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Dan York
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Apr 23
Video – DNSSEC Deployment In The .GOV TLD (LISA 2012)
How did the deployment of DNSSEC go within the .GOV top-level domain? What kind of errors were found in the deployment? What lessons were learned? If they could start it all again, what would they do differently?
These were all questions discussed by Scott Rose of the US NIST in a talk last December at LISA 12 (where we had ION San Diego) titled “DNSSEC Deployment In The .GOV TLD“. As we can know from NIST’s own statistics it was a long road to get DNSSEC deployed – but the latest stats now show around 81% of all .GOV domains being signed.
Scott’s talk is quite good and offers some good lessons for anyone interested in rolling out DNSSEC in a very large organization or community. From the LISA 12 presentation page, you can either watch the video or listen to the audio.
Apr 22
SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC) Starts Tonight in Herndon, Virginia (Featured Blog)
Tonight begins the third annual SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC) in Herndon, Virginia, where technical and operations staff from service providers around the world with gather to share information and learn about the latest trends in IP communications services - and specifically those based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Produced by the nonprofit SIP Forum, SIPNOC is an educational event sharing best practices, deployment information and technology updates. Attendees range from many traditional telecom carriers to newer VoIP-focused service providers and application developers. More...
Apr 22
At SIPNOC 2013 This Week Talking About VoIP And IPv6, DNSSEC … and Security, Of Course
One of the conferences I've found most interesting each year is the SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC) produced by the SIP Forum, a nonprofit industry association. Part of my interest is that it is only an educational conference, i.e. there's no massive exhibit floor or anything... it's all about education. It also brings together pretty much all the major players in the "IP communications" space - certainly within North America but also from around the world.
I'll be there this week in Herndon, Virginia, talking about how VoIP can work over IPv6 and how DNSSEC can make VoIP more secure. The sessions I am directly involved with include:
- Panel Discussion: Anatomy of a VoIP DMZ
- VoIP Security BOF
- Panel Discussion: IPv6 and SIP - Myth or Reality?
- Who Are You Really Calling? How DNSSEC Can Help
There are quite a range of other topics on the SIPNOC 2013 agenda, including a number of other talks related to security.
It should be quite a good show and I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm particularly looking forward to my "DNSSEC and VoIP" talk on Thursday as that is a topic I've not presented on before... but I think there is some quite valuable potential about using DNSSEC with VoIP.
If you are there at SIPNOC this week, please do say hello!
P.S. While SIPNOC is not being livestreamed, you may find some people tweeting using the hashtag #SIPNOC.
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Apr 22
VoIP Security Major Topic This Week at SIPNOC 2013
This week the SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC) takes place in Herndon, Virginia, and the SIPNOC agenda turns out to have a great focus on security as it relates to VoIP and IP-based communications in general. The security-related sessions include:
- The Growth of Robocalling SPIT
- Communications Service Providers and Threat Intelligence Sharing
- Panel Discussion: Anatomy of a VoIP DMZ
- VoIP Theft: Werewolf or Hydra
- Who are You Really Calling? How DNSSEC Can Help
There will also be a “VoIP Security Birds-of-a-feather (BOF)” session tomorrow evening where we’ll be sharing information about VoIP security issues and learning from each other about what issues people are seeing.
Sponsored by the SIP Forum, SIPNOC is an educational event that brings together primarily technical and operations staff from a wide range of telecommunications and VoIP service providers. It is not a trade show, i.e. there is no exhibit hall. It is just focused on providing educational sessions and networking opportunities.
I’ll be there at SIPNOC speaking about DNSSEC, IPv6 and moderating the VoIP security BOF and the VoIP DMZ panel . I look forward to meeting up again with many of the folks who have attended SIPNOC in the past years. The event is not livestreamed, but if you are in the DC area and want to attend, registration is still open.
If you are there at SIPNOC 2013, please do say hello!
Apr 22
FIR #700 – 4/22/13 – For Immediate Release
FIR co-host interview coming, update on our call-in line, Viral Video Summit on Friday, B2B Huddle reminder; Quick News: UK agencies' use of unpaid interns investigated, free career advice for Millenials, Qantas gives up PR feed on Twitter, the top 100 banks on social media; Ragan promo; News that Fits: segment from our interview with Donna Papacosta, Michael Netzley's Asia report, Media Monitoring Minute, listener comments, update on Supreme Court decision in Meltwater copyright case, Dan York's report, review of social media in the Boston Marathon Bombing; Neville's on his own next week; music from Cruisebox; and more.
Apr 22
Of iPhones, WiFI Networks… And Forgotten Hotels
Of iPhones, WiFI Networks... And Forgotten Hotels by Dan York
Apr 19
Congratulations to Thailand and the Christmas Islands on their DNSSEC-signed TLDs
Congratulations to both the Christmas Islands and Thailand for the DNSSEC-signing of two more top-level domains (TLDs):
- .CX (Christmas Islands)
- .ไทย (Thailand)
In the case of Thailand, their .TH domain was already signed with DNSSEC, but this is now the internationalized domain name (IDN) for .TH.
These two new signed TLDs bring the count to 104 out of 317 TLDs according to ICANN’s TLD report.
Great to see! (and a tip of the hat to Jeff Moss for tweeting out this news.)
P.S. To understand more about IDNs, Wikipedia has a useful article.
Apr 18
Video: Watch This Bufferbloat Demo and See How Much Faster Internet Access Could Be! (Featured Blog)
What if there was a relatively simple fix that could be applied to home WiFi routers, cable modems and other gateway devices that would dramatically speed up the Internet access through those devices? Many of us may have heard of the "bufferbloat" issue where buffering of packets causes latency and slower Internet connectivity, but at IETF 86 last month in Orlando I got a chance to see the problem with an excellent demonstration by Dave Täht as part of the "Bits-And-Bytes" session. More...
