Noel Chiappa
J. Noel Chiappa (b. 1950 Bermuda ) is a is an American internet pioneer and researcher working in the area of information systems architecture and software, principally computer networks.
Education
Chiappa attended Saltus Grammar School, Phillips Academy and MIT.
Career
As a staff researcher and Internet technology pioneer at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science), Chiappa implemented the first multiprotocol Internet router for an MIT- Stanford link in 1981. The router at the Stanford end was implemented independently by William Yeager.[1][2][3]
Chiappa designed the original version of Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).[4] He is acknowledged in several other RFC's, such as RFC-826, RFC-919, RFC-950 and others. He has worked on the Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP). He is currently working on long-term issues in both the Internet Research Task Force and Internet Engineering Task Force and its predecessors and served as the Area Director for Internet Services of the Internet Engineering Steering Group from 1987-1992. Chiappa is listed on the "Birth of the Internet" plaque at the entrance to the Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford.[5]
Personal life
Chiappa lives in Yorktown, Virginia with his family.
Notes
- ^ Valley of the Nerds: Who Really Invented the Multiprotocol Router, and Why Should We Care?, Public Broadcasting Service, Accessed August 11, 2007.
- ^ Router Man, NetworkWorld, Accessed June 22, 2007.
- ^ David D. Clark, "M.I.T. Campus Network Implementation", CCNG-2, Campus Computer Network Group, M.I.T., Cambridge, 1982; pp. 26.
- ^ RFC 783: THE TFTP PROTOCOL (REVISION 2) June 1981, Obsoleted by RFC-1350 July 1992
- ^ Plaque image
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