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Sally Floyd

The IAB notes with sadness the passing of former IAB member Sally Floyd.  Her work included critical insights into congestion control and network simulation that have guided both modern protocol design and common router implementations.  She was the author of key technical work on rate control, selective acknowledgment, unilateral address fixing, and multicast.  As a […]

Comments from the IAB on NISTIR 7977

Today, the IAB sent comments to the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in the matter of the draft NISTIR 7977 (NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process).  In the statement, the IAB supports transparency and openness, encouraging NIST to make improvements for not only Federal Information Processing Standards, but also Recommendations and […]

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