Yakov Rekhter was responsible for designing and implementing the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) Backbone routing under the National Science Foundation’s 1988 cooperative agreement to build and operate the second phase of the NSFNET backbone with IBM, MCI, the State of Michigan, and the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad (MERIT) at the University of Michigan.
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Virginia Travers
Virginia Strazisar Travers designed and wrote the software that created Internet gateways, the precursor to routers and the core component that allows dissimilar networks to connect. Her work linked the U.S. government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) with regional networks and demonstrated the functionality of a global network.
Hans-Werner Braun
Hans-Werner Braun was a key player in the development of the National Science Foundation Network, NSFNET, and the Internet’s resulting growth in speed, coverage and reliability. His work helped pave the way for large-scale routing and created a model for Internet networks around the world.
Frode Greisen
Frode Greisen is a central figure in the expansion of the Internet across Western and Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Iran. He served as a board member and president of the European Research and Education Network (EARN), which connected universities and research institutions in the 1980s.
UCLA’s Connection Lab Debuts New Website
On Oct. 29, Kleinrock announced the debut of a new website for UCLA’s Connection Lab, which focuses on communications and computing technologies, including cryptography and blockchain.
How the Internet Grew Up
For better or worse, Leonard Kleinrock admits that the Internet has grown up from its early days.
Remembering Peter Kirstein (1933 – 2020)
2012 Internet Hall of Fame inductee Peter Kirstein, who started the first European ARPANET node with transatlantic IP connectivity, died on Wednesday at his home in London, according to the New York Times. He was 86.
50 Years Ago the First Computer Talked
Part of the Internet Hall of Fame’s inaugural class, Kleinrock was one of the developers of ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern Internet.
Dan Lynch
As a developer, researcher and evangelist of the TCP/IP protocols, Dan Lynch played a key role in driving global adoption of these protocols and fueling the Internet’s commercial success, public visibility and use.
‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet’ Author Recounts His Own Journey
If you ask Ed Krol how he got in to the Internet Hall of Fame, he’ll likely attribute it to luck, or at least fortunate timing.
Ida Holz: The Uruguayan of the Internet
For one South American country, Internet access would be just a dream without the contributions of one woman.
Kees Neggers: Global Networking Requires Global Collaboration
A key figure in the development of the Internet in Europe and the Netherlands, Kees Neggers found himself at the center of the so-called “Protocol Wars” of the 80s and 90s.
