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3728d337Episode 35
In this episode, Matt and Cricket wonder aloud whether they ve lost their domestic audience, but then rally to answer questions from their remaining international listeners:  Evaggelos Balaskas s question about SRV...
3729d393In my toolbox: Supervisord
I typically have a number of smallish programs I want launched as daemons. Getting those set up nicely typically requires root privileges, startup-scripts, etc. which I find cumbersome. Instead of /etc/init.d and...
3729d333Are There More (or Newer) DNSSEC / DANE Application...
What developer libraries / modules are you using to add DNSSEC or DANE support to your applications?  For some time now we ve maintained a list of DNSSEC developer libraries at:...
3729d483RFC 7129: Authenticated Denial of Existence in the DNS
Voilà une expression un peu effrayante, « la négation d'existence authentifiée ». C'est en fait un terme utilisé dans le DNS et notamment dans DNSSEC, pour indiquer qu'un résolveur DNS a pu prouver qu'un nom n'existe...
3729d364.photography, on day one, becomes second-largest new gTLD
Donuts new gTLD .photography has become the second-largest new gTLD after .guru, just a few hours after it hit its regular general availability pricing. Zone files dated 1840 UTC today show that .photography had 8,878...
3730d331ICANN reveals gTLD objections appeals process
Two new gTLD applicants would get the opportunity to formally appeal String Confusion Objection decisions that went against them, under plans laid out by ICANN today. DERCars and United TLD (Rightside), which lost SCOs...
3730d364EU guns for ICANN’s relationship with US
The European Union has made ICANN s close relationship with the US one of the targets of a new platform on internet governance. In a new communication on internet governance (pdf), the European Commission said it will...
3730d315RFC 7126: Recommendations on filtering of IPv4 packets...
Le protocole IPv4 permet d'ajouter dans l'en-tête d'un paquet un certain nombre d'options qui peuvet influencer le traitement de ce paquet par les routeurs et les machines terminales (terminal-host.html). Certaines de...
3730d333RFC 7136: Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Les adresses IPv6 sont souvent composées en utilisant un truc nommé « interface identifiers » (identifiant d'interface réseau). Ces identifiants peuvent être formés, par exemple, en utilisant les adresses MAC, en...
3730d338RFC 7113: Implementation Advice for IPv6 Router...
La sécurité, ce n'est pas facile et il faut faire attention à beaucoup de choses. Ce RFC est entièrement consacré à un oubli de pas mal de programmeurs lorsqu'ils mettent en œuvre une technique de sécurité pour IPv6, le...
3730d380Delegation wait time varies wildly for new gTLDs
New gTLDs get delegated on average 70 days after they sign their ICANN Registry Agreement, but the duration of the wait varies quite a lot by registry, according to DI research. For the 145 delegated new gTLDs I looked...
3731d303OpenDNS Recognized as #1 Innovative Enterprise Security...
The marketing people wanted a serious title, but my alternate title for this post would be “Why being ‘other’ in security is actually a great thing.” Today, Justin Somaini (current Chief Trust Officer of Box, Inc. and...
3731d346RFC 7088: Session Initiation Protocol Service Example --...
Une des fonctions les plus demandées d'un service de téléphonie, dans les entreprises, est la musique d'attente, cette insupportable ritournelle qu'il faut supporter en attendant un interlocuteur qui ne viendra peut-être...
3731d331RFC 7123: Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks
La sécurité d'IPv6 a déjà fait couler beaucoup d'encre (ipv6-securite.html). Ce RFC se focalise sur un aspect particulier : la sécurité des techniques de transition/coexistence entre IPv4 et IPv6. En effet, l'incroyable...
3732d326.photography beating .camera
Who said shorter domains are more popular? Donuts new .photography and .camera gTLDs, which both come out of their Early Access Period premium pricing phases this week, has seen .photography get more than twice as many...
3732d396SoftHSM 2.0.0a1
Version 2.0.0a1 of SoftHSM has been released. This is the first alpha version for SoftHSM v2. All required features for this version have been implemented and we would like to get feedback from community. SoftHSM v2 Key...
3733d394Ma nouvelle clé PGP
Je viens de créer une nouvelle clé PGP, pour authentifier mes messages et pour qu'on puisse m'écrire de manière relativement confidentielle. En même temps, c'était l'occasion de créer une clé conforme aux bonnes...
3734d369Conflicting gTLD objection decisions to get appeals...
ICANN seems to be considering an appeals process for new gTLD applicants that feel they ve been wronged by dubious String Confusion Objection decisions. But the process might be limited to applicants for .car, .cars and...
3734d348ICANN puts .islam and other gTLD bids in limbo
Or should that be Barzakh? Rather than making the tricky decision on whether to approve .islam and .halal new gTLD applications, ICANN seems to have place both bids into permanent limbo. It s also put off calls on...
3734d334ICANN approves reworked GAC advice over US concerns
No sooner had we reported on the US government s complaint about ICANN s reinterpretation of GAC advice on new gTLDs than is emerged that ICANN has already approved the plan. The ICANN board s New gTLD Program Committee...
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