Tag: dns

TED.com – Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)
Clay Shirky delivers a clear and cogent history and explanation of PIPA/SOPA, walking through through both the intent and what the ramifications of the bill and how it changes the entire legal system under which websites operate.
January 19, 2012
Electronic Frontier Foundation – The Internet at its Best
EFF highlights some of the largest sites that participated in the SOPA/PIPA blackout.
January 19, 2012
ArsTechnica – Wikipedia to join reddit in SOPA blackout Wednesday
I’ll also be posting a message to protest and inform people about PIPA and SOPA, though I imagine Wikipedia will have a much larger influence.
January 16, 2012
Mike’s Lookout – SPDY of the Future Might Blow Your Mind Today
The pictures provide a really good sense of what is going on.
January 6, 2012
RScott.org – GoDaddy’s New “Selective DNS Blackouts” Policy
As if you needed another reason to not use GoDaddy.
September 6, 2011
Quora – What will happen to http://bit.ly links when Gaddafi shuts down the Internet in Libya due to protests?
I use their bit.ly pro service to for my short links through http://jty.me/.
February 19, 2011
ITworld – Gov’t crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS
DNS unfortunately is too easily interfered with on the basis of political decisions.
December 9, 2010
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Join EFF in Standing up Against Internet Censorship
What more do you need to know?
December 7, 2010
Internet Systems Consortium – ISC Praises Momentous Step Forward in Securing the Domain Name System
The root DNS server are now protected with DNSSEC providing security in ensuring that the website you are visiting is the correct and valid website.
July 18, 2010