Lisa Hagemann's blog

The Dynect Platform API is one of the most popular aspects of our service, and now we're making it better, stronger, faster.

Dyn Inc. Services offer mitigation solutions

On Tuesday, the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) released a 114-page report on IT Sector Risk Assessment (PDF). The provision of DNS Resolution services was cited as a key area in the IT Sector Baseline Risk Profile. This report is intended to help members of the public and private IT sectors identify and address high-consequence risks.

Dyn Inc. Prevents BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability from Affecting Customers

Yesterday was an exciting day in the world of DNS. Lots of activity. Not all of it good.

So, when my cell phone rings 30 minutes after I left the office and I see it’s Dyn Inc. CTO Tom Daly, I know it’s going to be a long night. I was on my way to a softball game, but had my laptop with me just in case. He caught me before I left the driveway.

Been back in the office a few weeks removed from Velocity 2009, and had some time to reflect on the volume of great information and superb conversations from that week.

Sharing the Experience

This is hardly a new topic of discussion amongst web developers - designing accessible web sites that take advantage of the latest technological advances in scripting and browsers has long been a challenge embraced by the community. Many years ago, when the W3C's Web Accessiblity Initiative (WAI) was first released, my non-developer manager (at a previous place of employment) asked me: "Why, other than it's the right thing to do, should we worry about making our site accessible?" It was a good question then, and it's a still a good question.