In my last post in this series, I mentioned a kind of resolver known as a recursive resolver. In this post, I will explain what a recursive resolver is and how they work.
Continue reading “Understanding DNS: Recursive Resolvers”Understanding DNS: How A Domain Name Gets Resolved In Your Home Network
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a core part of the Internet ecosystem. In this post, I will explain a small portion of how the DNS works for your average home internet user.
Let’s talk about how a domain name gets resolved when you are using your home network.
Continue reading “Understanding DNS: How A Domain Name Gets Resolved In Your Home Network”Bell Canada should peer at Canadian IXes
My home ISP for a few years now has been Bell Canada. More specifically their FTTH (Fibre To The Home) service. For the most part this has been quite good and reliable.
However there has been one thing that has bothered me over the years about Bell Canada’s network. It is their tendency to not peer or have a presence at local large Canadian IXes (Internet eXchanges) like TorIX. I am picking TorIX here as an example because its the one most relevant to me personally. As far as I can tell from the publicly available information, Bell Canada does not peer at any Canadian IXes.
Encrypted DNS Query Transports and Their Trust Models
Recently there have been a couple bits of new on the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) front. Comcast and Mozilla have struck a deal to provide a privacy oriented DoH service for Comcast users in the USA. Apple announced at WWDC 2020 that they are implementing both DoH and DoT on their iOS/iPadOS platforms with iOS/iPadOS 14.
So I feel that it is a good time to talk about the trust models inherent to the DNS query system for residential internet users and where DoH/DoT come in.
Continue reading “Encrypted DNS Query Transports and Their Trust Models”Exploring IPv6 with Docker
Today I set out to figure out how to get outbound IPv6 connectivity working with the Docker setup for Mastodon.