Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...
Dan York
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May 08
TDYR #003 – Syria Disappears From The Internet (And Then Returns) – What Can We Learn From This?
The entire country of Syria went offline on May 7-8, 2013, for about 19-20 hours. What can we learn from this event?
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2013/05/syrian-internet-fragility.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/08/how-did-syria-cut-off-the-entire-country-from-the-internet/
http://labs.umbrella.com/2013/05/07/breaking-news-traffic-from-syria-disappears-from-internet/
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/05/why-did-syria-shut-down-the-internet.html
May 06
Video: Have We Found the Cure for Bufferbloat? (Featured Blog)
Following up on my recent post about how solving the Bufferbloat problem could dramatically increase the speed of Internet usage, I recently learned via a Google+ post by Michael Richardson of this video of a presentation by Jesper Dangaard Brouer of Red Hat at the recent DevConf.cz Brno 2013 titled "Beyond the existences of Bufferbloat - Have we found the cure?" More...
May 06
RFC 6180 Offers Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms
How can you best migrate your network to IPv6? What is the best transition mechanism to use of the many available? Should you make your network dual-stack? Use tunneling? Go IPv6-only with gateways on the edge?
I’ve been asked this question lately by a number of people and unfortunately the answer to what is “best” is really…
“It depends.“
There are a lot of variables relating to the type of network you have – the architecture, the equipment, the applications, etc.
Thankfully, there are a good number of documents out there that can help with thinking about what mechanism will work best for your. One of those is RFC 6180, “Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms during IPv6 Deployment“, available at:
It is an informational RFC (i.e. not a “standard” but a document intended to be helpful) that outlines four different deployment scenarios and how you might use them. While it was published in early 2011 and a LOT has happened with IPv6 in the two years since, the document is still a good reference document and one I would encourage you to review.
Most importantly, just start getting IPv6 deployed!
May 06
TDYR #002 – On The Incredible Importance Of Owning Your Online Platform
TDYR #002 - On The Incredible Importance Of Owning Your Online Platform by Dan York
May 06
FIR #702 – 5/6/13 – For Immediate Release
Soundcloud interview is up; B2B Huddle keynotes are coming; Quick News: 300 social media policies, retracting tweets, thoughts after using Google Glass, Lowe's cracks Vine marketing code; Ragan promo; News That Fits: the future of PR agencies, Michael Netzley's Asia report, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, MOOCs will disrupt how we learn, Dan York's report; music from Kim Jarrett; and more.
May 06
FIR #702 – 5/6/13 – For Immediate Release
Soundcloud interview is up; B2B Huddle keynotes are coming; Quick News: 300 social media policies, retracting tweets, thoughts after using Google Glass, Lowe's cracks Vine marketing code; Ragan promo; News That Fits: the future of PR agencies, Michael Netzley's Asia report, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, MOOCs will disrupt how we learn, Dan York's report; music from Kim Jarrett; and more.
May 05
The Dan York Report Episode #1: Intro To The Show, And – Could You Go Off The Internet For A Year?
The Dan York Report Episode #1: Intro To The Show, And - Could You Go Off The Internet For A Year? by Dan York
May 03
Could You Go for a Year Without Internet Access? Paul Miller Reports on His Experiment… (Featured Blog)
Could you sign off of the Internet today -- right now, in fact -- and not come back online for 12 months? If you are a reader of CircleID, odds are pretty good that the answer is probably an emphatic "No!" This is, after all, a site for "Internet Infrastructure" and for most of us visiting the site (or writing here) the "Internet" is completely woven into the fabric of our lives... and we have a hard time thinking of a life without it. More...
May 02
Speaking Live On VUC Podcast About DNSSEC And VoIP/UC on Friday, May 3
Would you like to chat with me (Dan York) about DNSSEC and DANE and how they might work with voice-over-IP (VoIP) and unified communications (UC)? Or would you just like to listen to my views on the subject?
If so, you can join in to the live “VoIP Users Conference (VUC)” conference call / podcast at 1:00pm US Eastern on Friday, May 1, May 3, 2013.
Based off of some of the information I shared in my SIPNOC presentation last week about DNSSEC and VoIP, I’ll be giving an overview of both DNSSEC and DANE and then opening a conversation about what possibilities there might be to use DNSSEC/DANE to provide a higher level of security to VoIP and other forms of IP telecom.
I’ll also be pointing people to our new “DNSSEC and IP Communications” page where I’m starting to list some of the VoIP tools and services out there now that work with DNSSEC (and I’m looking for more items to add).
To join the call, you can either connect in to the Google+ Hangout at 1:00 pm US Eastern – or alternatively call in via the SIP, Skype or regular old phone numbers listed on the top of the VUC page for the episode. There is also an IRC backchannel where text chat occurs during the episodes.
If you can’t listen live, the show will be recorded and you can listen to it later.
I’ve been a participant in the VUC shows for several years and it’s a good group of people and always some interesting conversation. They happen every Friday normally at 12 noon US Eastern – but due to a scheduling conflict I’m going on at 1:00pm. Do tune in tomorrow and join us in the conversation about DNSSEC and VoIP!
