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data-file-width="229" data-file-height="261" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Carpenter (2013)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-05-30</span>) </span>30 May 1946<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Honorary academic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Internet_protocols" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet protocols">Internet protocols</a>, <a href="/wiki/IPv6" title="IPv6">IPv6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Differentiated_services" title="Differentiated services">differentiated services</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brian Edward Carpenter</b> (born 30 May 1946) is a <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_engineering" title="Telecommunications engineering">Internet engineer</a> and a former chair of the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a> (IETF), the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Architecture_Board" title="Internet Architecture Board">Internet Architecture Board</a> (IAB), and the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Society" title="Internet Society">Internet Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-copeland17_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copeland17-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carpenter was born in <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>, England, and was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Wyggeston_Grammar_School_for_Boys" title="Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys">Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys</a> in Leicester. He earned a master's degree in <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> from <a href="/wiki/Downing_College,_Cambridge" title="Downing College, Cambridge">Downing College</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a>, and MSc and PhD degrees in <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a> from <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Manchester">The University of Manchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-copeland17_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copeland17-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/220px-seek%3D2649-IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="9449" data-mwtitle="IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm/IETF_88_Technical_Plenary-_Hardening_The_Internet.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Carpenter (2013)</figcaption></figure> <p>Carpenter spent 25 years, from 1971 to 1996, working at the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> Laboratory for <a href="/wiki/Particle_Physics" class="mw-redirect" title="Particle Physics">Particle Physics</a> (<a href="/wiki/CERN" title="CERN">CERN</a>). He initially wrote software for process control systems and later served as the head of the networking group from 1985 to 1996, working alongside <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cailliau" title="Robert Cailliau">Robert Cailliau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a>, who invented the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took three years off of his CERN career to teach undergraduate computer science at <a href="/wiki/Massey_University" title="Massey University">Massey University</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Carpenter left CERN, he joined <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>, where he was an IBM Distinguished Engineer working on Internet Standards and Technology between 1997 and 2007. From 1999 to 2001 he was at <a href="/w/index.php?title=ICAIR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ICAIR (page does not exist)">iCAIR</a>, international Center for Advanced Internet Research, sponsored by IBM at <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_in_Evanston" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern University in Evanston">Northwestern University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a>. Upon leaving iCAIR, he was based in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, first in <a href="/wiki/Zurich" title="Zurich">Zurich</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>. </p><p>In September 2007, Carpenter left IBM for academia, teaching <a href="/wiki/Data_transmission" class="mw-redirect" title="Data transmission">data communication</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2007 until his retirement in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his retirement, he spent a year as a <a href="/wiki/Visiting_professor" class="mw-redirect" title="Visiting professor">visiting professor</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Computer_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University Computer Laboratory">Computer Laboratory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a>. Since then he has been an honorary academic at The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a> and a consultant for <a href="/wiki/Huawei_Technologies_Co._Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.">Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.</a> </p><p>In 2013, Carpenter published a professional memoir called <i>Network Geeks: How They Built the Internet</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-geeks_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geeks-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contributions_to_Internet_technology">Contributions to Internet technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contributions to Internet technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carpenter's research interests include <a href="/wiki/Internet_protocols" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet protocols">Internet protocols</a>, especially the networking and routing layers.<sup id="cite_ref-copeland17_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-copeland17-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also interested in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_computing" title="History of computing">history of computing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carpenter served from March 1994 to March 2002 on the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Architecture_Board" title="Internet Architecture Board">Internet Architecture Board</a>, which he chaired for five years. In 1996, he edited an important memo on the Architectural Principles of the Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-rfc1958_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc1958-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has worked on <a href="/wiki/IPv6" title="IPv6">IPv6</a><sup id="cite_ref-rfc6214_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc6214-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc6437_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc6437-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc6874_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc6874-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc7136_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc7136-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc7526_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc7526-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on <a href="/wiki/Differentiated_services" title="Differentiated services">differentiated services</a><sup id="cite_ref-rfc3086_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc3086-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rfc3140_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc3140-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as the DiffServ working group chair. He also served as a Trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Society" title="Internet Society">Internet Society</a>, and was Chairman of its Board of Trustees for two years until June 2002. In March 2005, he became IETF Chair, a position he held until March 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-ietf_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ietf-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_publications">Selected publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrian_CarpenterRobert_W._Doran1977" class="citation journal cs1">Brian Carpenter; Robert W. Doran (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F20.3.269">"The Other Turing Machine"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Computer_Journal" title="The Computer Journal">The Computer Journal</a></i>. <b>20</b> (3). British Computer Society: 269–279. