Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...
Dan York
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Mar 16
TDYR #130 – On The Beauty Of Musicians’ Impromptu Jam Sessions
TDYR #130 - On The Beauty Of Musicians' Impromptu Jam Sessions by Dan York
Mar 16
Video: IPv6 featured on “This Week In Enterprise Tech” (TWIT TV)
We were pleased to see IPv6 featured in this past week’s “This Week In Enterprise Tech” episode #82, where host Robert Ballecer and his crew interviewed John Curran, CEO of ARIN, the Regional Internet Registry for North America, and also Brandon Ross of Network Utility Force. It was an enjoyable interview that covered a wide range of topics related to IPv6. You can watch the show here – and the IPv6 section starts about 17 minutes into the show:
If you are looking for help getting started with IPv6, please check out our IPv6 resources – and don’t hesitate to let us know if you have more questions or resources you would like to find.
Mar 15
TDYR #129 – In Praise Of Public Libraries, And Doing Reports The Old-fashioned Way
TDYR #129 - In Praise Of Public Libraries, And Doing Reports The Old-fashioned Way by Dan York
Mar 15
Weekend Project: Try Out “Bloodhound”, A Web Browser With Full DNSSEC Support
Here is a quick project to try out this weekend… download and try out the Bloodhound web browser from the DNSSEC Tools Project.
This web browser is a modified version of Mozilla Firefox that supports local validation of DNSSEC and also usage of the DANE protocol. The cool part about Bloodhound is that it validates ALL web addresses used in the building of a web page, i.e. it is not just validating only the main URL for a site. Given that many web pages today make many calls to other web sites for various components and pieces of the site, Bloodhound will ensure that all of those are validated via DNSSEC.
Once you have Bloodhound installed, you can visit our lists:
where you should see failures happen when you attempt to go to the “bad” sites.
More information about how to configure Bloodhound is available on the DNSSEC Tools Project website. The Bloodhound browser was created as an experimental project to advance DNSSEC deployment and as a test bed for how DNSSEC validation can be build directly into applications. If you have feedback or would like to get more information, please see the bottom of the Bloodhound web page for how to get in touch with the folks at the DNSSEC Tools Project.
Mar 14
TDYR #128 – The Internet Needs Defending NOW
TDYR #128 - The Internet Needs Defending NOW by Dan York
Mar 14
Seeking Reviewers – Open Source Courseware for IPv6 Computer Networking
Would you be interested in reviewing a computer networking course book that is being updated for IPv6 and is available as an open source document for all to use? We learned a bit ago that professor Olivier Bonaventure at the Universite catholique de Louvain in Belgium is seeking reviewers for his draft 2nd edition of “Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice” that he has updated for IPv6. The book can be found at:
http://cnp3bis.info.ucl.ac.be/
although what is perhaps more interesting is that Professor Bonaventure has made the book available on Github at:
https://github.com/obonaventure/cnp3
It is available for anyone to use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. He is seeking comments about the book and asking people to raise new issues on Github at:
https://github.com/obonaventure/cnp3/issues?page=1&state=open
where you can see that some reviewers have already filed a number of suggestions and bug reports.
We understand that the goal of Professor Bonaventure and his team is to develop a more finished version of this 2nd edition by the middle of this year and we commend them on this effort. These kind of courseware books / modules that can be used at universities and other training centers are definitely welcome. We look forward to adding this course book to our IPv6 Training page as it continues to evolve.
If you have a bit of time to read through the book, Professor Bonaventure and his team would no doubt appreciate any feedback you may have!
Mar 13
TDYR #127 – Is There A WordPress Plugin To Convert Email To A Post Or Page?
TDYR #127 - Is There A Wordpress Plugin To Convert Email To A Post Or Page? by Dan York
Mar 13
A Breakfast Gathering of DNSSEC Advocates At IETF 89
One of the great joys of working within the DNSSEC community is the truly outstanding and passionate people that are all focused on how we can make the Internet more secure and trustworthy. Last week at IETF 89 in London a few of us who were there were able to meet for breakfast on Friday morning and we have a photo to prove that (click for a larger version):
It was an enjoyable time and several ideas for further activities came out of the conversations that happened there. Plus we got to see who was wide awake at 7:30am and who was desperately needing caffeine. 
The people there at the breakfast were subscribers to the “dnssec-coord” mailing list that was set up to help in the coordination and communication between people who want to accelerate the deployment of DNSSEC. That list is open to anyone to join. We have a monthly conference call and do other work on the mailing list. Some of the people on the list are able to get to IETF and/or ICANN meetings. Some of the list subscribers don’t go to those meetings and participate only electronically and on the phone calls. Some are from large companies and some are individual consultants. It doesn’t matter… all are welcome to join and be part of the conversation about how to make the Internet more secure via DNSSEC and DANE.
We’d love to have you join us! If you’d like to help accelerate the adoption of DNSSEC and are interested in the advocacy/promotion/publicity side of the adoption work, please feel free to subscribe to dnssec-coord and join in our efforts.
Mar 12
Celebrating the 25Th Anniversary of the World Wide Web (Featured Blog)
Today the full original name of the World Wide Web is being seen everywhere as people all around the world join together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the proposal that Tim Berners-Lee submitted at CERN that led to the creation of the "Web" we have today. While many of our articles here on CircleID focus more on the underlying Internet infrastructure that makes the Web possible, it's good to take a moment to reflect on - and celebrate - the amazing evolution of the Web from those very early days! More...
