About the Presenters
Steve Feldman has been involved in computer networking since 1978. He has worked in software development and network engineering for Tymnet and MFS/Worldcom, where he was the principal architect for the MAE Internet exchanges. Since then, he has gone on to work for several startups and acted as an independent consultant, and is now a network engineer for CNET Networks. Steve received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Duane Wessels discovered Unix and the Internet as an undergraduate studying physics at Washington State University. After playing System Administrator for a few years, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, to attend graduate school. In late 1994, he joined the Harvest project, where he worked on searching, indexing and caching. From 1996 until 2000, he was co-principle investigator of the NLANR Information Resource Caching project (IRCache). During this time he and others developed and supported the Squid caching proxy. His second book, titled Squid: The Definitive Guide, is soon to be published by O'Reilly and Associates. Currently, he is co-owner and president of The Measurement Factory, Inc., a company that specializes in evaluating the performance and compliance of HTTP-aware devices.

Susan Harris coordinates NANOG meetings on behalf of Merit Network at the University of Michigan. She has been working in IT for 20 years, mostly in telecommunications and network engineering, and is the author of three RFCs.

Susan/Duane's intro presentation (PDF)
Susan's final presentation (PDF)
Steve's intro presentation (PDF)
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Closing remarks RealMedia Stream