Keynote: Death of the Internet, GIF at 11
Keynote: Death of the Internet, GIF at 11
Speaker: Scott Bradner, Harvard University, retired
This talk will explore some of the many times that the Internet has been declared dead, claimed to be useless or about to be replaced by some other network that will meet our every need. Needless to say, the Internet has not been replaced
and has survived all these “deaths”. Examining these cases can teach us something about how non-netheads view the Internet and give us a heads up on what might be on the horizon and coming this way.
Scott Bradner: Scott Bradner was involved in the design, operation and use of data networks at Harvard University since the early days of the ARPANET. He was involved in the design of the original Harvard data networks, the Longwood Medical Area network (LMAnet) and New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet). He was founding chair of the technical committees of LMAnet, NEARnet and the Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network (CoREN). Mr. Bradner served in a number of roles in the IETF. He was the co-director of the Operational Requirements Area (1993-1997), IPng Area (1993-1996), Transport Area (1997-2003) and Sub-IP Area (2001-2003). He was a member of the IESG (1993-2003) and was an elected trustee of the Internet Society (1993-1999), where he was the VP for Standards from 1995 to 2003 and Secretary to the Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2016. Scott was also a member of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) as well as a trustee of the IETF Trust from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Bradner retired from Harvard University in 2016 after 50 years working there in the areas of in computer programming, system management, networking, IT security and identity management. He still does some patent related consulting.