A couple of recent events have reminded me how incredibly important it is to cherish the ones you love…
Jan 11
Weekend Project: Enable DNSSEC Validation On Your DNS Resolver
Looking for a weekend project to learn more about a new technology? How about seeing if you can enable DNSSEC on the DNS resolver you use in your home network? (or in your business network?) This whitepaper from SURFnet about deploying DNSSEC validation on recursive caching name servers provides an excellent guide to get started. Read more…
Jan 10
TDYR #065 – On Getting An Abusive Fraud Phone Call, And Needing Secure Caller ID
I received an abusive fraudulent phone call today from someone from the “Windows security service” who no doubt wanted to get me to install malware on my computer. The call made once again think of our need for “secure origin identification” within IP …
Jan 10
CES 2014: CEA Announces IPv6 Specification For Consumer Electronics
We were very pleased to read the news earlier this week coming out of the 2014 International CES event that the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) had selected “IPv6 Implementation Standards” to be one of two standards programs in its “CESpec” program. As stated in the CEA’s news release: The CESpec program aims to draw worldwide Read more…
Jan 09
Deadline TOMORROW to Apply to Represent the “Technical Community” at the Brazil Meeting and in 1Net (Featured Blog)
Are you interested in being a representative of the “technical community” to the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance” happening in April 2014 in Brazil? Or would you like to represent the technical community on the “1n…
Jan 09
TDYR #064 – Why I Do What I Do
“Why do you do it?” someone recently asked me after learning I’d flown around 96,000 miles last year year to somewhat ironically talk to people about making the Internet work better. In this episode I talk about WHY I do what I do… and about the cho…
Jan 08
TDYR #063 – On Helping Those Stuck Out On The Cold Winter Streets
Some evening thoughts while walking the cold streets of Keene, NH, on our need to help those who have no choice but to be out on the streets…
Jan 08
Quick Admin Update: Minor changes to Deploy360 website, sharing
Just a quick update… in our constant effort to to make this site work as smoothly as possible for visitors and also to help as many people as possible find our content, I spent some time “under the hood” today making some upgrades and doing a number of other tweaks. You shouldn’t see anything really different Read more…
Jan 07
TDYR #062 – Launching A New Podcast: “FIR On Technology with Dan York”
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast, “FIR On Technology with Dan York” where I’ll be doing deeper dives into the tools and technology that people involved with communications / PR / marketing need to care about. In this TDYR episode I …
