Two great new ‘Networking 101’ videos now available. This series
is great for anyone needing a quick refresh or touch up on the
basics and these two both focus on DNS. DNS is key to making the
Internet accessible to us humans. It’s how we can connect to
techwisetv.com without needing to know anything complex from
anywhere in the world. How does it know how to do this? DNS can
be a complicated topic but understanding the basics does not
have to be. Taking it a step further, DNSSEC is a suite of IETF
specifications designed to guarantee the authenticity of data
obtained from the domain name system (DNS). Although not
designed for confidentiality of the data, this protocol is a
great answer for many of the ills that threaten the simplicity
of the Internet. Chief Geek Jimmy Ray Purser arms you with how
it works and why deployment is not growing as fast as it should
be. Last week the UN’s Broadband Commission held its fifth
meeting to discuss how to extend the broadband Internet to the
almost six billion people on