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…
Oct 17
Video/Slides: Case Study – IPv6 and Home Automation (RIPE67)
How well can a home be automated using IPv6? This week at RIPE67, Nathalie Trenaman spoke about how she and her boyfriend have been in the process of wiring up their home to work over IPv6. We previously mentioned the IPv6 home automation blog she’s been maintaining, but in this presentation she went into a Read more…
Oct 17
TDYR #041 – Waking Up At 4am To A GaggleAMP From FIR
I awoke this morning to a bunch of Tweetdeck notification sounds telling me someone was mentioning @danyork on Twitter. Was this a bad thing? No, it turned out to be the latest “GaggleAMP” messages related to the For Immediate Release (FIR) podcast -…
Oct 16
Introducing The DNSSEC History Project – Can You Help Complete The Story?
Can you please help us fill in the blanks and complete the story of how DNSSEC came about? Back in 2010 after the root of DNS was signed with DNSSEC, Steve Crocker sent out an email suggesting that the community should document the history of how DNSSEC came to be. As documented on the “About Read more…
Oct 16
Video: Geoff Huston at RIPE67 – Great Charts On The Global State of IPv6 Deployment
Today at RIPE67 in Athens, APNIC’s Geoff Huston gave a great presentation on “Global State of IPv6 Deployment Since IPv6 Launch Day“. As we’ve mentioned before (related to DNSSEC), Geoff’s team at APNIC is using an innovative system of Flash-based ads running via web ad networks to do all sorts of Internet measurements. In this RIPE67 Read more…
Oct 16
Photos: ION Krakow 2013 – See What Happened There!
Missed ION Krakow but curious to see what went on? We’ve uploaded a set of photos from Krakow to our Flickr account that give a view into what went on that day. Take a look and see what happened… (click/tap the image to go to the full set) The slides used that day are available Read more…
Oct 15
Video: IETF Chair Jari Arkko on “Pervasive Monitoring and the Internet” (Featured Blog)
Today at the RIPE 67 event in Athens, Greece, IETF Chair Jari Arkko gave a presentation on “Pervasive Monitoring and the Internet” where he spoke about the ongoing surveillance issues and: What do we know? What are the implications? What can we do? Sim…
Oct 15
What Does the IPv6-only Web Look Like? Video Of Lee Howard’s RIPE67 Talk
What does the Web look like if you are browsing from an IPv6-only network? At the RIPE 67 event yesterday in Athens, Greece, Lee Howard of Time Warner Cable gave a brief overview of his team’s look at the IPv6-only user experience – and what needs to be done to make that experience a better Read more…
