How can you trust the root of the “global chain of trust” that is used in DNSSEC? How can you be sure as you are validating DNSSEC signatures that this global chain works? To provide this chain of validation, DNSSEC relies on what is called a “trust anchor”. When you check the signature for DNS records Read more…
Aug 31
Conectando Lo Desconectando: La Historia de la Visita A Una Escuela Agua Azul, México
¿Cómo llevas el internet a un pueblo remoto en México donde ni siquiera hay servicio telefónico? En junio de 2016, salimos en viaje a fin de responder esta pregunta. Fue el día antes del inicio del OECD Ministerial Meeting en el Digital Economy en Cancun y nuestro ISOC Mexico Chapter arregló la visita.
Nuestro grupo era pequeño: Internet Society President & CEO Kathy Brown, Regional Bureau Director para América Latina Sebastián Bellagamba, Alejandro Pisanty del ISOC Mexico Chapter y yo.
Dan York
Aug 29
Want to Share Info with the DNSSEC Community? ICANN57 DNSSEC Workshop Seeking Proposals by Sept 15 (Featured Blog)
Do you have information or an idea you would like to share with members of the broader DNS / DNSSEC community? Have you developed a new tool that makes DNSSEC or DANE deployment easier? Have you performed new measurements? Would you like feedback about…
Aug 29
Call for Participation – DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN57 in Hyderabad, India
The DNSSEC Deployment Initiative and the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme, in cooperation with the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), are planning a DNSSEC Workshop during the ICANN57 meeting held from 03-09 November 2016 in Hyderabad, India. The DNSSEC Workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings for several years and has provided a […]
Aug 29
Do you have an idea? Call for Participation – DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN57 in Hyderabad, India
Have you created a new tool that makes DNSSEC or DANE deployment easier? Would you like to share a case study of implementing DNSSEC within your enterprise or network? Do you have an idea to help with preparing for the Root Key Rollover? Have you performed new measurements of DNSSEC adoption? If you have any Read more…
Aug 29
A Nice Interactive Map of Visited Countries (That Doesn’t Require a Login or Tracking)
Recently a friend on a social network posted a map of the countries where he’d traveled. Being someone who loves maps, I had to check it out. Created by the people at Amcharts, presumably to showcase what their Javascript libraries could do, what *I* like about it is something very simple: Using the map doesn’t require me to login or deal with any tracking info. All that is required is to add the country codes on to the URL. Here’s what I mean – this is my list of visited countries (as of August 2016): https://www.amcharts.com/visited_countries/#AT,BE,BG,CH,CZ,DE,DK,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,ME,NL,PL,UA,RU,CA,CR,GL,MX,US,AR,BR,CO,DJ,EG,MA,ZA,CN,IN,SG You can see there…
Aug 19
Facebook, Akamai Pass Major Milestone: Over 50% IPv6 from US mobile networks
Wednesday was a major milestone for Facebook. For the first time, more people connected over IPv6 than IPv4 from the four major US mobile networks! Facebook’s Paul Saab wrote about this on (where else?) Facebook: His text: Today marks the first day that more people used IPv6 to access Facebook than IPv4 from the 4 Read more…
Aug 15
Video: Interview with Jari Arkko at IETF 96 in Berlin (Featured Blog)
Would you like to understand the major highlights of the 96th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) last month in Berlin? What were some of the main topics and accomplishments? How many people were there? What else went on? If so, you c…