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F20.3.269">10.1093/comjnl/20.3.269</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Computer+Journal&rft.atitle=The+Other+Turing+Machine&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=269-279&rft.date=1977&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fcomjnl%2F20.3.269&rft.au=Brian+Carpenter&rft.au=Robert+W.+Doran&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%252Fcomjnl%252F20.3.269&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>AM Turing's ACE Report of 1946 and Other Papers</i>, Vol. 10 of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Babbage_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Babbage Institute">Charles Babbage Institute</a> Reprint Series for the History of Computing, B.E. Carpenter, R.W. Doran (eds), <a href="/wiki/MIT_Press" title="MIT Press">MIT Press</a>, 1986.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZdGAAAAQBAJ"><i>Network Geeks: How They Built the Internet</i></a>. Springer Science & Business Media. 2013. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781447150251" title="Special:BookSources/9781447150251"><bdi>9781447150251</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Network+Geeks%3A+How+They+Built+the+Internet&rft.pub=Springer+Science+%26+Business+Media&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9781447150251&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4ZdGAAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>"Turing’s Zeitgeist", B.E. Carpenter, <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Doran" title="Robert W. Doran">R.W. Doran</a>, Chapter 22 in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Turing_Guide" title="The Turing Guide">The Turing Guide</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Copeland" title="Jack Copeland">Jack Copeland</a> et al. (eds.), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-874783-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-874783-3">978-0-19-874783-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, 2017, pp 223–231.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-copeland17-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-copeland17_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-copeland17_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-copeland17_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCopelandBowenSprevakWilson2017" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Copeland" title="Jack Copeland">Copeland, Jack</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bowen" title="Jonathan Bowen">Bowen, Jonathan</a>; Sprevak, Mark; <a href="/wiki/Robin_Wilson_(mathematician)" title="Robin Wilson (mathematician)">Wilson, Robin</a>; et al. 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"Notes on Contributors". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Turing_Guide" title="The Turing Guide">The Turing Guide</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. p. 476. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0198747833" title="Special:BookSources/978-0198747833"><bdi>978-0198747833</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Notes+on+Contributors&rft.btitle=The+Turing+Guide&rft.pages=476&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0198747833&rft.aulast=Copeland&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft.au=Bowen%2C+Jonathan&rft.au=Sprevak%2C+Mark&rft.au=Wilson%2C+Robin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bio_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/be-carpenter">"Professor Brian Edward Carpenter"</a>. New Zealand: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 January</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Professor+Brian+Edward+Carpenter&rft.place=New+Zealand&rft.pub=University+of+Auckland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Funidirectory.auckland.ac.nz%2Fprofile%2Fbe-carpenter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGillesCailliau2000" class="citation book cs1">Gilles, James; Cailliau, Robert (2000). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/howwebwasbornsto00gill"><i>How the Web was Born</i></a></span>. Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0192862073" title="Special:BookSources/0192862073"><bdi>0192862073</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+the+Web+was+Born&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0192862073&rft.aulast=Gilles&rft.aufirst=James&rft.au=Cailliau%2C+Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhowwebwasbornsto00gill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPalmerBerners-Lee2001" class="citation web cs1">Palmer, Sean B.; <a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Berners-Lee, Tim</a> (February–March 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://infomesh.net/2001/enquire/manual/#editorial">"Enquire Manual – In HyperText"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Brian+Carpenter%27s+home+page&rft.place=New+Zealand&rft.pub=University+of+Auckland&rft.aulast=Carpenter&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cs.auckland.ac.nz%2F~brian%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-geeks-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-geeks_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZdGAAAAQBAJ"><i>Network Geeks: How They Built the Internet</i></a>. London: Springer Science & Business Media. 2013. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781447150251" title="Special:BookSources/9781447150251"><bdi>9781447150251</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Network+Geeks%3A+How+They+Built+the+Internet&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Springer+Science+%26+Business+Media&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9781447150251&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4ZdGAAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarpenterDoran2017" class="citation book cs1">Carpenter, Brian; <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Doran" title="Robert W. Doran">Doran, Robert</a> (2017). "Chapter 22 – Turing's Zeitgeist". In <a href="/wiki/Jack_Copeland" title="Jack Copeland">Copeland, Jack</a>; et al. (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Turing_Guide" title="The Turing Guide">The Turing Guide</a></i>. pp. 223–231.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+22+%E2%80%93+Turing%27s+Zeitgeist&rft.btitle=The+Turing+Guide&rft.pages=223-231&rft.date=2017&rft.aulast=Carpenter&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Doran%2C+Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc1958-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc1958_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._Carpenter1996" class="citation cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a>, ed. (June 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1958"><i>Architectural Principles of the Internet</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1958">10.17487/RFC1958</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1958">1958</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Architectural+Principles+of+the+Internet&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1996-06&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1958&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1958&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> Updated by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3439">3439</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc6214-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc6214_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._CarpenterR._Hinden2011" class="citation cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a>; R. Hinden (1 April 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6214"><i>Adaptation of RFC 1149 for IPv6</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6214">10.17487/RFC6214</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6214">6214</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Adaptation+of+RFC+1149+for+IPv6&rft.pub=Internet+Engineering+Task+Force&rft.date=2011-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6214&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=R.