Paul Vixie

American internet pioneer · United States · Scientists · Born 1963 · age 63

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2014Internet Hall of FameAward2007O'Reilly Open Source AwardAward2004“The internet has no government, no constitution, no laws, no rights, no police, no courts. Don't talk about fairness or innocence, and don't talk about what should be done.”In their wordsNANOG mailing list (2004)Read the whole statement

“personally i prefer the MX RR and a stylized name, but i was trying to solve the problem rather than create an industry.”In their wordsNANOG mailing list (2004)Read the whole statement

“While discussing the merits of djbdns over BIND (2004): Niek: "Bind people don't ack djb points and vice versa." Paul Vixie: i don't ack djb's existence, not merely his 'points.”In their wordsNANOG mailing listRead the whole statement

2001“Isc remains deeply apologetic that prior versions of BIND did not properly catch the configuration error that you appear to have built your business on.”In their wordsIETF/namedroppers mailing list (2001)Read the whole statement

2000“Fragmentation is like classful addressing -- an interesting early architectural error that shows how much experimentation was going on while IP was being designed.”In their wordsNANOG mailing list (2000)Read the whole statement

1994“The Internet is not for sissies.”In their wordsba.internet (1994)Read the whole statement

1963Born23 May 1963

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Paul Vixie

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You sound like a man with a vision. Care to pass that bong over this way?
2004, NANOG mailing list (2004), Own words
The internet has no government, no constitution, no laws, no rights, no police, no courts. Don't talk about fairness or innocence, and don't talk about what should be done.
2004, NANOG mailing list (2004), Own words
personally i prefer the MX RR and a stylized name, but i was trying to solve the problem rather than create an industry.
2004, NANOG mailing list (2004), Own words

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Awards

Internet Hall of Fame2014

O'Reilly Open Source Award2007

About this person

Paul Vixie is an American computer scientist whose 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. He also created and launched the first successful commercial anti-spam service. He authored the standard UNIX system programs SENDS, proxynet, rtty and Vixie cron. At one point he ran his own consulting business, Vixie Enterprises. In 2002, Vixie held the record for "most CERT advisories due to a single author".

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Scientists from the United States 6

Robert Hofstadter57.1

Matthew C. Perry57.1

Benjamin Thompson57.1 Liviu Librescu57.1

Ronald McNair57.1

Antonio Meucci57.0

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