IPv6 Time Servers (NTP)

Setting the time on computers and other Internet-connected devices is critical.  As we move to IPv6, there needs to be access to Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers available over IPv6.  The following time servers are known to work over IPv6. We would like to make this list as comprehensive as possible.  If you know of Read more…

TDYR #094 – The Extremely Cool Thing About Youth Curling Bonspiels Is …

TDYR #094 – The Extremely Cool Thing About Youth Curling Bonspiels Is … by Dan York

Weekend Project: Test Out New DNSSEC Support In Dnsmasq

If you run your own small network and are comfortable working with Linux, Android, *BSD, Solaris or Mac OS X, here’s a great way you could help advance DNSSEC: Simon Kelley is looking for people to test the new DNSSEC functionality he included in his latest development version of dnsmasq. If you are not familiar with dnsmasq, Read more…

TDYR #093 – A Great Afternoon Of Skiing, And The Sounds Of Skiing

A quick episode recorded on a ski lift and also while skiing (if you hang on to the end after I “ended” the episode).

Great Video About The Sport Of Curling In Petersham, MA!

Recently WWLP-TV22 recorded a great video segment about curling at the Petersham Curling Club as part of their “Mass Appeal” show. The video gives a great overview of the sport of curling and shows how open the sport is to anyone to participate.  (And if you are interested in trying out curling yourself, the Petersham Curling […]

Great Video About The Sport Of Curling In Petersham, MA!

Recently WWLP-TV22 recorded a great video segment about curling at the Petersham Curling Club as part of their “Mass Appeal” show. The video gives a great overview of the sport of curling and shows how open the sport is to anyone to participate.  (And if you are interested in trying out curling yourself,

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BGP Hijacking In Iceland And Belarus Shows Increased Need for BGP Security

Want to understand better why we need to secure the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to make the Internet’s routing infrastructure more secure? Just read this article on Wired’s site, “Someone’s Been Siphoning Data Through a Huge Security Hole in the Internet“, or the corresponding post on the Renesys blog, “The New Threat: Targeted Internet Traffic Read more…

TDYR #092 – With Sochi Olympics, NBC Once Again Fails Americans Who Cut The Cable TV Cord

Sadly, NBC has once again failed Americans who are “cord-cutters” by restricting the live coverage of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to only people with cable/satellite TV subscriptions. Although their App Store app claims that you can watch live feed…

TDYR #091 – Oh, How The English Language Evolves – 3 Words That Amused Me Today

Oh, how the English language evolves… as a writer and lover of language I am always fascinated by how we change our language. Tonight I talk about three words that amused me today: operationalize, granularize and remoted… with a fourth thrown in at…

Comcast’s Speedtest Now Breaks Out IPv6 Speed Vs IPv4 Speed

A tip from John Jason Brzowski let us know that Comcast’s Internet speed test at speedtest.comcast.net now performs speed tests over both IPv6 and IPv4 and shows you the results separately.  This is a public test that anyone can use, regardless of whether you are a Comcast customer or not.  Perhaps obviously, for the IPv6 test to […]

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