emergent online technologies!
So recently I’ve been earning myself a couple of techie/geek badges with token.ro, as it now supports/implements a bunch of next-gen technologies and ideas. Some are useful, others are implemented just because I could.
- IPv6 support
The site has been fully IPv6 enabled for a few months. I’ve got a httpd listening on an IPv6 address, AAAA records in my nameservers, which are IPv6-accessible themselves *and* have IPv6 glue at the ccTLD authority. Only 3 of the 6 root nameservers for .ro are IPv6 enabled, but we’re getting there. - SPF and DKIM for email
I’m now publishing strict SPF records and a DomainKey. All outgoing emails from this domain are signed with DKIM, all incoming+forwarded emails go thru SRS to prevent any SPF breakage. Take that, spam! - OpenID
This one isn’t exactly new: this domain is also my OpenID, via delegation to the provider of my choice (currently idproxy.net). The advantages of OpenID are numerous, the advantage of using your own site as your OpenID is that you’re not tied to any one provider - provider delegations are easily changed. - FOAF
So I got into the whole semantic web craze and published my FOAF description. Basically, FOAF is a means of creating a distributed social network, with each participant retaining full control over the data made public (as the FOAF description is just an XML file published on your website). - microID signatures
The entire site (including this blog) has been signed with my microID. Not extremely useful (with microID, the possibility of verification implies the possibility of spoofing), but I liked the concept. Added bonus: claimid now recognizes me as the author of my own website, isn’t that awesome? And, well, I like microformats. - CDN delivery
As a tiny experiment, this tumblelog’s static content is now served via the Coral Content Distribution Network. I don’t expect speed improvements, I just want to see how it… feels. I’m thinking of deploying my own CDN for the whole domain, seeing as how I have access to servers on multiple continents. And deploying a CDN with GeoScaling, my DNS provider, would be a breeze.
Next up on the list? Probably a hosted XMPP+SIP solution, some LOC records for the domain, putting my SSL cert to good use by enabling HTTPS and whatever else will pique my interest.
