In about 15 minutes, at 1:00pm US EDT, you can watch live as members of the DNS/DNSSSEC community engage in a “Key Signing Ceremony” that will result in the generation of new keys used for managing DNSSEC at the root of the Domain Name System (DNS). The live stream will be at: http://dns.icann.org/ksk/stream/ The schedule, Read more…
Oct 24
4 NewgTLDs Launched Yesterday Marks Dawn of “DNSSEC From The Start” TLDs
Yesterday was a big day for the Domain Name System (DNS). After a long process, ICANN formally delegated the first four of the “new generic top-level domains (newgTLDs)”, marking the beginning of the largest expansion of the domain name space ever. In addition to the existing “generic TLDs” like .com, .org, .net, etc., and the Read more…
Oct 23
One Image Showing Why I’ll Stick With Spotify Premium Over Apple’s iTunes Radio
Working in a home office, I often like having music playing softly (or sometimes loudly!) in the background. In the interest of hearing more music than just what I have in my own collection, I’ve been trying various streaming services…
Oct 22
APNIC Offering DNSSEC Training In Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 8, 2013
Are you interested in learning about DNSSEC and live near Dhaka, Bangladesh? (or can get there?) If so, the folks at APNIC are offering a day of DNS/DNSSEC trainingon November 8, 2013. From the abstract: This course will discuss the concept of DNS Security in detail, mechanisms to authenticate the communication between DNS Servers, mechanisms Read more…
Oct 22
Video/Slides: Mark Townsley On IPv6 In The Homenet (RIPE67)
How can we raise the bar in home networking? How can we make home network configuration simpler and easier? How can we more effectively route packets in a home network? How can we do this in an environment when the IPv4 address pool is declining? In this great presentation at RIPE67, Mark Townsley talks about Read more…
Oct 21
FIR #726 – 10/21/13 – For Immediate Release
FIR On Strategy 4 is up; FIR listener survey up through Wednesday; eighth GAP study open for input; Quick News: 40 percent of YouTube traffic now mobile, Twitter’s new DM option, FT employs more journalists than ever, Dreamhost publishes an annual prin…
Oct 18
TDYR #042 – On The Eve Of The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013
TDYR #042 – On The Eve Of The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013 by Dan York
Oct 18
Friday Fun: An IPv6 Pumpkin At Tomorrow’s Keene (NH) Pumpkin Festival
Tomorrow, somewhere among the 30,000+ pumpkins displayed at the Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013, will be this pumpkin stating proudly “IPv6″. Probably most people won’t have a clue… but it will be a fun little thing for the geeks and technology folks out there. Living here in Keene, New Hampshire, as I do, you wind up Read more…
Oct 18
DNS Servers Supporting DNSSEC
When you install a DNS “server” on your network, it generally acts as either: 1) an “authoritative server” serving out DNS records on behalf of a zone; or 2) a “recursive nameserver” (also called a “caching nameserver“, a “caching recursive nameserver” or simply a “resolver“) that performs DNS queries. The following DNS software is known Read more…
Oct 18
Video/Slides: Status of Best Current Operational Practices (BCOP) at RIPE67
At the RIPE67 event last week, our Jan Zorz joined Benno Overreinder on stage to give an overview of the ongoing efforts to expand sharing of “best current operational practices” (BCOPs) between network operators around the world. Jan’s slides are available and the video of the talk can be viewed on the RIPE 67 site: Read more…
