The Dan York Report

Once upon a time, our mental model of how networking worked was rather simple. You had a device connected to a network (a "client") and a server to which that device was connecting. Each had a host name and an IP address. The server was typically a computer on a desk or in a rack. But that's not TODAY's network... now instead we have content delivery networks (CDNs), Anycast networks, containers a...

What do you like in IOS 13? After using it for a number of weeks now, I reflect on what I like and dislike...

Will quantum cryptography affect the DNS and DNSSEC? If so, how? and when? Today at the "Tech Day" part of the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal, John Levine spoke about what impact quantum crypto might have on DNS. His slides are available at: https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/232986/1572893313.pdf?1572893313 In this TDYR episode, I talk about what John said in that session and my thoughts aro...

This week I'm at the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal participating in sessions about DNS security, privacy, routing security and more... in this episode I talk a bit about the history of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and what I'll be doing there this week. More info can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN https://66.schedule.icann.org/

Have you ever wanted to start podcasting but didn't know how to begin? Google Podcast and PRX just launched a "Podcasting 101" 10-part video series that explains many aspects of getting started with podcasting. In this episode I talk about what the videos cover and how I believe they can help people in the early stage of podcasting. You can find the videos at: https://googlecp.prx.org/ Other artic...

Having failed to complete National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) back in 2017, why do I think it will be different this time? In this episode I talk about that... and invite listeners to join me for the next 30 days...

In the beginning, a podcast was a never-ending set of episodes, week after week after week... (or daily or monthly). It was exhausting and many shows "podfaded". But in recent years now formats such as "series" or "seasons" have emerged. In this episode I talk about how that lowers the barrier to entry to starting a podcast, and how it can be beneficial for organizing a podcast...

It's been 4 months since I last recorded one of my podcast episode, and while it may be tempting to blame it on work responsibilities and limited personal time, I think it's really something more... as podcasting has become increasingly "professionalized" and expectations have been raised, there's a certain sense that in order to be in the podcasting space, you need to step up the quality of what...

WordPress 5.2 came out back on May 7, 2019, and if you haven't upgraded, or just upgraded but didn't really pay attention to what was included, I talk in this episode about what is in WP 5.2 and why it merits upgrading and investigating. More info: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/05/jaco/ and https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-12-0-emoji-changelog/

I was in Prague for the 104th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and in this episode I talk about some of what went on there...

What was the Internet like before the Web? How did the Web change our online communication so dramatically? Last week (March 12) was the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee starting the World Wide Web, and in this episode I reflect on what the Internet was like before. Read more: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/03/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-world-wide-web/

As I have for the past 10 years, I started off the year talking about my "3 words" for 2019 - the areas in which I intend to focus. You can read more here: https://www.danyork.com/2019/01/my-3-words-for-2019.html

I am on my way to Bangkok, Thailand, for the 103rd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). In this episode I explain why I am going...

October 11, 2018, was a blissfully boring day on the Internet - and that was a beautiful thing! The long-planned DNSSEC Root KSK Rollover (described in TDYR 356 - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-356-are-you-prepared-for ) did *NOT* "break the Internet". There were no large outages. Everything went as planned. In this episode, I talk about all of that, why it matters - and what is next. Image c...

Are you prepared for the change of the security key at the center of the Domain Name System (DNS)? In this episode I talk about DNS, DNSSEC, and the “root key rollover” that is happening on October 11. Find out more at: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20181005_how_to_prepare_for_dnssec_root_ksk_rollover_on_october_11_2018/

As a follow-up to episode 354, I provide an update about my recovery from surgery and colon cancer....

TDYR 354 - Colon Cancer, Colonoscopies, Vermont, and Recovering from Surgery by Dan York

How can you use podcasting or live online radio as a team-building exercise? What happens when you take 16 people, 10 of whom have never done anything with audio, and tell them that in 4 hours they have to stream an hour of live audio on the public Internet? In this episode, Neville Hobson and I talk about exactly this experience! This segment with Neville was actually my weekly report into the Fo...

The 102nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) starts today in Montreal with over 1,000 engineers coming together from around the world to make the Internet work better. It’s an amazing event and I give a preview in this episode. Visit https://www.ietf.org/live to follow along this week.

I attended my first WordCamp Europe (WCEU) this week in Belgrade, Serbia, and it was an outstanding event. In this episode I talk about some of what I learned.

I downloaded all my Facebook data today.... and it was an interesting trip through 11 years of memories - and other data... in this episode I talk about some of what I found, and also note how you can do this, too.

Tap... tap.. tap... is this thing on? Unbelievably, it has been four months since I last published an episode of The Dan York Report. I am ready to get back behind the microphone and crank out some more episodes... stay tuned!

Did you know you probably have many “acoustic speakers” in your home? I was amused this weekend to see devices marketed as an “acoustic speaker” this weekend....

I failed at NaPodPoMo 2017 - 30 podcasts in 30 days - but took away some important lessons about how to do it better next time...

How do I record on my iPhone? What is my workflow? I was asked that question and thought I would answer through an episode. The main app I use is the Hindenburg Field Recorder...