Are you looking to learn what IPv6 is all about? Would you like to understand the basics of how IPv6 addresses work? If so, the 6Deploy project has put some great video tutorials online at: http://www.6deploy.eu/e-learning/english/ As we mention on our resource page about the training, the seven sections of the course cover the basics Read more…
Jul 20
Have You Checked Out This Online IPv6 Training?
Are you looking to learn what IPv6 is all about? Would you like to understand the basics of how IPv6 addresses work? If so, the 6Deploy project has put some great video tutorials online at: http://www.6deploy.eu/e-learning/english/ As we mention on our resource page about the training, the seven sections of the course cover the basics […]
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Jul 19
Netflix Provides Excellent Technical Details Behind IPv6 Streaming Rollout
Yesterday over on the Netflix Tech Blog, Rajiv Aggarwal and David Temkin provided an excellent view into how they enabled IPv6 support for Netflix’s video streaming. A couple of points in the article are worth calling out. First, they encountered an issue with the immaturity of some IPv6 code: We found a reference leak in Read more…
Jul 17
Two Years Ago This Week, The Root Zone of DNS Was Signed With DNSSEC
Via a tweet from the ICANN DNS Ops team this morning, we were reminded that it was two years ago this week when the root zone of DNS was signed with DNSSEC and we could start validating the global “chain of trust” from the very beginning of the DNS tree. As noted on www.root-dnssec.org, the Read more…
Jul 16
US Government Releases Updated IPv6 Roadmap
Last week the US Federal CIO Council released an updated version of their IPv6 planning guide/roadmap. Available as a PDF download from cio.gov, the 73-page document provides a wealth of IPv6 information to both US government agencies and also to operators, enterprises and others seeking to understand exactly what the US government is doing with Read more…
Jul 16
How To Write A DNSSEC Practice Statement (DPS)
Are you planning to start using DNSSEC with your domain – and are you planning to start signing your domain yourself? In other words, are you going to be doing all the signing on your own server and/or in your own facilities? (Versus using a service at a DNS hosting provider that does all the Read more…
Jul 13
LAST DAY To Participate in 3rd Annual IPv6 Deployment Survey
As we’ve mentioned previously, today is the last day to let your voice be heard in the 3rd annual “IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey” on the current and future use of IPv6. The survey is at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GlobalIPv6survey2012 It will take just a few minutes and will go far in helping the the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Read more…
Jul 11
DNSSEC Policy & Practice Statements (DPS)
Are you responsible for signing your domain with DNSSEC are are looking to understand more of what may be involved? Are you perhaps with registry or top-level domain (TLD) operator looking to implement DNSSEC across your country-code TLD (ccTLD) or new generic TLD (gTLD)? Or are you with an enterprise seeking to understand the legal Read more…
Jul 10
Oracle Buys Facebook-App-Maker Involver
In an intriguing development today, Oracle announced that it will be acquiring Involver, a startup with a platform to help you rapidly build Facebook apps that work with your Facebook Pages. I first experimented with Involver a year or two…
Jul 10
What is an Over-The-Top (OTT) Application or Service? – A Brief Explanation
What is an "over-the-top" or "OTT" application or service? How does an OTT telecommunications or media app/service differ from a "regular" application? The answer depends upon your perspective. For a regular user of the Internet, an "OTT app or service"…
