Feb 042011
 

Back in August, I published a post highlighting what I felt was inaccurate technology reporting relating to my client Neustar. In that case at least I got a reply from the publication, albeit a very disappointing one. It happened again last week, and I didn’t even get a response from the reporter. Context – on […]

Aug 172010
 

This past Friday a story ran that reminded me how massive media layoffs have affected the quality of news coverage. It doesn’t matter sometimes how good the reporter is — he or she is stretched so thin that stories get printed that wouldn’t have just a few years ago. Background – On Friday USA Today […]

Feb 052010
 
Hey Google, Let's Improve the DNS

It’s pretty cool when a client of yours designs a way for the Internet to work better. Last week Neustar hooked up with Google to design an improvement to the Domain Name System (DNS), a fundamental protocol that makes the Internet work. Neustar is the leading provider of managed DNS services for companies and sovereign […]

Jun 222009
 

Last July I wrote about a serious security flaw in the domain name system (DNS). It was discovered by researcher Dan Kaminsky and got a lot of coverage: It’s Tuesday — Must be Time to Fix DNS There was two parts to the DNS vulnerability that quickly became known as the Kaminsky flaw. One was […]