Will you be at ICANN 49 in Singapore next week? And are you deploying DNSSEC and interested in meeting with others who are also doing so? As we mentioned earlier this week, there are three sessions at ICANN 49 focused on DNSSEC and one of those is an “informal gathering of DNSSEC implementers” on the evening of March Read more…
Mar 20
Microsoft Publishes Guide To Deploying DNSSEC In Windows Server 2012
Do you work in an enterprise using Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and are interested in either deploying DNSSEC validation to provide better security to your users – and/or securing your own DNS zones using DNSSEC? If so, the good folks at Microsoft just recently released a new guide “DNSSEC in Windows Server 2012” that guides Read more…
Mar 20
Flying Around The Globe (Literally)
As someone who enjoys maps, globes and all things related to geography, I found it kind of cool this morning to realize that my travel this weekend to ICANN 49 in Singapore (to be involved with activities related to DNSSEC (DNS Security)) will take me "around the world" in a somewhat literal manner. I will start off flying east from Boston to London and on to Singapore – and then will return flying east to Hong Kong and then to Chicago and back to Boston. Of course, as the "Great Circle Mapper" site reminded me, my "circle" may not be…
Mar 20
TDYR #133 – Flying A Circle Around The World To/From Singapore
This morning I realized that with my upcoming travel to Singapore I’m going to be traveling completely around the world with my particular flights. Being a lover of maps, globes and geography, I just found this kind of cool…
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Mar 19
3 DNSSEC Sessions At ICANN 49 Next Week In Singapore
Next week we’ll be at ICANN 49 in Singapore for several excellent DNSSEC-related sessions, two of which will also be streamed live for those who want to watch remotely. DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide First up on Monday, March 24, 2014, in the late afternoon from 17:00 – 18:30 Singapore time will be the DNSSEC Read more…
Mar 19
TDYR #132 – And On The 77th Day, The Streak Endeth …
TDYR #132 – And On The 77th Day, The Streak Endeth … by Dan York
Mar 18
Dramatic IPv6 Growth Now Visible Via Trend Charts On World IPv6 Launch Measurements
Here’s something very cool… you can now see the dramatic growth in IPv6 usage seen in the World IPv6 Launch measurements by way of new trend charts provided for the top 10 networks. Here’s an example of the chart for Verizon Wireless: The graphs for Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Deutsche Telekom and others in the Read more…
Mar 17
TDYR #131 – The Big Fail In Getty Images’ “Free” Embedding
Getty Images recently announced that 35 million of their highly acclaimed images would be available for “free” embedding… the only problem is that the actual implementation doesn’t allow social sharing – a major requirement for most people using imag…
Mar 17
One Screenshot To Show How Getty Images’ "Free" Offer FAILS – And Why I Will Not Use It
Much has been made over the past few weeks about Getty Images allowing the free embedding of over 35 million images from Getty’s vast library. The Verge ran a glowing piece and Neville Hobson summarized a good bit of the…
Mar 17
What Is A TLD? gTLD? ccTLD? newgTLD? IDN?
What is a "TLD"? How does a "gTLD" differ from a "ccTLD"? And what is a "newgTLD" all about? These are some of the questions I’ve encountered as I’ve been talking to people both in person and via the FIR…
