Today long-time DNS expert Cricket Liu came out with a good post on InfoWorld, “Why you need to deploy DNSSec now ” where he talks through why you need DNSSEC how it works, including a walk-through of the actual RRSIG record in DNS human factors that delayed implementation motivation for deploying DNSSEC (or lack thereof) Read more…
Aug 04
IPFire Adds DNSSEC Validation In New Release Via Crowdfunding
We were pleased to see an announcement from the IPFire open source firewall distribution indicating that DNSSEC validation had been added to their most recent “IPFire 2.15 – Core Update 80″ yesterday. More intriguing to me, perhaps, was that the DNSSEC validation was added to the software distribution via a crowdfunding initiative for their “wishlist”. Read more…
Aug 04
FIR #767 – 8/4/14 – For Immediate Release
Quick News: OKCupid conducted social experiments, Twitter testing easier-to-use hashtags, CPRF convenes digital working group, citizens of Armenia urged to write a Wikipedia article each; Ragan promo; News that Fits: BMW sponsors Medium category, Dan Y…
Jul 30
The Mobile Messaging Wars – and Why Facebook Is Forcing Users to Use Its Messenger App (Featured Blog)
In the ongoing war for mobile messaging dominance and “what will replace SMS”, Facebook has decided to annoy a serious part of their user base and force all mobile users to move to Facebook’s separate Messenger app. In a short period of time, you will …
Jul 30
Heading To A "Junior Curling Camp" This Weekend
About this time tomorrow I’ll be down in Warminster, Pennsylvania, stepping onto the ice to help out with coaching in a "Junior Curling Camp". Yes, curling… that winter sport. In July. 🙂 And yes, I’m excited! I’m taking two vacation days to bring my 12-year-old daughter Chloe down to this Junior Curling Camp sponsored by the Grand National Curling Club (GNCC), the organization that helps coordinate the sport of curling along the eastern coast of the USA. Chloe absolutely loves the sport and has been curling for the past three years in the Petersham Curling Club youth curling program down…
Jul 30
Call For Proposals: DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN 51 in L.A. on October 15, 2014
Do you have an idea for a better way to work with DNSSEC? Have you created a new tool or service for DNSSEC or DANE that you would like to present to the wider community? Could you provide a “case study” of how you implemented DNSSEC within your organization? Have you started using DANE to Read more…
Jul 30
Call for Participation: DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN 51 on 15 Oct 2014
The call for participation is now out for the DNSSEC Workshop to be held on October 15, 2014, at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles. If you have any ideas, or would like to ask questions about what is involved with the workshop, please email us at dnssec-losangeles@isoc.org. Initially, we don’t need a full abstract – just […]
Jul 29
The Mobile Messaging Wars Continue – Facebook Forces Separate Messenger App On Mobile Users
In the ongoing war for mobile messaging dominance and "what will replace SMS", Facebook has decided to annoy a serious part of their user base and force all mobile users to move to Facebook’s separate Messenger app. In a short…
Jul 29
TDYR #168 – Facebook Messenger and the Mobile Messaging War
Today Facebook notified its users that all iOS and Android mobile users will soon have to install Facebook’s separate Messenger app to be able to send messages to other Facebook users. In this episode I talk about why this is just part of the broader w…
Jul 28
Recovering From The Wonderful Insanity of IETF 90
Today is the Monday after an IETF meeting. For those who were following our “Deploy360@IETF” and other posts last week or are following us on social media, you know how insanely busy it was for us all. Today I think many of the 1200+ “IETFers” at IETF 90 in Toronto last week are getting back to Read more…
