Keynote Speakers

Paul Vixie

An American computer scientist whose career spans more than three decades, Paul Vixie’s technical contributions include Domain Name System (DNS) protocol design and procedure, mechanisms to achieve operational robustness of DNS implementations, and significant contributions to open-source software principles and methodology. Vixie was the founder of the Internet Software Consortium (ISC), and co-founder of the Palo Alto Internet Exchange and Mail Abuse Prevention System. He also created and launched the first successful commercial anti-spam service, and authored the standard UNIX system programs SENDS, proxynet, rtty and Vixie cron.

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Karl Auerbach

Involved in Internet design since the early 1970s, Karl Auerbach is now Chief Technology Officer at InterWorking Labs, a company that creates network testing and emulation products. As an attorney and Internet-protocol engineer, Auerbach has made numerous contributions to the development of the Internet — including Internet governance, network diagnostics, protocol testing, and the commercialization of Internet technologies. Auerbach also served on the board of directors of ICANN and the Open Voting Consortium. He is a co-founder of the Boston Working Group, and a member of the volunteer Internet Engineering Task Force. Several of Auerbach's long time interests include how the Internet can be made more robust and repairable, and the human aspects of technology.

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