It's 2021, what do you still need a personal VPN for?

If you’ve watched more than a handful of YouTube videos in the past few years, you’ve probably seen sponsored advertisements for VPNs impressing on you the great security benefits of using a VPN. But in a time where a lot of Internet communications are already encrypted, what are the actual benefits of using a VPN?

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DNS, security and key ceremonies, oh my! – Part 3

Now that I’ve explained both DNS and DNSSEC, I can cover the most widely known part of the DNSSEC infrastructure – the Root KSK Ceremonies. These ceremonies exist to provide transparency to the Internet community around the creation, use, and storage of the root KSK. Transparency is essential in establishing trust of the KSK – asking the Internet to just blindly trust something wouldn’t work, and rightly so!

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DNS, security and key ceremonies, oh my! – Part 2

In my last post, I gave a pretty detailed overview of DNS itself and touched on its weaknesses in terms of authenticity and privacy. This time, I’ll go into detail on DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and how it allows clients to establish a chain of authenticity back to an authoritative DNS server, preventing tampering by intermediate parties.

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