201 An Internet Born In a Threat-Free Environment

Our guest this week is a true internet pioneer. Paul Vixie describes himself as a “long time defender of the internet.” He’s  an author or co-author of several RFC documents and open source software systems including BIND and Cron, a serial entrepreneur now CEO and co-founder of his fifth startup company, Farsight Security, and an inductee into the Internet Hall of Fame.  He joins us with insights on how we are suffering the ramifications of early internet design choices, what that means for global networking going forward, and, specifically, why he believes it’s best not to rely on outsourcing your DNS.