Jun 25

Announcing news.internetsociety.org – a way to follow what is published across all Internet Society sites

Screenshot of news.internetsociety.org

Today I’m pleased to announce a new site we have built that brings into one location links to all the content published across Internet Society websites: news.internetsociety.org This news site aggregates posts from our main website, from sites of our 130+ Chapters and Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and from certain other affiliated sites. On the […]

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Jun 17

TDYR 362 – Thoughts on WordPress 5.2

WordPress 5.2 came out back on May 7, 2019, and if you haven’t upgraded, or just upgraded but didn’t really pay attention to what was included, I talk in this episode about what is in WP 5.2 and why it merits upgrading and investigating. More info: htt…

Jun 06

On the 7th World IPv6 Launchiversary, How About Listening to a Podcast About IPv6?

photo of a bee

On this 7th “launchiversary” of World IPv6 Launch, I thought I’d share a way I’ve enjoyed learning more about IPv6 over the past year. I like listening to podcasts while I’m running or driving, and a show that’s in my playlist is “IPv6 Buzz” where IPv6 veterans Ed Horley, Scott Hogg, and Tom Coffeen “dive […]

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May 13

Know Someone Who Has Made the Internet Better? Postel Service Award Nominations Deadline May 15 (Featured Blog)

Do you know of someone who has made the Internet better in some way who deserves more recognition? Maybe someone who has helped extend Internet access to a large region? Or wrote widely-used programs that make the Internet more secure? Or maybe someone…

May 13

Know Someone Who Has Made the Internet Better? Postel Service Award Nominations Deadline May 15 (Featured Blog)

Do you know of someone who has made the Internet better in some way who deserves more recognition? Maybe someone who has helped extend Internet access to a large region? Or wrote widely-used programs that make the Internet more secure? Or maybe someone…

Apr 07

Celebrating 50 Years of the RFCs That Define How the Internet Works

First page of RFC 1

50 years ago today, on 7 April 1969, the very first “Request for Comments” (RFC) document was published. Titled simply “Host Software”, RFC 1 was written by Steve Crocker to document how packets would be sent from computer to computer in what was then the very early ARPANET. [1] Steve and the other early authors […]

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Mar 30

TDYR 361 – Reflections on IETF 104 in Prague

I was in Prague for the 104th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and in this episode I talk about some of what went on there…

Mar 18

TDYR 360 – What was the Internet like before the Web? Celebrating 30 years of the Web – #Web30

What was the Internet like before the Web? How did the Web change our online communication so dramatically? Last week (March 12) was the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee starting the World Wide Web, and in this episode I reflect on what the Interne…

Mar 12

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web

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Back around 1991, I was traveling throughout the eastern USA teaching an “Introduction to the Internet” course I had written. The students were mainly from telecom, financial, and software companies wanting to know what this Internet thing was all about. I taught about IP addresses and DNS, using email, sending files with FTP,  using archie […]

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Jan 30

Call for Proposals: ICANN 64 DNSSEC Workshop in Kobe, Japan (March 2019) (Featured Blog)

Will you be at the ICANN 64 meeting in March 2019 in Kobe, Japan? If so (or if you can get to Kobe), would you be interested in speaking about any work you have done (or are doing) with DNSSEC, DANE or other DNS security and privacy technologies? If yo…