Vern Paxson
Vern Edward Paxson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | UC Berkeley College of Engineering |
Vern Edward Paxson is a Professor of
IESG
as Transport Area Director for the IETF.
In 2006 Paxson was inducted as a
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM's Special Interest Group on Data Communications (SIGCOMM) gave Paxson its 2011 award, "for his seminal contributions to the fields of Internet measurement and Internet security, and for distinguished leadership and service to the Internet community." The annual SIGCOMM Award recognizes lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks.[2]
Paxson is also the original author of the
DDoS attack using multiple spoofed addresses.[3]
Paxson earned a PhD in 1997 at Berkeley under Domenico Ferrari.[4]
References
- ^ Vern Paxson's homepage
- ^ "Vern Paxson Honored". crd.lbl.gov. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. August 11, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ Moore et al. Inferring Internet Denial-of-Service Activity, 2001
- ^ "Vern Paxson". The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
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