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2397d284An open question to the domain name industry about...
Don t worry. We ve done this before. That was pretty much the first sentence out of my grandmother s mouth when I called to wish her a happy Mother s Day. She was talking about World War II and the immediate post-war...
2398d243How to dial a tel: URI with a shell script on macOS
I’m really appreciating my new desk phone particularly now that I’m having to use a telephone much much more than I’ve done the past years. I got myself a Voyager Focus UC headset and have paired that to the phone and to...
2398d251To Zoom or not to Zoom
In this month of March many more people are working from home and are in need of video conferencing software, and while I have been working from home quite a bit for twenty years, video conferencing is something I’ve...
2399d254Un site Web multi-serveur multi-organisations sans trop de..
Je viens de configurer un site Web qui est composé de plusieurs serveurs gérés par plusieurs personnes. Cet article est juste un partage d'expérience pour raconter quelques techniques utiles pour ce genre de service.
2399d220We have no idea
Les livres de vulgarisation scientifique se consacrent souvent à ce qu'on sait : ce qu'on a découvert, publié, et avec lequel on peut émerveiller les lecteurs « on va vous expliquer la quantique, on va vous dire tout ce...
2400d238US senators tell ICANN to reject .org deal
Five US senators have called on ICANN to not approve the acquisition of Public Interest Registry by Ethos Capital. The senators all Democrats said in a March 18 letter published today that the proposed $1.13 billion deal...
2400d252First alpha release of dnsdist 1.5.0
We are very happy to announce the 1.5.0 alpha 1 release of dnsdist. This version contains several new exciting features detailed below, but also a few breaking changes so please take the time to read the next section....
2400d272More ICANN events cancelled for May
ICANN has cancelled its annual GDD Industry Summit and DNS Symposium, which had been scheduled to take place in Paris, France, in May. The decision to cancel these events was made in light of the rapidly evolving...
2401d254RFC 8762: Simple Two-way Active Measurement Protocol
Ce nouveau RFC décrit un protocole simple pour piloter des mesures comme celle de la latence (latence.html) ou comme le taux de pertes de paquets entre deux points. Il fonctionne pour des mesures aller-simple...
2402d229RFC 2418: IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
Comment ça, ce RFC est vieux ? Oui, il l'est mais il est toujours d'actualité plus de vingt ans après, et fait toujours autorité. Il décrit le fonctionnement des groupes de travail de l'IETF.
2402d255Reverse geocoding the bakery
In a week from today, I was scheduled to give a short talk about the story of OwnTracks at Geomob . Geomob is a series of regular events for location based service creators and enthusiasts, which take place every few...
2402d236More domain industry response to coronavirus
It s beginning to look like home-working has become the norm, rather than the exception, in the domain name industry. Following on my post Monday, here are the latest companies and organizations to provide updates on...
2402d277.org decision delayed another month
ICANN has been given another month to decided whether or not to approve Ethos Capital s proposed $1.13 billion acquisition of Public Interest Registry from the Internet Society. PIR said today that it has agreed to give...
2402d229PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0 first release candidate
Hello! We are proud to announce the first, and hopefully last, release candidate of what should become PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0. So far this is mostly a maintenance release, but there are a few interesting changes. A...
2403d283Delay .org deal because of… coronavirus? Gimme a break
Opponents of Public Interest Registry s proposed acquisition by Ethos Capital are now claiming that ICANN should delay approval of the deal due to coronavirus. A statement, released yesterday by digital rights group...
2403d7Comparative Performance Results of BIND Versions - March...
Now that the latest version of BIND 9 has been released, it is worthwhile to look at the performance enhancements that have taken place over the past couple of years.
2404d232Not every coronavirus domain registrant is a douchebag
While there are plenty of domain registrants apparently trying to make a quick buck out of the coronavirus pandemic, I ve managed to dig up several that appear to have less parasitical motives. I spent some time today...
2404d247Roundup: domain industry starts to respond to coronavirus...
With much of the world already laboring under coronavirus-related movement and assembly restrictions, many domain industry companies have started to publicly outline their business continuity plans. Some companies have...
2404d279At ICANN 67, nobody knew you’re a dog
Want to see what your fellow ICANN 67 attendees looked like on the other side of the Zoom chat room? The meeting may have been held entirely remotely, but that hasn t stopped the ICANN org from populating its Flickr page...
2406d238RFC 8748: Registry Fee Extension for the Extensible...
Historiquement, le protocole EPP d'avitaillement des ressources Internet (notamment les noms de domaine) n'indiquait pas le prix de création ou de renouvellement d'un nom. Typiquement, tous les noms coûtaient le même...
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