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| name = Fred Baker | | name = Fred Baker | ||
| image = Fred Baker.jpg | | image = Fred Baker.jpg | ||
| image_size = 200 | | image_size = 200 | ||
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| birth_name = Frederick Juergens Baker | | birth_name = Frederick Juergens Baker | ||
| birth_date | | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|2|28}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], | | birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S. | ||
| death_date | | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|06|18|1952|2|28}} | ||
| death_place = [[San Diego]], [[California]], | | death_place = [[San Diego]], [[California]], U.S. | ||
| occupation | | occupation = Engineer, IETF chair | ||
| spouse | | spouse = Sally Baker | ||
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'''Frederick J. Baker''' (February 28, 1952 | '''Frederick J. Baker''' (February 28, 1952 – June 18, 2025) was an American [[engineer]], specializing in developing [[computer network]] protocols for the [[Internet]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Baker attended the [[New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology]] from 1970 to 1973. He worked in the field of [[computer network]] technology, starting in 1978 at [[Control Data Corporation]] (CDC), Vitalink Communications Corporation, and Advanced Computer Communications. | Baker attended the [[New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology]] from 1970 to 1973. He worked in the field of [[computer network]] technology, starting in 1978 at [[Control Data Corporation]] (CDC), Vitalink Communications Corporation, and Advanced Computer Communications. | ||
He joined [[Cisco Systems]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title= Bio-data of Mr. Fred Baker |work= International Workshop on e-Access for All |location= Bangalore, India |date= February 2007 |url= http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN025162.pdf |accessdate= August 7, 2011 |archive-date= March 3, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180940/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN025162.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> | He joined [[Cisco Systems]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title= Bio-data of Mr. Fred Baker |work= International Workshop on e-Access for All |location= Bangalore, India |date= February 2007 |url= http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN025162.pdf |accessdate= August 7, 2011 |archive-date= March 3, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180940/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN025162.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> He became a Cisco Fellow in 1998, working in university relations and as a research ambassador, and in the IETF. He left Cisco Systems in 2016.<ref name="cisco">{{cite web |title= About Us - Research at Cisco |publisher= Cisco Systems |url= http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac207/crc_new/about.html |accessdate= August 7, 2011}}</ref> | ||
He became a Cisco Fellow in 1998, working in university relations and as a research ambassador, and in the IETF. He left Cisco Systems in 2016.<ref name="cisco">{{cite web |title= About Us - Research at Cisco |publisher= Cisco Systems |url= http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac207/crc_new/about.html |accessdate= August 7, 2011}}</ref> | |||
From 1989 until his death, Baker was involved with the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] (IETF), the body that develops standards for the [[Internet]]. | From 1989 until his death, Baker was involved with the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] (IETF), the body that develops standards for the [[Internet]]. He chaired a number of IETF working groups, including several that specified the [[management information base]]s (MIB) used to manage [[network bridge]]s<ref>{{cite web |title= Bridge MIB () Charter |work= 38th IETF Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee proceedings |date= April 1997 |url= http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/38/charters/bridge-charter.html |accessdate= August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1493 |author= Eric Decker |title= Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges |work= RFC 1493 |date= July 1993 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and popular telecommunications links.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1406.txt |author1=Fred Baker |author2=J. Watt |date= January 1993 |title= Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1 and E1 Interface Types |work= RFC 1406 }}</ref> He served as IETF chair from 1996 to 2001, when he was succeeded by [[Harald Tveit Alvestrand]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Past IESG Members and IETF Chairs |work= official IETF web site |url= http://www.ietf.org/iesg/past-members.html |accessdate= August 7, 2011 }}</ref> | ||
