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Wes Hardaker
Pronouns: he/him

Wes Hardaker is a Senior Computer Scientist at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI), where he conducts research on Internet security and is the DNS Root Server operational manager for b.root-servers.net. He has been active in the within IETF, across multiple companies, since 1998 and regularly participates in ICANN. He currently serves as a member of the Internet Architecture Board and the ICANN Board of Directors.

Roles

Role Group Email
Chair IAB workshop on the Next Era of Network Management Operations (nemopsws) hardaker@isi.edu
Chair DANE Authentication for Network Clients Everywhere (dance) ietf@hardakers.net
Chair Secure Asset Transfer Protocol (satp) ietf@hardakers.net
Chair IAB workshop on Management Techniques in Encrypted Networks (M-TEN) (mtenws) hardaker@isi.edu
Lead IETF Guides (guides) hardaker@isi.edu
Liaison Member The Tools Team (tools) hardaker@isi.edu
Member Internet Architecture Board (iab) hardaker@isi.edu
Reviewer Security Area Directorate (secdir) wjhns1@hardakers.net

External Resources

Name Value
GitHub Username hardaker
Related Implementations https://www.net-snmp.org
Additional Web Page https://www.isi.edu/~hardaker/

RFCs (17)

RFC Date Title Cited by
RFC 4509 May 2006 Use of SHA-256 in DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Records (RRs) 13 RFCs
RFC 4807 Mar 2007 IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB 2 RFCs
RFC 5591 Jun 2009 Transport Security Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 42 RFCs
RFC 5592 Jun 2009 Secure Shell Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 43 RFCs
RFC 5953 Aug 2010 Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 4 RFCs
RFC 6168 May 2011 Requirements for Management of Name Servers for the DNS
RFC 6353 Jul 2011 Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 39 RFCs
RFC 7477 Mar 2015 Child-to-Parent Synchronization in DNS 1 RFC
RFC 7671 Oct 2015 The DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Protocol: Updates and Operational Guidance 8 RFCs
RFC 7672 Oct 2015 SMTP Security via Opportunistic DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS) 8 RFCs
RFC 8027 Nov 2016 DNSSEC Roadblock Avoidance 3 RFCs
RFC 8914 Oct 2020 Extended DNS Errors 4 RFCs
RFC 8976 Feb 2021 Message Digest for DNS Zones 1 RFC
RFC 9199 Mar 2022 Considerations for Large Authoritative DNS Server Operators
RFC 9276 Aug 2022 Guidance for NSEC3 Parameter Settings 1 RFC
RFC 9318 Oct 2022 IAB Workshop Report: Measuring Network Quality for End-Users
RFC 9490 Jan 2024 Report from the IAB Workshop on Management Techniques in Encrypted Networks (M-TEN)

Active Internet-Drafts (3)

Expired Internet-Drafts (33)

(Excluding replaced Internet-Drafts.)

Internet-Draft Activity