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'''John Gilmore''' (born 1955)<ref name="IHE">{{cite book | title = The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia | publisher = ABC-CLIO | year = 2005 | page = 115 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=qi-ItIG6QLwC&pg=PA115 | quote = John Gilmore (1955-)}}</ref><ref name="UST 2004"/><ref name="SFC 2005"/> is one of the founders of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], the [[Cypherpunk]]s mailing list, and [[Cygnus Solutions]]. He created the [[alt.* hierarchy]] in [[Usenet]] and is a major contributor to the [[GNU project]]. |
'''John Gilmore''' (born 1955)<ref name="IHE">{{cite book | title = The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia | publisher = ABC-CLIO | year = 2005 | page = 115 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=qi-ItIG6QLwC&pg=PA115 | quote = John Gilmore (1955-)}}</ref><ref name="UST 2004"/><ref name="SFC 2005"/> is one of the founders of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], the [[Cypherpunk]]s mailing list, and [[Cygnus Solutions]]. He created the [[alt.* hierarchy]] in [[Usenet]] and is a major contributor to the [[GNU project]]. |
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An outspoken [[Civil libertarianism|civil libertarian]], Gilmore has [[lawsuit|sued]] the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]], [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], and others. He |
An outspoken [[Civil libertarianism|civil libertarian]], Gilmore has [[lawsuit|sued]] the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]], [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], and others. He challenged the constitutionality of [[secret law]] regarding travel security policies in ''[[Gilmore v. Gonzales]]''.<ref name="UST 2004">{{cite news |first = Richard | last = Willing | url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-10-10-privacy_x.htm | title = Airline ID requirement faces legal challenge | work = [[USA Today]] | date = October 10, 2004}}</ref><ref name="SFC 2005">{{cite news | first = Bob | last = Egelko | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/09/BAGR9G53C01.DTL | title = Judges cool to ID complaint | work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date= December 9, 2005}}</ref> |
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Gilmore is also a [[philanthropist]], and has given financial support to, among others, [[Students for Sensible Drug Policy]], [[Marijuana Policy Project]], [[Erowid]], [[Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies|MAPS]], and various organizations seeking to end the [[war on drugs]]. |
Gilmore is also a [[philanthropist]], and has given financial support to, among others, [[Students for Sensible Drug Policy]], [[Marijuana Policy Project]], [[Erowid]], [[Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies|MAPS]], and various organizations seeking to end the [[war on drugs]]. |
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As the fifth employee of [[Sun Microsystems]] and founder of [[Cygnus Solutions|Cygnus Support]], he accumulated sufficient wealth to take an early retirement and pursue other interests. |
As the fifth employee of [[Sun Microsystems]] and founder of [[Cygnus Solutions|Cygnus Support]], he accumulated sufficient wealth to take an early retirement and pursue other interests. |
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He is a frequent contributor to [[free software]], and worked on several [[GNU]] projects, including maintaining the [[GNU Debugger]] in the early |
He is a frequent contributor to [[free software]], and worked on several [[GNU]] projects, including maintaining the [[GNU Debugger]] in the early 1990s, initiating [[GNU Radio]] in 1998, starting [[Gnash]] in December 2005 to create a free software player for [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] movies, and writing the pdtar program which became GNU [[Tar (file format)|tar]]. Outside of the GNU project he founded the [[FreeS/WAN]] project, an implementation of [[IPsec]], to promote the encryption of Internet traffic. He sponsored the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]]'s [[EFF DES cracker|Deep Crack]] [[Data Encryption Standard|DES]] cracker, the [[Micropolis (software)|Micropolis]] city building game based on [[SimCity (1989 video game)|SimCity]], and he is a proponent of [[opportunistic encryption]]. |
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Gilmore is co-author with [[Bill Croft]] of the 1985 Bootstrap Protocol (RFC 951), which evolved into [[DHCP]], the primary way to obtain an [[IP address]] upon joining an Ethernet or wireless network. |
Gilmore is co-author with [[Bill Croft]] of the 1985 Bootstrap Protocol (RFC 951), which evolved into [[DHCP]], the primary way to obtain an [[IP address]] upon joining an Ethernet or wireless network. |
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| Born | 1955[1] (age 68–69)[2][3] |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Co-Founder of the EFF |
John Gilmore (born 1955)[1][2][3] is one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions. He created the alt.* hierarchy in Usenet and is a major contributor to the GNU project.
An outspoken civil libertarian, Gilmore has sued the FAA, Department of Justice, and others. He challenged the constitutionality of secret law regarding travel security policies in Gilmore v. Gonzales.[2][3]
Gilmore is also a philanthropist, and has given financial support to, among others, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Marijuana Policy Project, Erowid, MAPS, and various organizations seeking to end the war on drugs.
Free software and other projects
As the fifth employee of Sun Microsystems and founder of Cygnus Support, he accumulated sufficient wealth to take an early retirement and pursue other interests.
He is a frequent contributor to free software, and worked on several GNU projects, including maintaining the GNU Debugger in the early 1990s, initiating GNU Radio in 1998, starting Gnash in December 2005 to create a free software player for Flash movies, and writing the pdtar program which became GNU tar. Outside of the GNU project he founded the FreeS/WAN project, an implementation of IPsec, to promote the encryption of Internet traffic. He sponsored the EFF's Deep Crack DES cracker, the Micropolis city building game based on SimCity, and he is a proponent of opportunistic encryption.
Gilmore is co-author with Bill Croft of the 1985 Bootstrap Protocol (RFC 951), which evolved into DHCP, the primary way to obtain an IP address upon joining an Ethernet or wireless network.
Gilmore has received the Free Software Foundation's Advancement of Free Software 2009 award.[4]
toad.com
He owns the domain toad.com which is one of the 100 oldest active .com domains. It was registered on August 18, 1987.
He runs the mail server at toad.com as an open mail relay. In October 2002, Gilmore's ISP, Verio, cut off his Internet access for running an open relay, a violation of Verio's terms of service. Many people contend that open relays make it too easy to send spam. Gilmore protests that his mail server was programmed to be essentially useless to spammers and other senders of mass email and he argues that Verio's actions constitute censorship. He also notes that his configuration makes it easier for friends who travel to send email, although his critics counter that there are other mechanisms to accommodate people wanting to send email while traveling. The measures Gilmore took to make his server useless to spammers may or may not have helped, considering that in 2002, at least one massmailing worm that sent through open relays — W32.Yaha — had been hardcoded to relay through the toad.com mailserver. An article citing this was posted, and a subsequent discussion on the issue took place, on Declan McCullagh's Politechbot mailing list.[5]
Internet censorship
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A famous quote of John Gilmore about Internet censorship: "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."[6]
Notes
- ^ a b The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. 2005. p. 115.
John Gilmore (1955-)
- ^ a b c Willing, Richard (October 10, 2004). "Airline ID requirement faces legal challenge". USA Today.
- ^ a b c Egelko, Bob (December 9, 2005). "Judges cool to ID complaint". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Free Software Awards Announced". Free Software Foundation. March 24, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ FC: Worm uses John Gilmore's open relay at toad.com to reproduce (Politech mailing list archive, 2002-03-07)
- ^ "First Nation in Cyberspace". Time. December 6, 1993. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
External links
- John Gilmore's website
- Gilmore v. Gonzales information
- RFC 951, Bootstrap Protocol
- Verio censored John Gilmore's email under pressure from anti-spammers.
- John Gilmore on inflight activism, spam and sarongs; interview by Mikael Pawlo, August 18, 2004.
- Gilmore on Secret Laws / Gonzales case; audio interview, 13 November 2006.