably offline enjoying their company.
As we do that, though, we also want to give thanks to all of you out there who have helped us in so many ways. Your feedback, suggestions and assistance have helped us grow this program in so many different ways. We could not have done all that we have done over the past three years without your help.
Thank you!
As we gear up for what will be an incredibly busy year ahead of us in 2015, we will look forward to working with so many of you again to help accelerate the deployment of key technologies that will make the Internet work faster and be more secure and resilient.
In the meantime, those of us in the US will be enjoying a day off today and tomorrow.
P.S. If you are having a slow day… why not think about getting started with IPv6, DNSSEC, securing BGP, configuring anti-spoofing or using TLS in your applications? 
Nov 24
FIR #783 – 11/24/14 – For Immediate Release
Quick News: Confidence produces better results than reputation, Internet to hit 3 billion users next year, Mattel is in trouble again over Barbie, the post-PC CEO has no desk and no desktop; Ragan promo; News That Fits: is not allowing comments on your site a good idea?, Dan York's report, Uber's crisis, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, CIPR dumps PRWeek, the past week on the FIR Podcast Network, Igloo Software promo, what to do when the online mob hates your new logo; music from Robyn Hitchcock; and more.
