Critical Infrastructure Is Maintained by People You Have Never Heard Of
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Age Assurance Is an Identity Infrastructure Problem
I explain why age assurance creates identity and privacy infrastructure even when it is introduced as a child-safety check.
Why DNS Is No Longer Just Naming, It Is Part of the Edge Control Plane
I explain how modern DNS carries connection policy, privacy bootstrap material and edge configuration and what that means for operators and tooling.
Before a Site Loads: TLS, ALPN, QUIC, ECH and HTTPS Records
I trace the path from name resolution to the first HTTP request and explain why DNS now helps bootstrap transport, protocol and privacy decisions.
CVE-2026-33825
My high-level write-up on CVE-2026-33825, its public disclosure and why I considered the Defender local privilege escalation urgent.
Post-Quantum Migration Is Not Primarily an Algorithm Problem
I explain why inventory, discovery and readiness come before algorithm replacement.
RFC Compliance Is Not an Implementation Strategy
I use a Caddy case study to explain why RFC compliance alone does not settle implementation strategy.
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