Me: Computer, please run this at a random time to avoid any hint of causing problems for people at peak times.
Random Number Generator: Got it, boss, 12:00:22.
Matt Nordhoff
Matt Nordhoff
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He/him. Previously twitter.com/mnordhoff.
AHHH! In news from the Empire, Google finally documents the Google Apps DNSSEC-signed mail servers, mx1.smtp.goog through mx4.smtp.goog.
N.B. they do not support DANE, so they're not really... useful...?
They've been around for at least 6 years, and see a little usage, but they were always some kind of open secret.
(They may be most famous for having an IPv6 outage in 2024.)
N.B. Google also uses non-secure 1024-bit RSA DNSSEC.
Set up MX records for Google Workspace - Google Workspace Admin Help
When someone sends you an email, the sender
On 2024-10-16, the Norwegian CA Buypass, which offered free ACME certificates, was acquired by another company, which led to worries about the future of their free cert program.
They've now announced they are going to entirely stop issuing free and paid certs 2025-10-15.
They will also disable new ACME account registration 2025-09-15.
Buypass.com
Discontinues Issuance of TLS/SSL Certificates
Existing TLS/SSL certificates will remain valid and functional until they expire or are revoked. Revocation services, certificate status services (...
Buypass AS
Buypass Terminates Issuance of GoSSL Certificates
As of 15 October 2025, Buypass will no longer issue TLS/SSL Certificates, including GoSSL Certificates. We will accept applications for GoSSL Certi...
Buypass.com
Change of ownership in Buypass AS
Buypass will continue as an independent company with the same name and profile as before, under TSS. The company will remain a Norwegian company an...
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1-1-1-1-incident-on-july-14-2025/
Summary: Most of 1.1.1.1's IP addresses were accidentally included in the configuration for some new service, thus the routes were withdrawn globally when the service was deployed to a test data center.
AWS switched one of their product announcement web pages to a new theme a few days ago, it truncated a headline to "AWS WAF reduces web application security..." and then I guess they reverted to the old theme. :blobthinkingeyes: