VP and Distinguished Engineer, AWS Security
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Paul Vixie serves as VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS Security, and is a Director at SIE Europe U.G. He was previously the founder and CEO of Farsight Security (2013-2021). In addition, he founded and operated the first anti-spam company (MAPS, 1996), the first non-profit Internet infrastructure software company (ISC, 1994), and the first neutral and commercial Internet exchange (PAIX, 1991). Vixie was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2014 for work related to DNS, and is a prolific author of open source Internet software including Cron and BIND, and of many Internet standards concerning DNS and DNSSEC. He was CTO at Abovenet/MFN (1999-2001) and worked at DEC Western Research Lab (1988-1993) after dropping out of school in 1980. Vixie earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Keio University in 2011.
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2020 - Jan 24 | on | Notice, Takedown, Borders, and Scale |
2020 - Jan 24 | on | Notice, Takedown, Borders, and Scale |
2019 - Dec 15 | on | What's Behind the Secure DNS Controversy and What Should You Do About It? |
2018 - Jan 02 | on | Is it Finally Time to Eliminate Needs-Based IPv4 Transfer Policies? |
2017 - Aug 02 | on | Nation Scale Internet Filtering -- Do's and Don'ts |
2017 - Aug 02 | on | Nation Scale Internet Filtering -- Do's and Don'ts |
2017 - Mar 01 | on | ICANN Drifting Toward Online Content Regulation, Says Law Professor |
2016 - Feb 17 | on | PIR Invites Bids for .Org Back-End Operations |
2015 - Oct 27 | on | Russia Attempts Large Scale Experiment to Isolate Country from Global Internet |
2015 - Oct 27 | on | Content Policing Not Our Responsibility, Says ICANN CEO |
2015 - Oct 27 | on | ICANN Must Stop Resisting Accountability Changes, Warn US Senators |
2015 - Oct 26 | on | We're Almost There... IANA Stewardship Transition |
2015 - Oct 26 | on | Reconsideration Request Denied |
2015 - Oct 26 | on | Steering Website Traffic with Managed DNS vs. IP Anycast |
2015 - Oct 09 | on | Taking Back the DNS |
2015 - Apr 22 | on | Internet Security Marketing: Buyer Beware |
2014 - Nov 12 | on | Secure Unowned Hierarchical Anycast Root Name Service - And an Apologia |
2014 - Nov 08 | on | Secure Unowned Hierarchical Anycast Root Name Service - And an Apologia |
2014 - Jul 17 | on | France Wants IGF Replaced by World Internet Council |
2014 - May 04 | on | Wow! BIND9 9.10 Is out, and What a List of Features! |
2014 - May 03 | on | Wow! BIND9 9.10 Is out, and What a List of Features! |
2014 - May 03 | on | Wow! BIND9 9.10 Is out, and What a List of Features! |
2014 - Feb 25 | on | Taking Back the DNS |
2014 - Feb 25 | on | Taking Back the DNS |
2013 - Dec 28 | on | The Naive Arrogance of FUSSPs |
2013 - Dec 13 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2013 - Jun 11 | on | Intelligence Exchange in a Free Market Economy |
2012 - Sep 16 | on | Why Saving the NomCom Means Saving ICANN Itself |
2012 - Feb 21 | on | End of the World/Internet on 31-March-2012? |
2012 - Jan 14 | on | Refusing REFUSED |
2011 - Oct 03 | on | Making Internet Faster: Google, OpenDNS and Others Announce Joint Effort |
2011 - Aug 05 | on | Taking Back the DNS |
2011 - Jul 27 | on | Alignment of Interests in DNS Blocking |
2011 - Jul 27 | on | Alignment of Interests in DNS Blocking |
2011 - Jun 20 | on | New Top-Level Domains Approved by ICANN |
2011 - Jun 13 | on | Anycast, Unicast, or Both? |
2011 - Jun 11 | on | Using Domain Filtering To Effect IP Address Filtering |
2011 - Jun 09 | on | Using Domain Filtering To Effect IP Address Filtering |
2011 - Jun 09 | on | Using Domain Filtering To Effect IP Address Filtering |
2011 - Jun 03 | on | Anycast, Unicast, or Both? |
2011 - Jun 03 | on | Anycast, Unicast, or Both? |
2011 - Jun 03 | on | Anycast, Unicast, or Both? |
2011 - Jun 01 | on | Anycast, Unicast, or Both? |
2011 - Jun 01 | on | Anycast, Unicast, or Both? |
2011 - May 29 | on | Experts Urge Congress to Reject DNS Filtering from PROTECT IP Act, Serious Technical Concerns Raised |
2011 - May 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 22 | on | Whois Scared? |
2011 - Mar 20 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 20 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 20 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 20 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 20 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 19 | on | On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System |
2011 - Mar 02 | on | Whois Scared? |
2010 - Apr 27 | on | DEFCON 1 Status at ICANN |
2010 - Mar 23 | on | Perspectives on a DNS-CERT |
2008 - Jul 27 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 17 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 17 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 17 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 16 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 16 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
2007 - Mar 07 | on | Social Networking and Web 2.0 Creating DNS Performance Issues for Carriers |
2006 - Mar 28 | on | Reporting To God |
2006 - Feb 24 | on | Putting Multiple Root Nameserver Issue to Rest |
2006 - Feb 24 | on | Putting Multiple Root Nameserver Issue to Rest |
2005 - Oct 10 | on | A Further Look Into ORSN |
2005 - Oct 10 | on | Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project |
2005 - Oct 04 | on | Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project |
2005 - Oct 04 | on | Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project |
2005 - Oct 03 | on | Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project |
2005 - Oct 03 | on | Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project |
2005 - Sep 30 | on | Putting Multiple Root Nameserver Issue to Rest |
2005 - Jul 17 | on | ICANN Needs a Good Root |
2005 - Jul 12 | on | U.S. Government to Retain Oversight of the Internet's Root Servers |
2005 - Jan 20 | on | .NET Bid Contenders |
2004 - Sep 02 | on | Sender ID: A Tale of Open Standards and Corporate Greed? - Part II |
2004 - Sep 02 | on | Sender ID: A Tale of Open Standards and Corporate Greed? - Part I |
2004 - Jun 30 | on | An Interview with the Lead Developer of SPF - Part I |
2004 - May 21 | on | Techies Wanna Do Policy |
2004 - Feb 06 | on | Paul Vixie on Fort N.O.C.'s |
2004 - Feb 05 | on | Paul Vixie on Fort N.O.C.'s |
2004 - Feb 05 | on | Paul Vixie on Fort N.O.C.'s |