Paul Vixie

Paul Vixie

Paul Vixie is the author of several RFCs and standard UNIX system programs, among them SENDS, proxynet, rtty and Vixie cron.

In 1988, while employed by DEC, he started working on the popular internet domain name server BIND, of which he was the primary author and architect, until release 8.

After he left DEC, in 1994 he founded Internet Software Consortium (ISC) together with Rick Adams and Carl Malamud to support BIND and other software for the Internet. The activities of ISC were assumed by a new company, Internet Systems Consortium in 2004.

In 1995 he cofounded the Palo Alto Internet Exchange (PAIX), and after Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) bought it in 1999 served as the chief technology officer to MFN / AboveNet and later as the president of PAIX.

In 1998 he cofounded MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention System), a California nonprofit company with the goal of stopping email abuse.

He also ran his own consulting business, Vixie Enterprises.

Along with Frederick Avolio, he co-wrote the book "Sendmail: Theory and Practice" (ISBN 1-55558-127-7).

He has also stated that he "now hold [s] the record for 'most CERT advisories due to a single author.'" [cite web | last=Vixie | first=Paul | title=Re: Maformed SNMP Packet log/trace | work=North American Network Operations Group mailing list | date=2002-02-26 | url=http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/0202/msg00482.html | accessdate=2007-03-07 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030320132053/http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/0202/msg00482.html | archivedate=2003-03-20 | quote=note that i hold the single-author record for total CERT advisories, proving that in my copious youth i knew how to sling code but not how to manage risk.] [cite book |last=Graff |first=Mark G. |coauthors=Kenneth R. "van" Wyk |title=Secure Coding: Principles and Practices |year=2003 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=0596002424 |pages="Advance Praise" section |quote=If this book had existed when I was learning C in the early 1980s, then I might not now hold the record for 'most CERT advisories due to a single author.' Anyone who wants a coding job at ISC in the future should be prepared to demonstrate that they have read and understand "Secure Coding".]

Although working for ISC, the operator of the F root server, he recently decided to join the Open Root Server Network project and operates their L root server. [ [http://fm.vix.com/internet/governance/orsn-participation.html Flaming Mountainside ] ]

Vixie currently serves as a judge for the Mozilla Foundation's "Download Day", an attempt to set a Guiness World Record for most downloads in a single day for a new piece of software. [ [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/faq Paul Vixie listed as a judge on the Firefox 3 2008 Download Day] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.vix.com/ Vixie Enterprises]
* [http://www.circleid.com/members/620/ Paul Vixie's CircleID Page]
* [http://www.dreamworld.org/wash/ George Washington High School]
* [http://f.root-servers.org/ F root server]


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