Facebook Adds Stories to iOS/Android Apps to Try to Kill Snapchat

Facebook truly DESPISES Snapchat! As documented in a blog post today, Facebook has now added "Stories" to their main mobile apps. Just like Snapchat, these stories: expire after 24 hours can be either images or videos have all sorts of…

TDYR 324 – The Sad, Fragmented World of Messaging Systems

Our messaging systems are a mess – how do you know how to reach someone? They are spread across so many different messaging / chat systems. I wrote about this today on my Disruptive Telephony blog – and recorded this audio commentary. Here’s the blog …

XKCD Comic Perfectly Captures Sad, Fragmented State of Messaging / Chat Systems

In one picture, this comic from xkcd nails the very sad state of fragmentation with our messaging systems today. The text says: I have a hard time keeping track of which contacts use which chat systems. And that is our…

PaleBlueDot.io – a beautiful background video from space

If you’re looking for something beautiful to have on a monitor or other device in the background of, say, a home office, check out http://palebluedot.io/ It is a live video feed from the International Space Station paired with some ambient / … Continue reading

Rough Guide to IETF 98: DNS Privacy and Security, including DNSSEC

It is a remarkably quiet week for DNS security and privacy topics at the IETF 98 meeting in Chicago next week. Both the DANE and DPRIVE working groups are moving along very well with their work on their mailing lists and so chose not to meet in Chicago. Similarly, with DNSSEC deployment steadily increasing (as we outlined in the 2016 State of DNSSEC Deployment report in December), the work to be discussed in DNS Operations (DNSOP) is more about exploring ideas to make DNSSEC even more secure.

Here is a quick view of what is happening in Chicago.

Dan York

Rough Guide to IETF 98: DNS Privacy and Security, including DNSSEC

It is a remarkably quiet week for DNS security and privacy topics at the IETF 98 meeting in Chicago next week. Both the DANE and DPRIVE working groups are moving along very well with their work on their mailing lists and so chose not to meet in Chicago. Similarly, with DNSSEC deployment steadily increasing (as we outlined […]

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ICANN 58: List of DNSSEC Activities March 12-15, 2017

ICANN 58 takes place next week in Copenhagen, Denmark, and there will be some excellent technical content about DNSSEC and DANE happening in several sessions from March 12-15, 2017. All times below are Central European Time (CET), which is UTC+1. DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide – Sunday, 12 March On Sunday, March 12, 2017, we’ll have the “DNSSEC For […]

Here is the DNSSEC Activity at ICANN 58 in Copenhagen March 12-15, 2017 (Featured Blog)

Want to learn more about the current state of DNSSEC? Want to see demos of new software to secure email? Curious about the potential impact of the Root Key Rollover happening this year? Next week in Copenhagen, Denmark, ICANN 58 will include some great…

DNSSEC and DANE Activities at ICANN 58 in Copenhagen, March 12-15, 2017

Next week in Copenhagen, Denmark, ICANN 58 will include some great technical info about DNSSEC and DANE happening in several sessions. Here is the plan… All times below are Central European Time (CET), which is UTC+1. DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide – Sunday, 12 March On Sunday, March 12, 2017, we’ll have the “DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide” session that […]

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Here is the DNSSEC Activity at ICANN 58 in Copenhagen March 12-15, 2017 (Featured Blog)

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