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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 2d

We will see you there @gca.bsky.social!

Anyone else headed to #RIPE91? Quad9's @farrokhi.unix.family.ap.brid.gy will be out and about, including GCA's workshop.

#DNS #infosec

Global Cyber Alliance @gca.bsky.social · 3d

We're at #RIPE91 next week with a full agenda including the Internet Integrity Workshop on Mon, 20 Oct, 09:30 EEST, on the power of data-driven approaches to improving network integrity, with an emphasis on measurement for action.

🗓️ Register to join us: globalcyberalliance.org/internet-int...

Internet Integrity Workshop II - GCA | Global Cyber Alliance | Working to Eradicate Cyber Risk

globalcyberalliance.org

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 6d

#TLDR: Quad9 will be discontinuing support within DNS-over-HTTPS (DOH) using HTTP/1.1 on December 15, 2025.

Mark your calendar 🗓️ and please share, especially if you know someone who will be affected!

Full story here 👉 quad9.net/news/blog/do...

#DOH #DNS #infosec

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 10d

Safe home!

Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 12d

Spotted today at #OARC45 🇸🇪...

(hint 😉: @jhtodd.bsky.social)

Quad9 CTO, John Todd, at the podium presenting at DNS-OARC 45 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13d

We're seeking passionate law students to join EFF’s legal team as interns! Get involved in fighting for free speech, privacy, and innovation. www.eff.org/about/oppor...

Legal Internship Opportunities

Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 Intern Class, with a deadline of November 1. See below for instructions and a link to the application.EFF’s legal internships provide law students with a

www.eff.org

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 19d

Heading to #OARC45 next week? We'll be there! 🇸🇪

Join us for the ADoT/ADoQ: Deployment Collaboration Table Topic

mastodns.net/@dnsoarc/115...

#DNS #LoveDNS #infosec

DNS-OARC (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Join us at #OARC45 for new Table Topics! 📍 Lunch sessions (13:45–14:15 CEST) 💬 Small group discussions with moderators Andreas Taudte (#Quad9), Andreia Costa (#eudnswomen) , Babak...

mastodns.net

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 21d

🕵️ We're currently experiencing packet loss in our #Manilla PoP (MNL2). To get updates on this matter or notices of schedule maintenance, you can sign up on our network status page: uptime.quad9.net

#DNS #infosec

Quad9 Public Network Status Page Status

Welcome to Quad9 Public Network Status Page's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

uptime.quad9.net

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routingmanrs.bsky.social @routingmanrs.bsky.social · 25d

It's #MANRS election season!!!

Nominations for three (3) seats on the Steering Committee are open now until 17 October 2025 at 23:59 UTC.

Everyone is eligible to serve on the Steering Committee – MANRS participation is not required.

manrs.org/2025/09/nomi...

Nominations Open for MANRS Steering Committee - MANRS

Nominations for three seats on the MANRS Steering Committee are now open and will stay open until 17 October 2025.

manrs.org

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · 27d

Hi! Not seeing anything on our status page: uptime.quad9.net, but I'll send a note in to our team.
Would you also please submit your info to them at [email protected] so they can create a ticket and look into further?

Quad9 Public Network Status Page Status

Welcome to Quad9 Public Network Status Page's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

uptime.quad9.net

Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Sep 17

#ICYMI the Quad9 Event Dashboard (QED) & Globe of Wonder tool were part of the Internet Visualization Exhibition (IVE) at #SIGCOMM25.

Learn more about the tool and how we use it from John's video: youtu.be/J7_Z2kROVyw?...

You can find the tool on our github github.com/Quad9DNS/Glo...

#infosec

QED Overview - SIGCOMM25

YouTube video by Quad9 DNS

youtu.be

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Sep 16

You've always been one of our greatest champions! Thank you for your unwavering support!

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Sep 11

Fun fact for the day: Look what we can see real-time in just 10 seconds...newly observed domains.

