Brian E. Carpenter
Pronouns: he/him

Brian E. Carpenter is an Honorary Academic at the University of Auckland. His research interests are in Internet protocols, especially the infrastructure layers, as well as computing history. He was an IBM Distinguished Engineer working on Internet standards (1997-2007). Earlier he led the networking group at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (1985-1996). He chaired the Internet Engineering Task Force (2005-2007), the Board of the Internet Society (2000-2002) and the Internet Architecture Board (1995-2000). He holds a first degree in physics and a Ph.D. in computer science.

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Brian has no active roles as of 2024-11-22.

RFCs (61)

RFC Date Title Cited by
RFC 1671 Aug 1994 IPng White Paper on Transition and Other Considerations 4 RFCs
RFC 1888 Aug 1996 OSI NSAPs and IPv6 8 RFCs
RFC 1900 Feb 1996 Renumbering Needs Work 14 RFCs
RFC 1958 Jun 1996 Architectural Principles of the Internet 52 RFCs
RFC 1984 Aug 1996 IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the Internet 8 RFCs
RFC 2101 Feb 1997 IPv4 Address Behaviour Today 16 RFCs
RFC 2529 Mar 1999 Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels 24 RFCs
RFC 2732 Dec 1999 Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's 22 RFCs
RFC 2768 Feb 2000 Network Policy and Services: A Report of a Workshop on Middleware
RFC 2775 Feb 2000 Internet Transparency 24 RFCs
RFC 2804 May 2000 IETF Policy on Wiretapping 18 RFCs
RFC 2836 May 2000 Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes 5 RFCs
RFC 2850 May 2000 Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) 18 RFCs
RFC 2860 Jun 2000 Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 27 RFCs
RFC 3056 Feb 2001 Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds 64 RFCs
RFC 3086 Apr 2001 Definition of Differentiated Services Per Domain Behaviors and Rules for their Specification 15 RFCs
RFC 3140 Jun 2001 Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes 12 RFCs
RFC 3234 Feb 2002 Middleboxes: Taxonomy and Issues 30 RFCs
RFC 3248 Mar 2002 A Delay Bound alternative revision of RFC 2598 2 RFCs
RFC 3697 Mar 2004 IPv6 Flow Label Specification 12 RFCs
RFC 3879 Sep 2004 Deprecating Site Local Addresses 14 RFCs
RFC 4048 Apr 2005 RFC 1888 Is Obsolete 2 RFCs
RFC 4371 Jan 2006 BCP 101 Update for IPR Trust 9 RFCs
RFC 4775 Dec 2006 Procedures for Protocol Extensions and Variations 3 RFCs
RFC 4864 May 2007 Local Network Protection for IPv6 17 RFCs
RFC 5887 May 2010 Renumbering Still Needs Work 9 RFCs
RFC 5954 Aug 2010 Essential Correction for IPv6 ABNF and URI Comparison in RFC 3261 2 RFCs
RFC 6036 Oct 2010 Emerging Service Provider Scenarios for IPv6 Deployment 4 RFCs
RFC 6214 Mar 2011 Adaptation of RFC 1149 for IPv6 1 RFC
RFC 6264 Jun 2011 An Incremental Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) for IPv6 Transition 9 RFCs
RFC 6294 Jun 2011 Survey of Proposed Use Cases for the IPv6 Flow Label 5 RFCs
RFC 6343 Aug 2011 Advisory Guidelines for 6to4 Deployment 10 RFCs
RFC 6385 Oct 2011 General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) Experiences 1 RFC
RFC 6436 Nov 2011 Rationale for Update to the IPv6 Flow Label Specification 2 RFCs
RFC 6437 Nov 2011 IPv6 Flow Label Specification 30 RFCs
RFC 6438 Nov 2011 Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels 18 RFCs
RFC 6563 Mar 2012 Moving A6 to Historic Status 3 RFCs
RFC 6709 Sep 2012 Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions 24 RFCs
RFC 6751 Oct 2012 Native IPv6 behind IPv4-to-IPv4 NAT Customer Premises Equipment (6a44) 1 RFC
RFC 6866 Feb 2013 Problem Statement for Renumbering IPv6 Hosts with Static Addresses in Enterprise Networks 4 RFCs
RFC 6874 Feb 2013 Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers 9 RFCs
RFC 6879 Feb 2013 IPv6 Enterprise Network Renumbering Scenarios, Considerations, and Methods 7 RFCs
RFC 6883 Mar 2013 IPv6 Guidance for Internet Content Providers and Application Service Providers 4 RFCs
RFC 7010 Sep 2013 IPv6 Site Renumbering Gap Analysis 3 RFCs
RFC 7045 Dec 2013 Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension Headers 18 RFCs
RFC 7098 Jan 2014 Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Load Balancing in Server Farms 4 RFCs
RFC 7136 Feb 2014 Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers 18 RFCs
RFC 7421 Jan 2015 Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing 8 RFCs
RFC 7526 May 2015 Deprecating the Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers 1 RFC
RFC 7575 Jun 2015 Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals 11 RFCs
RFC 7576 Jun 2015 General Gap Analysis for Autonomic Networking 6 RFCs
RFC 8028 Nov 2016 First-Hop Router Selection by Hosts in a Multi-Prefix Network 8 RFCs
RFC 8136 Apr 2017 Additional Transition Functionality for IPv6
RFC 8799 Jul 2020 Limited Domains and Internet Protocols 5 RFCs
RFC 8989 Feb 2021 Additional Criteria for Nominating Committee Eligibility 1 RFC
RFC 8990 May 2021 GeneRic Autonomic Signaling Protocol (GRASP) 8 RFCs
RFC 8991 May 2021 GeneRic Autonomic Signaling Protocol Application Program Interface (GRASP API) 1 RFC
RFC 8992 May 2021 Autonomic IPv6 Edge Prefix Management in Large-Scale Networks 3 RFCs
RFC 8993 May 2021 A Reference Model for Autonomic Networking 7 RFCs
RFC 9222 Mar 2022 Guidelines for Autonomic Service Agents 1 RFC
RFC 9283 Jun 2022 IAB Charter Update for RFC Editor Model

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