Today marks a major milestone in my wife’s treatment of her breast cancer. It will be the 18th – and final – time that a Monday morning starts with a treatment visit to "The Kingsbury Pavilion of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center"… a.k.a. the cancer treatment wing of our local hospital, the Cheshire Medical Center. It’s her final Herceptin infusion. And it marks the end of our living life in three-week increments. For the past 12 months, our pattern has basically been this: Week 1: Monday – she goes in for the infusion. After a couple of hours…
Jan 07
Verisign Labs DANE Demonstration Page and Test Sites
Are you developing software that uses the DANE protocol to combine the strong integrity of DNSSEC with the encryption of TLS/SSL? If so, the folks over at Verisign Labs have stood up a demonstration page and a series of test sites at: http://dane.verisignlabs.com/ They provide a number of different test cases that you can use Read more…
Jan 07
FIR #685 – 1/7/13 – For Immediate Release
We kick off our eight year; Ekaterina Walter interview is up, another on PR Apprenticeship is coming; Quick News: Brands are experimenting with sexting services, Hawaii Five-0 to let viewers choosing episode ending in real time, doctors are using socia…
Jan 03
Facebook Rolls Out VoIP In Canada on iOS!
Today, Facebook apparently began testing of true voice-over-IP (VoIP) calling from its iOS app for all Facebook users in Canada. If you have an iPhone and are in Canada, you can update to the latest version of the Facebook Messenger…
Jan 03
Want To Learn More About IPv6 Deployment? Join the IPv6-Ops mailing list
Want to learn more about IPv6 and how it is actually used in network operations? Want to connect with a community of people who are working with IPv6 on a daily basis? If so, have you thought about subscribing to the “ipv6-ops” mailing list? Just go to: http://lists.cluenet.de/mailman/listinfo/ipv6-ops and fill out the subscription form. If Read more…
Jan 02
Next SIP Forum “SIP Over IPv6″ Call on January 9th
UPDATE – Jan 9, 2012: Unfortunately due to some scheduling conflicts, the call on January 9th was cancelled. There will be discussion on the SIP Forum discussion list to determine the date of the next call. One week from today, on January 9, the SIP Forum’s “SIP Over IPv6 Task Group” will be having it’s Read more…
Jan 01
30 Years Ago Today, the Switch to TCP/IP Launched Today’s Internet (Featured Blog)
It was 30 years ago today, on January 1, 1983, that the ARPANET had a “flag day” when all connected systems switched from using the Network Control Protocol (NCP) to the protocols known as TCP/IP. This, then, gave rise to the network we now know as the…
Jan 01
My 3 Words For 2013
As has become my tradition since 2010, I like to start the year off by posting my "three words" for the year. These are not "goals" or "resolutions" but rather words that I hope will define how 2013 will go for me. They are more guides for how I aspire for my life to be. EXECUTION While last year I was trying to focus more on fewer things, this year I want to execute on some of the plans I have had for some time. There are some things I have been thinking about, talking about and even writing about…
Jan 01
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! After a fantastic 2012 we’re looking forward to bringing you even more real-world deployment information this year about IPv6, DNSSEC and now our latest topic of Routing Resiliency / Security. The question is… what will you do in 2013? Will you deploy IPv6 in your network? Will you sign your domains with Read more…
Dec 31
Will Your New Year’s Resolutions Include IPv6? DNSSEC? Routing?
It’s the last day of 2012… are you making resolutions for the New Year? If so, how about one of these: Get IPv6 fully deployed in our network. Set up an IPv6 test network in my home or office. Read a book about IPv6. or Sign at least one of my domains with DNSSEC. Deploy Read more…