And we've seen more than 408M just since January!

#infosec

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Sep 10

When you just can't decide if you're in the mood to be 6panb or quad9 today (zoom in 😍).

Enjoying #GlobalGathering2025 in Portugal this week! If you haven't come to see us, we're in Booth 16.

Remember, digital rights are human rights!

#DNS #privacy #integrity #digitalrights

Photo of Quad9's Senior Policy Advisor and Senior Operations Engineers outside Global Gathering 2025 in Portugal.

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Techlore @techlore.tech · Sep 10

The right to communicate privately. The right to access information. The right to not be surveilled 24/7. The right to control your own data.

These aren't luxuries, they're necessities for a free society. Keep fighting.

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Global Cyber Alliance @gca.bsky.social · Sep 3

In our second post exploring the Asia Pacific threat landscape, we use #AIDE data to explore North Korea–linked threat group #Kimsuky.

Read the full article to dive into the details and see why strengthening infrastructure security is more urgent than ever.

globalcyberalliance.org/aide-data-ki...

Tracking Kimsuky: North Korean Espionage Operations in GCA's AIDE - GCA | Global Cyber Alliance | Working to Eradicate Cyber Risk

To evaluate Kimsuky’s activity over a two-year window, we examined Asia-Pacific cyber activity patterns through GCA’s AIDE platform.

globalcyberalliance.org

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Aug 27

Have you sent this in to our team at [email protected]? They can look into it.

Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Aug 20

Toivotamme uuden jäsenen tervetulleeksi Quad9-yhteisöön! 🇫🇮

Quad9 ja CSC sopivat kumppanuudesta kyberturvallisuuden vahvistamiseksi Suomessa

quad9.net/news/press/q...

#DNS

CSC, Funet, and Quad9 logos over a background image of the University of Helsinki

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Aug 15

Some food for thought and weekend reading!

What happens when you interfere with the Internet's infrastructure? 🤔

quad9.net/news/blog/in...

#DNS #infosec #internet

cc: @internetsociety.bsky.social

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Aug 5

A recent interview with our fearless leader @f0r573r.bsky.social "On The 5 Things Every American Business Leader Should Do To Shield Themselves From A Cyberattack"

Fighting #cybercrime one cup of tea at a time 🍵

medium.com/authority-ma...

#AuthorityMagazine

Cyber Defense: Simon Forster of Quad9 On The 5 Things Every American Business Leader Should Do T

Develop an incident response plan — Don’t wait for disaster to hit before figuring out what to do. Create — and test — a plan for how to…

medium.com

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Aug 1

Headed to #BlackHat? So are we! Reach out if you want to meet up!

a cat is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and looking out the window .

Alt: a cat is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and looking out the window .

media.tenor.com

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our H1 2025 Cyber Insights is out and ready for consumption!

quad9.net/news/blog/tr...

#infosec #omnatuor #mailware #taidoor #phishing #DNS

Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Jul 23

We have open-sourced our visualization tool for mapping realtime events onto a view of the Earth.

Have fun with it!! 😻

#infosec #opensource
github.com/Quad9DNS/Glo...

GitHub - Quad9DNS/GlobeOfWonder: WebGL globe for displaying websocket JSON realtime data and static markers on the Earth's surface

WebGL globe for displaying websocket JSON realtime data and static markers on the Earth's surface - Quad9DNS/GlobeOfWonder

github.com

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Jul 23

😱 Can you send this in to our team at [email protected]?

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Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fun fact...a Quad9 team member has a dog named Mr. Bean 😀

Quad9 @quad9dns.bsky.social · Jul 11

Something fun to peruse over the weekend...we've started a daily dose of the top 500 #DNS domains seen on the Quad9 recursive resolver on #GitHub.

We're excited, are you? github.com/Quad9DNS/qua...

Still #privacy preserving and shared to improve the #security and #integrity of Internet.

#infosec

GIF of the TV series character Mr. Bean doing his dance.

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