Paul Vixie

Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie in 2014
Born (1963-05-23) May 23, 1963 (age 61)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materKeio University
Occupation(s)Vice President, Security at Amazon Web Services (AWS) [1]
Known forISC, BIND, MAPS, Vixie cron

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.[2] He also created and launched the first successful commercial anti-spam service.[3] 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".[4][5]

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  2. ^ Filkins, Dexter (8 October 2018). "Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign? A team of computer scientists sifted through records of unusual Web traffic in search of answers". NewYorker.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ Reid, Brian ISC founder Paul Vixie inducted into the 2014 Internet Hall of Fame Archived 2021-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, ISC, April 9, 2014 (accessed March 25 2017)
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  5. ^ "Paul Vixie : Security vulnerabilities, CVEs". www.cvedetails.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-01-10.