Interested in IPv6 security? Want to see presentations by people working in the field? If so the members of the “ipv6hackers” mailing list are planning to hold their first face-to-face meeting in Berlin on July 28, 2013, the Sunday prior to IETF 87 in Berlin, Germany. From the announcement email: We’re planning to have our Read more…
Interested in IPv6 security? Back in October 2012, the Packet Pushers podcast had a great show on the topic called “Healthy Paranoia Show 4:IPv6 Security Smackdown!” Guests included many of the people we’ve routinely interacted with about IPv6 at events and on mailing lists: Fernando Gont, security researcher Eric Vyncke, Cisco Distinguished Consulting Engineer and Read more…
With the buzz over Google’s news about DNSSEC yesterday, we’ve seen a large surge of visitors to our DNSSEC-related resources and in the midst of that someone pointed out that the excellent introduction to DNSSEC video from Shinkuro, Inc., was no longer available on YouTube. Given that we work well with the Shinkuro team, we Read more…
Got an IPv6 security problem you’d like to share? A solution to an IPv6 security problem that you want to tell others about? If so, the team behind the Internet Storm Center (ISC) would love to share your stories as part of their IPv6 Focus Month they are planning for March 2013. Johannes Ullrich of the Read more…
How reliable and secure is the Internet’s underlying routing infrastructure? How well does it hold up in the face of a major event such as the recent Hurricane Sandy that hit the US? How well can it withstand attacks and misconfiguration errors? As we continue to move more and more of our communication into the Read more…
Looking to understand how to securely deploy IPv6? Want a document you can provide to your security team or others concerned about IPv6? If so, we’ve recently added to our list of resources an excellent “Special Publication” from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6 Like most Read more…
The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created an excellent “Special Publication” related to IPv6 security called: Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6 Like most of NIST’s special publications, including their excellent guide to DNSSEC, the document begins with a lengthy tutorial about IPv6 and how it compares to IPv4. The Read more…
Are you planning to start using DNSSEC with your domain – and are you planning to start signing your domain yourself? In other words, are you going to be doing all the signing on your own server and/or in your own facilities? (Versus using a service at a DNS hosting provider that does all the Read more…
Want to understand the security aspects of IPv6? In about 8 hours, at 4:00pm US Eastern on June 20, 2012, security researcher Joe Klein will be giving a presentation on “IPv6 – Security Threat or Stronger Defenses?” The webinar/webcast/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is part of a series of information security seminars scheduled through BrightTALK. We have no affiliation Read more…
What are the security implications of having native IPv6 support on IPv4-only networks? What are the security implications of the automatic enabling of IPv6 transition mechanisms such as tunneling? In a new Internet-Draft out this week, security researcher Fernando Gont of the UK’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure seeks to explore those very Read more…