ISOC-AU hosts Radia Perlman Nov 29

[David Purdue]

The Internet Society (Australian Chapter) is honoured to announce its
next meeting, featuring:
 
              Radia Perlman,
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         Distinguished Engineer,
      Sun Microsystems Laboratories
 

Topic:  The Mythology and Folklore of Network Protocols
 

This meeting is to be held in conjunction with:
ISOC-AU - the Australian Chapter of the Internet Society
AUUG - The Organisation of Unix, Linux and Open Source Professionals
IEEE NSW - the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NSW Section
TSA NSW - the Telecommunications Society of Australia, NSW Branch
 

When: Tuesday, 29th November, 5:45pm - 7pm
Where: Optus Auditorium, Optus centre North Sydney,  101 Miller St North Sydney
Cost: Free!
 

***Registration is essential for this event.***
 
Registration: by email to
narelle.clark at optus.com.au?subject=Perlman_event_registration with the
subject Perlman event registration.
 

Members and guests are asked to report to Optus ground floor reception on
arrival.
 
Following the meeting attendees are invited to share dinner with Dr
Perlman and members of the ISOC-AU Board of Directors at a North Sydney
restaurant.
 

The Mythology and Folklore of Network Protocols
==============================================

It's natural to assume that network protocol design is a well-known
science, where the designers of today's standards take care to understand
the tricks and pitfalls learned from previous protocols. This talk dispels
this and other myths.
 
It is intended to be provocative, making people question the things people
assume are true; instructive, giving hints as to how to avoid some of the
problems in future protocols; and inspirational, convincing students that
there are ample opportunities to make contributions.
 
This talk discusses wrong turns that have been made, such as what
necessitated the invention of bridges, and what caused IP multicast to be
unimplementable. It also talks about how a protocol, even one "proven
correct", can go horribly wrong, such as the unstable ARPANET protocol for
distributing routing information. It talks about "obvious" tricks such as
version numbers that even today protocol designers insist on misusing. And
it covers some of the areas in which research is most needed.
 

About Radia Perlman
===================

Radia Perlman is a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems
Laboratories. Her work on bridging (spanning tree algorithm) and routing
(robust and scalable link state routing) is fundamental to today's
networks. She has also made significant contributions to security,
including credentials download, key management, authentication and
authorization models, and assured delete.
 
She is the author of "Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and
Internetworking Protocols", and coauthor of "Network Security: Private
Communication in a Public World". Holding about 80 patents, she was named
SVIPLA (Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association) 2004
Inventor of the Year. She has a PhD from MIT in computer science, and an
honorary doctorate from KTH, Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology.
 
Dr Perlman is visiting Australia for the IEEE Tencon Conference being held
in Melbourne.
 
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Narelle Clark
Vice President, ISOC-AU
Email: narelle.clark at optus.com.au