At the 86th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) next week in Orlando there is one primary working group where DNSSEC will be discussed, the DNSOP (DNS Operations) working group. As noted in our recently-published “Rough Guide To IETF 86′s Hot Topics“, DNSOP develops guidelines for the operation of DNS software servers and the administration of Read more…
Mar 07
IPv6 Sessions at IETF 86 Next Week
The 86th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is happening next week in Orlando and if you are interested in IPv6, there are quite a number of working groups where IPv6 will be discussed. Our recently-published “Rough Guide To IETF 86′s Hot Topics” highlights three of the IPv6 groups: v6ops (IPv6 Operations) WG Read more…
Mar 06
Every Minute You Spend Consuming Content Is A Minute You Are Not Creating Content
Think about it… right now, while you are reading this, you could be writing an article for your blog or website. You could be recording a video for YouTube or an audio segment for SoundCloud. You could be working on…
Mar 04
ISC’s “IPv6 Security Focus Month” Begins
As we mentioned previously, the handlers at the SANS Institute’s “Internet Storm Center (ISC)” have indicated that March will be their “IPv6 Focus Month”. To that end, they’ve started off the month with a list of IPv6 resources they have previously published at the ISC and their list does include some great content (some of which Read more…
Mar 04
FIR #693 – 3/4/13 – For Immediate Release
Congratulations Steve Rubel on new Edelman gig; Civility book review coming; B2B Huddle set for May 2, FIR will podcast keynotes; FIR listener discount to London conference; Quick News: most brands using Instagram, the return of sweetness, the first Vi…
Mar 01
Geoff Huston Unravels An IPv6 Bug Involving Apple Mail And Microsoft Exchange
Geoff Huston at APNIC Labs published today a fascinating and very well-documented exploration of why he was having occasional seemingly random problems sending email from his Apple Mail program via APNIC’s Microsoft Exchange Server. It’s such a good read that I’ll not spoil the story, other than to say it is a good example of the Read more…
Mar 01
The International Space Station’s Canadian Music Video Collaboration – and Google+ Hangout (Featured Blog)
As much as we talk here about the inner workings of the Internet’s infrastructure, there are times when you have to just sit back and look at how incredibly cool some of the things are that are enabled by the Internet. For example, last week I was deli…
Mar 01
Going on VUC Podcast Today – And A Few More Name Ideas
Going on VUC Podcast Today – And A Few More Name Ideas by Dan York
Feb 28
Is The “VoIP” in “VoIP Security” Still The Right Term?
Should we still be talking about “VoIP security”? Or should we be using some other language? Back when we started VOIPSA in 2005, “voice over IP (VoIP)” was the term we all were using, but as we look at what kind of activities come next, we’re starting to wonder if we should be talking about […]
