The Coming Bifurcation
July 19 2010 by 
Cricket Liu (Infoblox)
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Restrepo,” a documentary about American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. The reviews have been glowing, likening it to a real-life version of “The Hurt Locker,” which I thought was excellent. (I began to say that I really enjoyed it, but it’s more accurate to say that I’m very glad I saw it.) “Restrepo” was co-directed by Sebastian Junger, which got me thinking about “A Perfect Storm,” a similarly painful-to-watch movie (Junger wrote the book).
Which is the long way of explaining why I was thinking of perfect storms recently. The “perfect storm” of the title is caused by a confluence of weather conditions, and I think we’re looking at similar conditions on the Internet, specifically in the world of DNS.
I’ve spoken and written before about the additional administrative burden imposed by DNSSEC, and the imperative for vendors like Infoblox to provide better tools for managing signing and validation. I’ve talked less, though, about the inevitability of IPv6 and the proliferation of IP-speaking devices in our lives.
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