He chaired a number of IETF working groups, including several that specified the [[management information base]]s (MIB) used to manage [[network bridge]]s<ref>{{cite web |title= Bridge MIB () Charter |work= 38th IETF Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee proceedings |date= April 1997 |url= http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/38/charters/bridge-charter.html |accessdate= August 8, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1493 |author= Eric Decker |title= Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges |work= RFC 1493 |date= July 1993 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and popular telecommunications links.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1406.txt |author1=Fred Baker |author2=J. Watt |date= January 1993 |title= Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1 and E1 Interface Types |work= RFC 1406 }}</ref> | |||
Baker served on the [[Internet Architecture Board]] from 1996 through 2002. He co-authored or edited over fifty [[Request for Comments]] (RFC) documents on Internet protocols and contributed to others.<ref>{{cite web |title= Fred Baker Data (all documents) |work= Arko.com RFC database tool |url= http://www.arkko.com/tools/allstats/fredbaker.html |accessdate= August 6, 2011 }}</ref> The subjects covered included network management, [[Open Shortest Path First]] (OSPF) and [[Routing Information Protocol]] (RIPv2) routing, [[quality of service]] (using both the [[Integrated services]] and [[Differentiated Services]] models), [[Lawful Interception]], precedence-based services on the Internet, and others. | |||
He co-chaired the [[IPv6]] Operations Working Group in the IETF,<ref>{{cite web |title= IPv6 Operations (v6ops) |work= IETF web site |url= http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html |accessdate= August 7, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090710124043/http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html |archivedate= July 10, 2009 }}</ref> represented the IETF on the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] Smart Grid Smart Grid Interoperability Panel<ref>{{cite web |title= Current List of SGIP Member Organizations |date= July 29, 2011 |work= NIST web site |url= http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGIPMembersList |accessdate= August 7, 2011 |archive-date= October 17, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017163336/http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGIPMembersList |url-status= dead }}</ref> and Architecture Committee (until 2013),<ref>{{cite web |title= SGAC members |work= NIST web site |url= http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SmartGridArchitectureCommittee#SGAC_Members |accessdate= February 3, 2012 |archive-date= October 17, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017022918/http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SmartGridArchitectureCommittee#SGAC_Members |url-status= dead }}</ref> and was Cisco's representative to a Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group.<ref name="cisco"/><ref>{{cite web |title= Technical Participants |work= web site |publisher= Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group |url= http://www.bitag.org/tech_work_group.php?action=participants |accessdate= August 7, 2011 }}</ref> | In 1994, Baker became one of the founding members of the Board of Directors for the [[Internet Systems Consortium]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Consortium |first=Internet Systems |date=2025-06-19 |title=ISC recognizes Fred Baker's years of service to the Internet |url=https://www.isc.org/blogs/fred-baker-memoriam/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.isc.org |language=en-us}}</ref> In addition, he served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the [[Internet Society]] 2002 through 2008, and as its chair from 2002 through 2006. He was a member of the Technical Advisory Council of the US [[Federal Communications Commission]] from 2005 through 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title= Technological Advisory Council Members and Affiliations |publisher= Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and technology |url= http://www.fcc.gov/oet/tac/Confirmed_Members_and_Affiliations_10.20.05.pdf |date= October 20, 2005|url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080920101239/http://www.fcc.gov/oet/tac/Confirmed_Members_and_Affiliations_10.20.05.pdf |archivedate= September 20, 2008 |accessdate= August 7, 2011 }}</ref> | ||
Baker also had several patents.<ref>{{cite web |title= Method and apparatus for bridging local area networks | |||
He worked as liaison to other standards organizations such as the [[ITU-T]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Internet Standardization and the IETF - ITU |format= PPT |work= ITU Telcomm '99 presentation |year= 1999 |url= http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ip-telecoms/presentations/ipw-7.ppt |accessdate= August 7, 2011}}</ref> | |||
In 2009, he became chair of the RFC Series Oversight Committee.<ref>{{cite web |title= The RFC Series Editor |work= official web site |url= http://www.rfc-editor.org/rse/ |accessdate= August 7, 2011}}</ref> | |||
