Want to learn about the state of DNSSEC usage in North America? Or what is new in DNS monitoring? Or where DNSSEC fits into the plans of operating systems? Or how DANE is being used to bring a higher level of security to email? All those questions and …
Oct 13
Watch LIVE Today – DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginners Guide (ICANN51)
As we mentioned last week, in just a few hours you’ll be able to watch and listen live to this event coming out of ICANN 51 in Los Angeles: 17:00 – 18:30 PDT – DNSSEC for Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide In this session we’ll once again go back to the caveman days and talk about Read more…
Oct 13
FIR #777 – 10/13/14 – For Immediate Release
People use social media when business activity is low, teens are leaving Facebook again, Comedy club in Spain charges per laugh using facial recognition, Snapchat breech shouldn’t deter marketers, the Millennial you’re targeting deosn’t exist, Michael …
Oct 12
Rough Guide To ICANN 51: DNSSEC And The Root KSK Rollover
How do we increase the security of the Domain Name System (DNS)? How can we expand the usage of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and use it to create a higher level of trust on the Internet? How do we make the Internet more secure?
Most of us probably …
Oct 10
Background Information For The DNSSEC Root KSK Rollover Workshop At ICANN51
As I mentioned yesterday, there is a great amount of DNSSEC-related activity happening at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles next week. One of the new items is the Root KSK Rollover Workshop on Thursday, October 16, 2014, from 9:00-12noon US Pacific time (UTC-7). This workshop will be accessible remotely from links off of this page: http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-dnssec-key-rollover Read more…
Oct 10
2-Page IPv6 Fact Sheet Now Available In English, French and Spanish
Have you ever wished that there was a simple “2-page” document that you could give people explaining IPv6 and what it is all about? Would you like a IPv6 “handout” that you can distribute at events or send to colleagues or vendors? If so, we’ve now added a “IPv6 Fact Sheet” to our site in Read more…
Oct 09
A Great Amount Of DNSSEC/DANE Activity At ICANN 51 In L.A. Next Week
Starting in just a few days there is going to be a great amount of activity related to DNSSEC and DANE happening in conjunction with the ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles from October 12-16, 2014. As usual, there will be the large DNSSEC Workshop on Wednesday, October 15 that always happens with ICANN meetings, as well Read more…
Oct 09
Join The Monthly “DNSSEC Coordination” Calls To Help Advance DNSSEC
If you are interested in helping advance the deployment of DNSSEC, there are a group of us that gather in a conference call on the first Thursday of each month to exchange information, share ideas and develop plans to accelerate more usage and deployment of DNSSEC. This is a group focused more on the advocacy […]
Oct 08
Watch LIVE Today – INET Trinidad and Tobago – IPv6, DNSSEC, More
As we mentioned earlier this week, the INET Trinidad and Tobago event starts TODAY bringing great Internet infrastructure information to the Caribbean region. Some of the presentations today covering IPv6 and DNSSEC include: IPv6: What Is It? Why Is It Needed? IPv6 Deployment: Business Cases and Development Options (in the Caribbean) Securing the DNS and Internet Routes The event Read more…
Oct 07
CloudFlare Publishes Excellent Introduction To DNSSEC
The team over at CloudFlare published an excellent introduction to DNSSEC today that is well worth a read. CloudFlare has developed a reputation for writing blog posts that provide a solid level of technical depth and this one certainly does. Nick Sullivan starts by walking through the basics of DNS and including some packet captures and Read more…