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'''Paul E. Hoffman''' works in the technical end of the DNS, developing standards and associated documents.
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'''Paul E. Hoffman''' works in the technical end of the [[DNS]], developing standards and associated documents.
  
He is the author or co-author of many DNS-related RFCs from the [[IETF]], particular in the areas of [[IDN]]s and [[DNSSEC]]. These include:
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He is the author or co-author of many DNS-related [[RFC]]s from the [[IETF]], particular in the areas of [[IDN]]s and [[DNSSEC]]. These include:
  
 
* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3454 RFC 3454], [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3490 RFC 3490], and [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3491 RFC 3491] for IDNA 2003, the first standard for [[IDN]]s
 
* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3454 RFC 3454], [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3490 RFC 3490], and [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3491 RFC 3491] for IDNA 2003, the first standard for [[IDN]]s
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* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7085 RFC 7085] about [[TLD]]s that are already dotless
 
* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7085 RFC 7085] about [[TLD]]s that are already dotless
  
His ICANN work includes helping prepare "[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06dec13-en.htm Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals]".
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His [[ICANN]] work includes helping prepare "[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06dec13-en.htm Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals]".
  
 
He is also the originator and editor of the [http://getdnsapi.net/ getdns] specification, which is a modern application program interface (API) for the DNS. [[Verisign]] is sponsoring an implementation of that API.
 
He is also the originator and editor of the [http://getdnsapi.net/ getdns] specification, which is a modern application program interface (API) for the DNS. [[Verisign]] is sponsoring an implementation of that API.
  
 
He is also the director of the [http://www.vpnc.org/ VPN Consortium], the trade association for the virtual private network industry.
 
He is also the director of the [http://www.vpnc.org/ VPN Consortium], the trade association for the virtual private network industry.

Revision as of 19:54, 15 May 2014

Paul E. Hoffman works in the technical end of the DNS, developing standards and associated documents.

He is the author or co-author of many DNS-related RFCs from the IETF, particular in the areas of IDNs and DNSSEC. These include:

  • RFC 6927 about variants in second-level names registered in TLDs

His ICANN work includes helping prepare "Name Collision Identification and Mitigation for IT Professionals".

He is also the originator and editor of the getdns specification, which is a modern application program interface (API) for the DNS. Verisign is sponsoring an implementation of that API.

He is also the director of the VPN Consortium, the trade association for the virtual private network industry.