Dan York

Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...

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Packet Pushers Healthy Paranoia Podcast: IPv6 Security Smackdown

Packet Pushers podcast logoInterested in IPv6 security? Back in October 2012, the Packet Pushers podcast had a great show on the topic called “Healthy Paranoia Show 4:IPv6 Security Smackdown!” Guests included many of the people we’ve routinely interacted with about IPv6 at events and on mailing lists:

  • Fernando Gont, security researcher
  • Eric Vyncke, Cisco Distinguished Consulting Engineer and author
  • Joe Klein, security researcher
  • TJ Evans, IPv6 instructor and engineer
  • Jim Small, Sr. Consultant – Network/Security Architecture and Engineering, CDW
  • Scott Hogg, Cisco Press author and Director of Technology Solutions for RMv6TF

The show runs about 90 minutes and is well worth a listen!

TDYR #004 – 1 Year After Going DRM-free, Tor Books Sees No Increase In Piracy

One year after going DRM-free for their ebooks, Tor Books reports that they have "seen no discernible increase in piracy". In this episode I talk about why that is important, how DRM is anti-consumer and as an author and reader why I prefer DRM-free titles. More: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/04/tor-books-uk-drm-free-one-year-later Commentary: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22322922899/tor-books-uk-says-ditching-drm-showed-no-increase-piracy.shtml My DRM-free books: http://migratingappstoipv6.com/ (O'Reilly) http://www.7ducattacks.com/ (Published by Syngress and recently made available DRM-free through O'Reilly's ebook platform)

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

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...

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:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6180

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!

 

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

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.

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.

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

Could You Go For A Year Without Internet Access? Paul Miller Reports On His Experiment… (Featured Blog)

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