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3702d304Deploy360@IETF89, Day 4: dane, sunset4, v6ops, 6tisch,...
The fourth day for our Deploy360 team at the 89th IETF meeting could perhaps best be described as utter madness as there are multiple working groups meeting on ALL of the topics we cover here:  IPv6, DNSSEC, securing BGP...
3702d331RFC 7149: Software-Defined Networking: A Perspective From...
Ah, le SDN (Software-Defined Networking)... Un buzz word fort du moment, l'équivalent de cloud pour les techniciens... Le terme est tellement vague et mal défini qu'il peut désigner tout et n'importe quoi. Dans ce RFC,...
3702d371New gTLDs pass 200,000 registrations
The number of domain names in new gTLDs passed 200,000 last night, according to zone files. The exact number, according to the DI PRO database, is 201,178. It s based on incremental organic growth over the last week...
3702d341.club “will overtake .guru” in week one
Now that we ve seen how many domain names are actually being sold in new gTLDs, you might reasonably expect some registries to rein in their more ambitious sales targets. Not so with .CLUB Domains, which plans to go to...
3702d329Van Gelder rebrands to Milathan
Domain name consultant Stephane Van Gelder has changed the name of his company from Stephane Van Gelder Consulting to Milathan. The name, Van Gelder tells us, is a derivative of words in Hindi that mean union or meeting...
3702d360US revives .kids.us in new Neustrar contract
Neustar has been awarded a new three-to-five-year contract to manage the .us ccTLD, under a deal with the US Department of Commerce announced today. It s a renewal of a role that Neustar has held since .us was relaunched...
3704d313Deploy360@IETF89, Day 2: homenet, sidr, grow, dnse, 6man
Day 2 for the Deploy360 team here at the 89th IETF meeting is a big day for routing and for IPv6. Two of the main routing groups, SIDR and GROW, meet today, and our colleague Andrei Robachevsky recently wrote about the...
3704d380ICANN hires Walmart alum as CIO
ICANN has hired itself a new C-level executive. Ashwin Rangan started today as chief innovation and information officer, meaning he s going to be in charge of ICANN s oft-criticized IT systems. He most recently held the...
3704d345Afilias wins .green auction
Afilias won the auction for the .green new gTLD, it emerged today. Rightside withdrew its application for the string in the last few days, according to the ICANN web site, leaving Afilias the only remaining applicant in...
3704d335SnapNames acquired by Web.com
Web.com has acquired domain name dropcatcher SnapNames for an undisclosed sum, according to press releases from it and former owner KeyDrive, confirming reports from Friday. Web.com said the deal will be immaterial to...
3704d385TMCH sends out 17,500 Trademark Claims notices in a month
Wow. Just four weeks after the first new gTLDs went into general availability, the Trademark Clearinghouse has already sent out over 17,500 Trademark Claims notices to would-be registrants. A Claims notice is a warning...
3704d329Delays still dog many new gTLD applicants
With dozens of new gTLDs currently live and on sale, it s easy to forget that many applicants are still in ICANN limbo due to several still-unresolved issues with the evaluation process. The New gTLD Applicant Group...
3705d312RFC 7154: IETF Guidelines for Conduct
L'IETF, comme toute organisation humaine, a parfois des problèmes avec le comportement de certains de ses membres. Et, même quand il n'y a pas encore eu de problèmes (ce qui semble le cas à l'IETF), cela peut être une...
3705d349RFC 7159: The JSON Data Interchange Format
Il existe une pléthore de langages pour décrire des données structurées (data-formats.html). JSON, normalisé dans ce RFC (qui succède au RFC 4627), est actuellement le plus à la mode. JSON se veut plus léger que XML....
3706d327RFC 7158: The JSON Data Interchange Format
Il existe une pléthore de langages pour décrire des données structurées (data-formats.html). JSON, normalisé dans ce RFC (qui succède au RFC 4627), est actuellement le plus à la mode. JSON se veut plus léger que XML....
3706d322Weekend Project: Add DKIM / DNSSEC Verifier To Thunderbird
Here s an interesting weekend project if you use Mozilla Thunderbird as your email client add the DKIM Verifier add-on to ensure the validity of signatures on email messages.  The connection to DNSSEC is that the public...
3707d330Code Community: Introducing OpenLate @ OpenDNS
OpenDNS HQ is located in the heart of San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood, which is known for technology startups. During the day, coffee shops are filled with coders building the newest technology but around 7PM or so,...
3707d291Microsoft Security Blog: Threats in the Cloud – Part 1:...
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3707d309Delve deep into DNSSEC
BIND 9.10 is the new version of the BIND 9 DNS server from ISC http://isc.org (not to confuse with BIND 10, which is a different DNS server product). I will report in a series of articles about the new features in BIND...
3708d27Tweets of February 28 2014
Writing in any case as in anycast #sigh Fri Feb 28 09:30:34 +0000 2014 Replying to @GavinBrown yep! Why not, it s nearby :) Fri Feb 28 20:08:51 +0000 2014 Replying to @GavinBrown yes I m going. Although I m also doing...
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