He co-chaired the [[IPv6]] Operations Working Group in the IETF,<ref>{{cite web |title= IPv6 Operations (v6ops) |work= IETF web site |url= http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html |accessdate= August 7, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090710124043/http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html |archivedate= July 10, 2009}}</ref> represented the IETF on the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] Smart Grid Smart Grid Interoperability Panel<ref>{{cite web |title= Current List of SGIP Member Organizations |date= July 29, 2011 |work= NIST web site |url= http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGIPMembersList |accessdate= August 7, 2011 |archive-date= October 17, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017163336/http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGIPMembersList |url-status= dead }}</ref> and Architecture Committee (until 2013),<ref>{{cite web |title= SGAC members |work= NIST web site |url= http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SmartGridArchitectureCommittee#SGAC_Members |accessdate= February 3, 2012 |archive-date= October 17, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017022918/http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SmartGridArchitectureCommittee#SGAC_Members |url-status= dead}}</ref> and was Cisco's representative to a Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group.<ref name="cisco"/><ref>{{cite web |title= Technical Participants |work= web site |publisher= Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group |url= http://www.bitag.org/tech_work_group.php?action=participants |accessdate= August 7, 2011}}</ref> | |||
Baker also had several patents.<ref>{{cite web |title= Method and apparatus for bridging local area networks |author1=John H. Hart |author2=Frederick J. Baker |work= US Patent 4706081 |url= https://patents.google.com/patent/US4706081}} Filed December 14, 1984, issued November 10, 1987</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Method and System for Verifying Identification of an Electronic Mail Message |author1=James L. Fenton |author2=Michael A. Thomas |author3=Frederick J. Baker |work= US Patent 2008/0320591 |url= https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080320591 }} Filed September 3, 2008</ref> | |||
Baker was chair and co-chair of the [[ICANN]] Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) from October 2018 to December 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past RSSAC Leaders |url=https://www.icann.org/en/rssac/appointments#past-rssac-leaders}}</ref> | |||
Baker died June 18, 2025, at the age of 73.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.isc.org/blogs/fred-baker-memoriam/ |title=ISC recognizes Fred Baker's years of service to the Internet |first=Jeff |last=Osborn |website=ISC.org |date=June 19, 2025 |access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Frederick J. Baker (February 28, 1952 – June 18, 2025) was an American engineer, specializing in developing computer network protocols for the Internet.
Biography
Baker attended the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from 1970 to 1973. He worked in the field of computer network technology, starting in 1978 at Control Data Corporation (CDC), Vitalink Communications Corporation, and Advanced Computer Communications.
He joined Cisco Systems in 1994.[1] He became a Cisco Fellow in 1998, working in university relations and as a research ambassador, and in the IETF. He left Cisco Systems in 2016.[2]
From 1989 until his death, Baker was involved with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the body that develops standards for the Internet. He chaired a number of IETF working groups, including several that specified the management information bases (MIB) used to manage network bridges[3][4] and popular telecommunications links.[5] He served as IETF chair from 1996 to 2001, when he was succeeded by Harald Tveit Alvestrand.[6]
Baker served on the Internet Architecture Board from 1996 through 2002. He co-authored or edited over fifty Request for Comments (RFC) documents on Internet protocols and contributed to others.[7] The subjects covered included network management, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Routing Information Protocol (RIPv2) routing, quality of service (using both the Integrated services and Differentiated Services models), Lawful Interception, precedence-based services on the Internet, and others.
In 1994, Baker became one of the founding members of the Board of Directors for the Internet Systems Consortium.[8] In addition, he served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society 2002 through 2008, and as its chair from 2002 through 2006. He was a member of the Technical Advisory Council of the US Federal Communications Commission from 2005 through 2009.[9]
He worked as liaison to other standards organizations such as the ITU-T.[10] In 2009, he became chair of the RFC Series Oversight Committee.[11]
He co-chaired the IPv6 Operations Working Group in the IETF,[12] represented the IETF on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Smart Grid Smart Grid Interoperability Panel[13] and Architecture Committee (until 2013),[14] and was Cisco's representative to a Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group.[2][15] Baker also had several patents.[16][17]
Baker was chair and co-chair of the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) from October 2018 to December 2022.[18]
Baker died June 18, 2025, at the age of 73.[19]
References
External links
- The Debate Over Internet Governance: A Snapshot in the Year 2000, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Retrieved on August 6, 2007.
- IETF Datatracker profile page.
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