If you are a user of WordPress, as I am for several of my sites, you really should update your site to WordPress 3.3.2. If you take a look at the Codex page for the release: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3.2 You’ll note that…
Apr 20
Want to understand DNSSEC? Watch this excellent 1-hour elearning video.
Want to understand DNSSEC and how it can help secure the Internet? The folks at SIDN, the registry behind the .NL country code top-level domain (ccTLD), have put together a truly excellent 1-hour video e-learning session available in either English or Dutch at: http://www.dnsseccourse.nl/ The course touches on the basics of DNS then explains the Read more…
Apr 20
Civic.io – Mark Headd’s new site on Civic Hacking and Open Government
My friend Mark Headd passionately wants to open up government – and to do so through code. I’ve known him for years as the author of the VoiceInGov / Vox Populi blog where he has been writing about mashups and…
Apr 20
Facebook To Provide IPv6 Access For Developers On May 18th
As of May 18, 2012, developers working on Facebook applications will have access over IPv6 to Facebook’s development platform to test their applications out in preparation for World IPv6 Launch. In a blog post this week, Facebook’s Eric Osgood writes: With the World IPv6 Launch coming on June 6th 2012, Facebook has committed to enabling IPv6 access Read more…
Apr 19
Creating an IPv6-only Wi-Fi Network For the Global INET Event
This weekend, hundreds of people will begin converging in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Global INET event, celebrating the Internet Society’s 20th Anniversary, listening to visionary keynotes and collaborating with others to shape the future of the Internet. While there, attendees will also have the opportunity to ensure their laptops and mobile devices are configured correctly Read more…
Apr 18
Where Are The IPv6-Only Wi-Fi Routers And Access Points?
In trying to set up an IPv6-only Wi-Fi network for a test environment in my home office, I ran across an interesting stumbling block: You can’t turn IPv4 OFF on typical Wi-Fi access points or routers! Now, this does make a certain degree of sense for consumer-grade equipment. Providing such a setting is simply one […]
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Apr 18
Where Are The IPv6-Only Wi-Fi Routers And Access Points?
In trying to set up an IPv6-only Wi-Fi network for a test environment in my home office, I ran across an interesting stumbling block: You can’t turn IPv4 OFF on typical Wi-Fi access points or routers! Now, this does make a certain degree of sense for consumer-grade equipment. Providing such a setting is simply one Read more…
Apr 16
Excellent Interactive Map of DNSSEC Support by Swedish Municipalities
This morning we learned via a tweet about this very cool interactive map of the status of DNSSEC support by Swedish municipalities. Sweden has by far been one of the leaders world-wide in implementing DNSSEC and the fact that such a map like this can even be constructed is a great testimony to all the Read more…
Apr 16
Comcast Rolling Out Home Gateway Support for IPv6 – And Nothing’s Controversial About a /64…
Outstanding news for Comcast subscribers last week at the North American IPv6 Summit! Comcast’s John Brzozowski, chief architect for IPv6 and distinguished engineer, indicated that Comcast was now moving its IPv6 support from just supporting single computers to supporting entire home networks. In a Network World article titled “Comcast is first U.S. ISP to offer Read more…
Apr 13
Jitsi Is The First VoIP Softphone To Support DNSSEC
With it’s 1.0 release last week, the Jitsi soft phone became the first VoIP client I know of to support DNSSEC. Jitsi, formerly known as the “SIP Communicator”, is available for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux from: jitsi.org Jitsi has a great range of features including support for voice and video calls, chat/IM, desktop Read more…
