What Devices And Software Support The Opus Audio Codec? Here Is A List

What devices support the Opus audio codec? What softphones? hardphones? call servers? Obviously given that Opus is the "mandatory to implement" audio codec for WebRTC, it will be in many web browsers… but what other I was asked this question…

SSAC Issues New Report On DDoS Attacks Against DNS

What can be done to prevent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against the DNS infrastructure? What can individuals or organizations who operate DNS servers do to their own systems to help reduce the threat of DDoS attacks?   ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) took on this issue recently and released a new Read more…

TypePad To Start Using Akismet To Fight Blog Comment Spam

Yes! The folks at TypePad announced today they going to start using Akismet to fight blog comment spam! As a user of TypePad since 2005-ish, I’ve long been frustrated with how poorly TypePad’s anti-comment-spam mechanisms have worked and have written…

TDYR #110 – The Power Of Hacker News And Reddit To Drive Attention To Your Content

Today I reflect on the power of sites like Hacker News and Reddit to drive a large amount of attention to an article or other piece of content. I discovered today that a post I wrote last week:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140219_anyone_who_still_t…

3 Sessions About Securing BGP At IETF89 Next Week

Next week at IETF 89 in London there will be a good bit of discussion around the security and resilience of the Internet’s routing infrastructure.  Given our interest in securing BGP, members of our team will be attending the SIDR, GROW and IDR Working Groups next week and engaging in other routing discussions as well. Read more…

FIR #744 – 2/24/14 – For Immediate Release

Back to Skype; Quick news: Chevron gives free pizza after fracking explosion, Virgin Galactic looking for a PR agency, Groupon says its President’s Day gaffe was a hoax, Sprinklr acquires Dachis; Ragan promo; News That Fits: CIPR survey says PR is at a…

RFC 7123 – Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks

What are the security issues around IPv6 support and IPv6 transition mechanisms on an IPv4-only network?  Could the unplanned and perhaps even unknown support of IPv6 by operating systems introduce additional security concerns into an enterprise network? In an Informational RFC 7123 published in February 2014, Fernando Gont and Will Liu explore the security implications Read more…

TDYR #109 – Wishing The Best For All In Ukraine Right Now

Tonight my thoughts are with all the folks in Kiev and throughout the Ukraine as they make their way through some very turbulent times…

(More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan )

TDYR #108 – The Amazing Power Of The Olympics To Get People Excited About Curling!

TDYR #108 – The Amazing Power Of The Olympics To Get People Excited About Curling! by Dan York

Weekend Project: Join the XMPP “Security Test Day” today to test DNSSEC / DANE

If you have a bit of time today, February 22, 2014, and want to help an effort aimed at making the Internet more secure, the XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is holding their second “Security Test Day” today.  The goal is to encrypt all traffic between servers and clients on the public network of XMPP servers. Read more…