In an update to iOS (iPhone/iPad) apps yesterday, Google+ finally got the kind of sharing of photos that Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other social networks have had for some time. Now, when I go to share a photo, one of…
Dec 22
Jim Galvin Writing About DNSSEC On CircleID
We’ve been very pleased to see Dr. Jim Galvin of Afilias writing a series of articles about DNSSEC over on Circle ID. Jim has been a long-time friend and supporter of the Deploy360 Programme and has spoken multiple times at our ION conferences. (For example, he spoke at our recent ION Belfast event.) Jim was also Read more…
Dec 22
FIR #787 – 12/22/14 – For Immediate Release
Thoughts for our anniversary episode; Cision-Vocus UK webinar featuring Neville now available; Quick News: PCs still tops for video viewing, half of US doctors are on Doximity, Bad web bots account for 1 in 3 site visits, Microsoft to ignore Internet E…
Dec 22
FIR #787 – 12/22/14 – For Immediate Release
Thoughts for our anniversary episode; Cision-Vocus UK webinar featuring Neville now available; Quick News: PCs still tops for video viewing, half of US doctors are on Doximity, Bad web bots account for 1 in 3 site visits, Microsoft to ignore Internet E…
Dec 21
TDYR 201 – Winter Solstice and the Coming of Light
TDYR 201 – Winter Solstice and the Coming of Light by Dan York
Dec 21
10 Years of FIR Podcast Coming Up on January 5, 2015 – Suggestions?
Unbelievably, the For Immediate Release (FIR) Podcast to which I contribute is coming up on a TEN YEAR anniversary! As co-host Neville Hobson recently wrote in the FIR Community on Google+: On January 5, 2015, Shel and I will be…
Dec 20
Congrats to the Wire Team for TNW Apps of The Year Selection
Congratulations to the Wire.com team for having Wire be selected as one of The Next Web’s "Apps of the Year"! TNW’s Napier Lopez talks about how beautiful Wire is and how much it is a platform that he wants to…
Dec 19
SS7 Security On Techmeme? A Reminder About Interconnected Systems…
SS7 security issues reported on Techmeme? I did a double-take yesterday and, as Jay Cuthrell noted on Twitter, wondered if this was a “ThrowbackThursday” taken to the extreme. But no, there was indeed a report in the Washington Post about German security researchers discovering that aspects of SS7 signaling that could be used to listen […]
Dec 19
Friday Humor – Hipku Encodes An IPv6 Address As Haiku
For your Friday enjoyment, here is the IPv6 utility you never knew you needed – Hipku will encode an IP address as haiku. For instance, here is the IPv6 address of our Deploy360 website: Chilled apes and fat smew aid chilled ace ace ace ace ants. Ace ants aid ace clans. Now, I’m not personally Read more…
Dec 19
Norway’s .NO Passes 22,000 DNSSEC-signed Domains
It’s fun watching on Twitter as Norway’s .NO grows in the number of DNSSEC-signed second-level domains. Norid’s Unni Solås tweeted out today that they had passed 22,794 signed .NO domains – and also provided an explanation for this ongoing growth: #DNSSEC, day 11: 22794 signed .no domains. The steady increase is due to Very Big Registrar Read more…