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4567d570RFC 6392: A Survey of In-network Storage Systems
Cette intéressante étude des systèmes de stockage de données en ligne (le RFC n'utilise pas le terme de cloud, pourtant bien plus vendeur) fait le tour les principales solutions d'aujourd'hui. Son but est de préparer le...
4567d478ISC's support of the TechWomen Initiative continues
Read Larissa's latest blog on her TechWomen journey, one of ISC's many Public Benefit investments. Donations to ISC benefit many projects like this along with our Open Source Software. 25 Oct 2011
4568d560Beckstrom: next ICANN CEO should be an outsider
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has called on the organization to replace him with somebody from outside of the domain name industry. His remarks, at the opening ceremony of its meeting in Dakar yesterday, came as the...
4568d526IANA contract only for US companies
The US Department of Commerce has announced the date of its RFP for the IANA contract, stating that only wholly US-based organizations are welcome to apply. Commerce, via the National Telecommunications and Information...
4568d591.xxx sunrise on track for 50,000 domains
ICM Registry has seen over 42,000 sunrise applications since September 7, with thousands more pouring in each day , according to the company. With a last-minute rush possible by porn-scared brand owners before the...
4568d523RFC 6382: Unique Per-Node Origin ASNs for Globally...
Ce court RFC propose un changement radical dans la gestion des annonces BGP par les services anycastés. Actuellement, ils utilisent presque tous un seul numéro d'AS pour tous les nœuds d'un nuage anycast. Notre RFC 6382,...
4568d577Le point sur le filtrage DNS
À la réunion DNSEASY/SSR (https://www.icann.org/en/security/agenda-dns-ssr-symposium-20oct11-en.htm) d'octobre 2011 à Rome, une intéressante table ronde portait sur le filtrage du DNS. C'est l'occasion de faire le point...
4568d520GAC slams registrars over “silly” crime domain moves
ICANN s Governmental Advisory Committee is seriously annoyed with domain name registrars over what it sees as a failure to take the demands of law enforcement seriously. The first official day of ICANN s 42nd public...
4569d613RPZ revisited
I've been thinking a bit about Response Policy Zones in BIND lately, and I thought I'd revisit the feature. While I'm at it, call the functionality whatever you like but don't call it a DNS firewall: that is a ridiculous...
4569d507Angular
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4570d599New gTLDs: no advantage to applying early
ICANN has confirmed that new top-level domain applications filed early in next year s application window will not get priority over those filed right at the end. The subject of batching – the way ICANN plans to divide...
4571d515Les soldats de l'or gris
Il y a déjà eu des tas de romans où un méchant quelconque arrivait à prendre le contrôle des esprits, et à faire faire ce qu'il voulait à ses victimes transformées en zombies. Le problème, avec les progrès de la science,...
4571d452How an extinct zebra could upend the networking market
21 Oct 2011
4571d679Will ICANN approve cheap gTLDs for poor applicants?
One of the big questions at ICANN s 42nd public meeting in Dakar next week is whether the board of directors plans to approve subsidized new gTLD application fees for worthy applicants. A volunteer working group known as...
4571d566Automating Unbound for DNSSEC validation on your...
One of the problems with DNSSEC is that most Internet Service Providers (ISP) do not yet perform validation, and even if they did, you'd most likely (or rather: hopefully) not trust them to validate for you. For this...
4572d545Rumor mill: three stories we expect to write soon
File these rumors under: unconfirmed, but plausible. Sometimes the gossip is impossible to confirm to the extent that I m comfortable reporting it as fact, but interesting enough that I think it could use a wider airing....
4572d484Back from the Netherlands
I'm back from a very DNS-related visit to Holland, where I (finally!) met some of the best people in the DNS and DNSSEC world in person. I drove up for the NLUUG conference , which more then met my expectations. If you...
4572d440Dnssec-Trigger 0.6 released
experimental test of new package that provides DNSSEC on personal computers. Fixes, XFCE and Unity support.
4572d603What’s At Stake conference bans new gTLD consultants
A conference in New York next month has been set up for marketers to discuss ICANN s new top-level domains program without pitches from consultants. What s At Stake, scheduled for November 1, is for new gTLD skeptics,...
4573d753Exploring ReU: Rewriting URLs For Fun And XSRF/HTTPS
So I ve been musing lately about a scheme I call ReU. It would allow client side rewriting of URLs, to make the addition of XSRF tokens much easier. As a side effect, it should also make it much easier to upgrade the...
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