Working remotely, I was delighted to receive a package recently from my colleague Megan down in our Reston, VA, office that was full of Deploy360 stickers and pens! One Deploy360 sticker now is nicely on the back of my iPad and another adorns the cover of my laptop. (Yes, I’m that kind of person who Read more…
Feb 17
Need A Weekend Project? Install The New DNSSEC-Trigger 0.10 Release
Looking for a quick weekend project to learn more about DNSSEC? Want to set up your home network to correctly validate DNSSEC info? If so, the NLnet Labs team just announced the 0.10 release of DNSSEC-Trigger, a local DNSSEC-validating resolver you can run on your Linux, Windows or Mac OS X system. Per the change Read more…
Feb 17
Chris Grundemann’s Excellent “Introducing IPv6″ Article Series
Over on his “don’t panic” blog, Chris Grundemann has started an excellent series of articles on the topic of “Introducing IPv6″. You can see the articles he’s written so far: http://chrisgrundemann.com/index.php/category/ipv6/introducing-ipv6/ In his first post in the 4-part series, Understanding IPv6 Addresses, Chris goes down to a bit level to explain exactly why we wound Read more…
Feb 16
Want to Deploy DNSSEC on Microsoft Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2?
Do you operate a Microsoft Windows server infrastructure and would like to know how to implement DNSSEC? If so, Microsoft published a “DNSSEC Deployment Guide” to help administrators of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 systems. The comprehensive document explains what DNSSEC is all about, walks step-by-step through each process and also provides easy Read more…
Feb 16
3 IETF Mailing Lists To Follow For Monitoring DNSSEC
Would you like to monitor the ongoing evolution of IETF standards related to DNSSEC? If so, here are 3 IETF working group mailing lists you may consider joining. All lists are open to anyone to join. Do note that several of these can have a very large amount of traffic. Each of the mailing list Read more…
Feb 15
Google’s Public DNS Works With IPv6 – Can Help In Your Migration
In a post out yesterday, “Google Public DNS: 70 billion requests a day and counting“, Google reminded us all that their Public DNS service supports IPv6 at these addresses: 2001:4860:4860::8888 2001:4860:4860::8844 From Google’s post: We’ve also taken steps to help support IPv6. On World IPv6 Day, we announced our IPv6 addresses: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844 to Read more…
Feb 15
Valuable Info In EU’s “Good Practices Guide” for DNSSEC Deployment
Looking for a good concise guide to the security issues and procedures related to deploying DNSSEC? Back in March 2010, the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) issued their “Good Practices Guide For Deploying DNSSEC” with the abstract: Deploying DNSSEC requires a number of security details and procedures to be defined and followed with Read more…
Feb 14
Network Computing: Time To Buckle Down and Start an IPv6 Project
Over on the Network Computer site, author Robert Mullins recently said it’s time to buckle down and start an IPv6 project. The first of an apparent three-part series, this article primarily provides an overview of the issues around the transition to IPv6, mentions the upcoming World IPv6 Launch, addresses the “chicken and egg” situation around Read more…
Feb 14
4 IETF Mailing Lists To Follow For Monitoring IPv6
Want to monitor the ongoing evolution of IETF standards related to IPv6? Here are 4 mailing lists and the associated IETF working groups you may consider joining. All lists are open to anyone to join. Note that several of these can have a very large amount of traffic. Each of the mailing list pages also Read more…
