Windows 2012 Server: Enabling DNSSEC validation

Enabling DNSSEC on Windows 2012 server takes 2 steps: configuring trust anchors and enabling DNSSEC validation. Keep on reading to see how it is done.

DNS reflection or DNS amplification attacks - How to secure your DNS server?

The usually stealth DNS was in the news recently when some very worrisome news surfaced last week. A feud between an anti-spam organisation (Spamhaus) and a hosting site that is accused of offering spam senders a safe haven has escalated, and the criminals used DNS and BGP to attack Spamhaus.

Generating TSIG key for BIND 10

Men and Mice is monitoring and supporting the BIND 10 development, and as part of that, our engineers have written a small tool in Python called b10-gentsigkey.py.

FREE Windows 2012/DNSSEC and Windows 2012/DHCP Failover Webinars

Men and Mice DDI experts are offering two FREE Windows 2012 webinars in march 2013. Check them out.

Men and Mice releases version 6.3.5 of the Men and Mice Suite

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 contains significantly improved DNS and DHCP features, which should benefit many customers running Microsoft environments. Men and Mice Suite 6.3.5 contains support for the new Windows Server 2012 as well as various other improvements.

Men and Mice has moved.. (no, not because of a volcano erupting)..

Men and Mice is pleased to announce the relocation of its office to Kopavogur, Iceland.

TechEd Amsterdam 2012

Men and Mice in full swing in Amsterdam

TechEd Europe 2012

Get your clogs and DNSSEC ready and come see us in Amsterdam.

TechEd North America 2012

Men and Mice at TechEd 2012

World IPv6 Launch

The Future is Forever - World IPv6 Launch, June 6th 2012. Are you ready?

Gartner report - Marketscope on the DDI market 2012

Gartner has released its annual Marketscope on the DDI market for 2011-2012.

ISC BIND 10 team visitors

Fun times at Men and Mice, visitors from the ISC BIND 10 team.

Version 6.3.1 is now available.

Version 6.3.1 of the Men and Mice Suite contains various new features and usability enhancements, making the system more powerful and easier to use.

Take your DNSSEC with a grain of salt

It takes some 'outside the box'-thinking to understand how DNSSEC can prove things that do not exist. Dig deeper in DNSSEC.

Holiday greeting

Happy Holidays!

Monitoring, Alerting and Access Restriction

Part three of the overview of the IP Address Module.

3 Points of Connectivity

Part two of the overview of the IP Address Module.

7 ways of easy access and visibility

Mr.Martin Metz at Men and Mice put together a simple overview of the IP Address Module.

DNSSEC monitoring tools

Mr.Carsten Strotmann, one of Men and Mice Experts has created a list of tools that can help in verifying a DNSSEC signed zone.

DNSSEC monitoring tools

Mr.Carsten Strotmann, one of Men and Mice Experts has created a list of tools that can help in verifying a DNSSEC signed zone.

Gartner Report - Marketscope for the DNS, DHCP and IPAM market in 2011

Gartner has released its annual marketscope on the DNS, DHCP and IP address market (DDI) and moves Men and Mice into the Promising category

Men and Moustache

In March 2011, Icelandic men grow a moustache to support research of male-dominant cancer types, of course Men and Mice contribute to the research. Take a look at some of the Men and Mice contributors

ISC and Men and Mice raise the standard for DNS training

Today Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) and Men and Mice announced a joint training program to offer and develop courses on Internet protocols at the cutting edge of Internet operations technology. Initially there are five different courses and workshops offered including Introduction to DNS and BIND, advanced DNS and BIND, DHCP, IPv6 Fundamentals, and DNSSEC.

The IPv4 End is near

On February 1st 2011, IANA allocated two of the remaining seven /8 address scopes to APNIC, which means that there are only 5 left in IANA's address pool.

Implementing IPv6 is no longer optional it is a requirement

The exhaustion of IPv4 space is coming soon, that is why it is no longer an option but a requirement to get IPv6 ready

Preparing for DNSSEC: Signing your zones

How can we do that and what are our options?

Men and Mice Suite 6.2.2 is now available

Version 6.2.2 is a maintenance release that contains various enhancements and stability improvement as well as several new features.

How to be DNSSECure

When I stumbled upon this site ,which tests if your DNS resolver is DNSSEC enabled, and was notified by a sad bald Star Trek guy that I was not DNSSECure, I started wondering how I could make that poor Star Trek guy happy?

Men and Mice Suite 6.2.1 is now available

Version 6.2.1 is a maintenance release that improves the performance and reliability of the Men and Mice Suite. This version also contains several enhancements to improve the overall user experience when working with the Men and Mice Suite

Men and Mice CEO on IPv6, DNSSEC and the outlook of the DDI Industry

The Editor of TCP IP World got a change to ask the CEO of Iceland`s Men and Mice, Jon R. Kristjansson, a few questions about their business and outlook of the DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) industry.

We fix your DNS faster then you can say A-YAH-FYAT-LA-YO-KULL

As the TechEd event is focused on Microsoft solutions, we put special emphasis on our expertise in working with MS DNS and DHCP servers as well as our ability to integrate seamlessly with MS Active Directory.

Release of the Men and Mice Suite version 6.2

Men and Mice, a leading provider of DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (IPAM) solutions, has announced the release of Men and Mice Suite version 6.2. Version 6.2 of the Men and Mice Suite contains various new features and usability enhancements, making the system more powerful and easier to use.

End-to-End DNSSEC using Unbound DNS

This blog entry was written to demonstrate how DNSSEC works end-to-end using the Unbound DNS Server to provide recursive caching and validating DNS service.

Internationalized domain names (IDNs)

In our latest blog article, we'll discuss how the internationalized domain name system works and how it affects the existing domain name system (DNS).

10 Reasons to use Unbound DNS

In our latest blog article, we'll discuss ten (10) reasons to use Unbound as a validating, recursive, and caching DNS service part of your Core Network Services (CNS) Infrastructure.

NEW Men and Mice Blog

Men and Mice have started blogging!. The new blog will have educational, informational as well as product related material, both videos and articles.

Men and Mice releases version 6.1.1 of the Men and Mice Suite

Men and Mice has announced the release of Men and Mice Suite version 6.1.1, a minor upgrade version of the 6.1 version branch.