http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Danny McPherson on CircleID en Copyright 2013, unless where otherwise noted. 2012-12-27T11:47:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121227_ipv6_presents_a_security_paradox_for_the_network http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121227_ipv6_presents_a_security_paradox_for_the_network More...]]> 2012-12-27T11:47:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/8_security_considerations_for_ipv6_deployment http://www.circleid.com/posts/8_security_considerations_for_ipv6_deployment last available IPv4 addresses were allocated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Though some Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) have a reasonable inventory of IP addresses that could last another year or two, the days of "new" IPv4 address allocations are largely over. More...]]> 2011-06-09T11:22:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/852211_uprooting_the_dns_root http://www.circleid.com/posts/852211_uprooting_the_dns_root pointed out earlier this week some interesting activity surrounding the L-root name server, highlighting some activity that should give us all yet another reason to be concerned about the security and integrity of the Internet DNS... considering that a great deal of malware today tends to corrupt the DNS resolution path in order to further exploit compromised end-systems, and that corruption, or any other actual end-system compromise, might well be unnecessary if the root were compromised -- well, think of the possibilities! More...]]> 2008-05-22T12:32:00-08:00