Jon Postel
Jonathan Bruce Postel was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Altadena
- Educated at
- University of California, Los AngelesVan Nuys High School
- Awards
- 🏆 EFF Award🏆 SIGCOMM Award🏆 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award🏆 Internet Hall of Fame
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 David J. Farber
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"In general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior."
"God, at least in the West, is often represented as a man with a flowing beard and sandals... if the Net does have a god, he is probably Jon Postel, a man who matches that description to a T. Mr. Poste…"
"TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others."
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Timeline
1943
Born
Birth1998
Died
Death
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