In a recent interview about his new book, J. Michael Straczynski, said he pitched the network on his Babylon 5 show by saying that it was all about “choices, consequences, and responsibility.” In this short episode, I talk about what a great summary th…
Nov 09
TDYR 373 – Celebrating 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
“Die Mauer! Die Mauer ist weg!” (“The wall! The wall is gone!”) It was 30 years ago tonight when I got the phone call from a friend of mine that the wall was gone. I turned on our TV and was astounded by what I saw. For cold-war kids who were students …
Nov 08
TDYR 372 – Are there good alternatives to Meetup.com?
Are there good alternatives to Meetup.com for organizing groups and events? Many people started asking that question a few weeks ago when it appeared Meetup.com was drastically changing its pricing. While Meetup.com clarified this was just a test, it c…
Nov 07
TDYR 371 – Celebrating 50 Years of UNIX
It was 50 years ago in the summer of 1969 that the Unix operating system was created at Bell Labs by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and their colleagues. In this episode I talk about the large effect Unix has had on my own life, in all of its many variat…
Nov 06
TDYR 370 – CDNs, Anycast, Containers, and the Disaggregation of Networking Models
Once upon a time, our mental model of how networking worked was rather simple. You had a device connected to a network (a “client”) and a server to which that device was connecting. Each had a host name and an IP address. The server was typically a com…
Nov 05
TDYR 369 – What I Like and Dislike in IOS 13
What do you like in IOS 13? After using it for a number of weeks now, I reflect on what I like and dislike…
Nov 04
TDYR 368 – Will Quantum Cryptography Affect the DNS and DNSSEC?
Will quantum cryptography affect the DNS and DNSSEC? If so, how? and when? Today at the “Tech Day” part of the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal, John Levine spoke about what impact quantum crypto might have on DNS. His slides are available at:
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Nov 03
TDYR 367 – Spending this week at ICANN66 in Montreal
This week I’m at the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal participating in sessions about DNS security, privacy, routing security and more… in this episode I talk a bit about the history of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and …
Nov 02
TDYR 366 – Google and PRX Launch Podcasting 101 Videos and Resources
Have you ever wanted to start podcasting but didn’t know how to begin? Google Podcast and PRX just launched a “Podcasting 101” 10-part video series that explains many aspects of getting started with podcasting. In this episode I talk about what the vid…
Nov 01
Embracing the NaPodPoMo challenge a second time – 30 podcasts in 30 days
There’s something about November that seems to encourage people to take on challenges. Maybe for people in the Northern hemisphere it is because November is the grey, cold, rainy period between autumn and winter. Maybe the timing is just random……
