Want to learn more about DNSSEC? Next week at the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) Conference in San Diego there are going to be some excellent DNSSEC sessions in addition to our ION San Diego event happening on Tuesday. Starting it off will be a half-day DNS and DNSSEC tutorial on Tuesday morning (right Read more…
Dec 03
World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) Starts Today in Dubai
Today is the start of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The aim of the conference is to update the "International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs)", a treaty between nations that establishes rules for interoperability…
Dec 03
FIR #680 – 12/3/12 – For Immediate Release
Interviews coming with Craig Silverman and Ekaterina Walter; Quick News: ITN Productions launches citizen journalism channel, US mobile phone usage metrics, Leveson Inquiry report user experience; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Leveson traditional media …
Nov 30
What Happens When All Communication From A Country Is Disrupted?
What happens when all communications into and out of a country is completely disrupted? We’re seeing that right now with Syria. As I wrote on CircleID yesterday, all Internet access is down… and reports say that all communication via cell…
Nov 30
Hash-slinger Helps You Easily Create TLSA records for DNSSEC / DANE
If you are looking to get started with the DANE protocol to provide higher security for SSL/TLS certificates, a basic question can be – how do you generate a TLSA record to put in your DNS zone file? As we outlined before, there are a number of different tools you can use. One that is Read more…
Nov 30
Hash-slinger – a tool for creating TLSA records for the DANE protocol
Hash-slinger is a package of tools created by Paul Wouters of RedHat to make it easy to create records for the DANE protocol that will allow you to secure your SSL/TLS certificates using DNSSEC. The package is available for Linux at: http://people.redhat.com/pwouters/hash-slinger/ One of the tools provided in the package is a command “tlsa” that Read more…
Nov 29
Finding My "Barriers To Blogging" Apply To Audio Podcasting As Well
In thinking about how I might do more audio podcasting, I found myself hitting many of the same barriers I wrote about with regard to blogging… so I made this recording:
Nov 29
Syria Disconnects From The Internet (Featured Blog)
This morning brought word that all Internet connections into Syria had been severed. Internet monitoring firm Renesys was among the first to report the news in a blog post that they have continued to update. That news was subsequently confirmed by othe…
Nov 29
Skype 4.2.1 for iPad/iPhone Brings Microsoft Integration, Chat Interop, Better IM Features
Skype today brought its increased integration with Microsoft services to the iPhone and iPad with the new release 4.2.1 available in the iOS AppStore. As you can already do in the Windows, Mac and Android versions of Skype, the big…
