What should the appropriate IPv6 security policy be for residential customers? How can they get the benefits of IPv6 while still ensuring that their home networks are secure? These are the questions pursued in a new Internet-Draft available today: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-v6ops-vyncke-balanced-ipv6-security The abstract and introduction explain quite well how this applies to “customer premise equipment (CPE)”: Read more…
Jan 25
Last Day To Submit Speaking Proposals for SIPNOC2013
Got a great idea for a talk to give to an excellent gathering of SIP/VoIP network operators? Have a new way of handling security? Have a case study you’d like to present for how you solved an operational issue? The…
Jan 24
TED Video: Shawn Achor on the happy secret to better work
I enjoyed this presentation very much… and it’s interesting to think about the processes he describes toward the end that relate to "rewiring our brains" to focus on the positive and to move us toward more happiness:
Jan 24
One Image To Show The Incredible Importance Of Sharing Web Pages Versus PDFs
So you have that report, infographic or other document as a PDF, right? And now you want to get that massively shared out in social media, right? So that everyone can see your document and learn from it? Do you……
Jan 24
RFC 6841 Outlines How To Write DNSSEC Policies and Practice Statements
Back in July 2012, we wrote about “How To Write a DNSSEC Practice Statement (DPS)” and referenced an Internet-Draft that explained the process. We’re very pleased to see that that I-D was just published this month as a formal RFC: RFC 6841 – A Framework for DNSSEC Policies and DNSSEC Practice Statements As the abstract Read more…
Jan 24
New “Internet Of Things Consortium” Launched
Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, a new “Internet of Things Consortium” was announced bringing together 10 companies with the stated goal of fostering and supporting the growth of Internet-connected devices for consumers. The consortium has a website now visible at iofthings.org. The term “Internet of Things” has been Read more…
Jan 23
ENISA Report On Secure Routing And Network Resiliency
What is the state of our routing infrastructure and what can be done to make it more secure and resilient? In July 2010, the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) published a report on this topic called: Secure routing: State-of-the-art deployment and impact on network resilience It begins with a paragraph that I think Read more…
Jan 22
Slides: Early DNSSEC Deployment Observations from Ed Lewis
What have we seen in terms of DNSSEC deployment around the world? Are there general trends or themes we can understand? Can we dive a bit deeper into some of the algorithms used in DNSSEC signatures? In an October 2012 presentation to NANOG 56, Ed Lewis of Neustar dug into all these questions and more. Read more…
Jan 21
10 Updated Internet-Drafts Related to IPv6 Security
Fernando Gont of SI6 Networks has been a VERY busy man lately! He and his colleagues and co-authors have recently updated a whole host of Internet-Drafts related to IPv6 security. In a post to the full-disclosure mailing list, Fernando provided his list that includes: Network Reconnaissance in IPv6 Networks Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Read more…
Jan 21
PowerDNS Releases Version 3.2 With Increased DNSSEC Support
Congratulations to Bert Hubert and the rest of the team at PowerDNS for their release 3.2 last Thursday that, if you scroll down through the release announcement and changelog is pretty much mostly about improvements to their already strong DNSSEC support! The list of changes and improvements is rather impressive. In speaking with Bert last Read more…
