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:

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……

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

FIR #687 – 1/21/13 – For Immediate Release

Latest Edelman Trust Barometer released; interview update; Quick News: CEO online sociability has doubled, Starbucks says seismic consumer behavior changes are linked to technology, court rules against news agencies that used photos posted to Twitter, …

Report: Routing Resiliency Measurements – Where We Are And What Needs To Be Done

What are the actual frequency of routing security incidents? And what are the operational and economic impacts of such security incidents? We all know that “routing security” incidents happen, but it’s hard to get a grasp on exactly what the situation is.  To that end, our colleagues in the Internet Society Standards and Technology team Read more…