Scott Bradner

One of the ICANN king-pins, along with Vinton Cerf and John Klensin. A Harvard employee (for funding) and a regular at all of the ISOC and IETF meetings. An ARIN Trustee and one of the main manipulators of the IP Address Allocations.

Scott is a University Technology Security Officer with the Harvard University Office of the Assistant Provost for Information Systems. Scott is also the Secretary for the ARIN board of trustees.

Breaking the Internet by Bret Fausett on Tue 17 Jan 2006 09:23 PM PST Scott Bradner: "The Internet succeeded because no one in the traditional telecom industry believed in its underlying technology or its design philosophy. They still do not, but are being backed into a corner, and in response are trying to change the Internet into something that they can better control...." A good reminder that it's not just governments that are seeking greater control. Read the whole article for the disclaimer at the bottom. ;-) Scott Bradner sob at harvard dot eduhas been involved in the design, operation, and use of data networks at Harvard University since the early days of the ARPANET. He was involved in the design of the original Harvard data networks, the Longwood Medical Area network (LMAnet), and New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet). He was founding chair of the technical committees of LMAnet, NEARnet, and the Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network (CoREN).

Scott served in a number of roles in the IETF. He was the co-director of the Operational Requirements Area (1993-1997), IPng Area (1993-1996), Transport Area (1997-2003), and Sub-IP Area (2001-2003). He was a member of the IESG (1993-2003) and was an elected trustee of the Internet Society (1993-1999), where he currently serves as the Secretary to the Board of Trustees.

Scott is the University Technology Security Officer in the Harvard University Office of the Provost. He tries to help the University community deal with technology-related privacy and security issues. He also provides technical advice and guidance on issues relating to the Harvard data networks and new technologies to Harvard's CIO. He founded the Harvard Network Device Test Lab, is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, a weekly columnist for Network World, and does a bit of independent consulting on the side.

Scott is a founding member of the Board, having served since August 1997. He was reelected in 2000 and again in October 2003 and his current term expires December 31, 2006.

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