+Hinden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6214&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> This is an <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments" title="April Fools' Day Request for Comments">April Fools' Day Request for Comments</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc6437-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc6437_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._AmanteB._CarpenterS._JiangJ._Rajahalme2011" class="citation cs1">S. Amante; <a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a>; S. Jiang; J. Rajahalme (November 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6437"><i>IPv6 Flow Label Specification</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/IETF" class="mw-redirect" title="IETF">IETF</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6437">10.17487/RFC6437</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6437">6437</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IPv6+Flow+Label+Specification&rft.pub=IETF&rft.date=2011-11&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6437&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=S.+Amante&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=S.+Jiang&rft.au=J.+Rajahalme&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6437&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Proposed Standard.</i> Obsoletes <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3697">3697</a>. Updates <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2205">2205</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2460">2460</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc6874-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc6874_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._CarpenterS._CheshireR._Hinden2013" class="citation cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a>; S. Cheshire; R. Hinden (February 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6874"><i>Representing IPv6 Zone Identifiers in Address Literals and Uniform Resource Identifiers</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/IETF" class="mw-redirect" title="IETF">IETF</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6874">10.17487/RFC6874</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6874">6874</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Representing+IPv6+Zone+Identifiers+in+Address+Literals+and+Uniform+Resource+Identifiers&rft.pub=IETF&rft.date=2013-02&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6874&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=S.+Cheshire&rft.au=R.+Hinden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6874&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Proposed Standard.</i> Updates <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986">3986</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc7136-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc7136_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._CarpenterS._Jiang2014" class="citation cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a>; S. Jiang (February 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7136"><i>Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a> (IETF). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC7136">10.17487/RFC7136</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7136">7136</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Significance+of+IPv6+Interface+Identifiers&rft.pub=Internet+Engineering+Task+Force+%28IETF%29&rft.date=2014-02&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC7136&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=S.+Jiang&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc7136&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Proposed Standard.</i> Updates <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291">4291</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc7526-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc7526_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO._Troan2015" class="citation cs1">O. Troan (May 2015). <a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a> (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7526"><i>Deprecating the Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC7526">10.17487/RFC7526</a></span>. BCP 196. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7526">7526</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Deprecating+the+Anycast+Prefix+for+6to4+Relay+Routers&rft.pub=Internet+Engineering+Task+Force&rft.date=2015-05&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC7526&rft.au=O.+Troan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc7526&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Best Current Practice.</i> Obsoletes <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3068">3068</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6732">6732</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc3086-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc3086_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK._NicholsB._Carpenter2001" class="citation cs1">K. Nichols; <a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a> (April 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3086"><i>Definition of Differentiated Services Per Domain Behaviors and Rules for their Specification</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3086">10.17487/RFC3086</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3086">3086</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Definition+of+Differentiated+Services+Per+Domain+Behaviors+and+Rules+for+their+Specification&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2001-04&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3086&rft.au=K.+Nichols&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3086&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc3140-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc3140_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._BlackS._BrimB._CarpenterF._Le_Faucheur2001" class="citation cs1">D. Black; S. Brim; <a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Carpenter</a>; F. Le Faucheur (June 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3140"><i>Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3140">10.17487/RFC3140</a></span>. BCP 53. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3140">3140</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Per+Hop+Behavior+Identification+Codes&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2001-06&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3140&rft.au=D.+Black&rft.au=S.+Brim&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=F.+Le+Faucheur&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3140&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Proposed Standard.</i> Obsoletes <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222">RFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2836">2836</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ietf-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ietf_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/past-members/">"IESG Past Members"</a>. <a href="/wiki/IETF" class="mw-redirect" title="IETF">IETF</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IESG+Past+Members&rft.pub=IETF&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ietf.org%2Fabout%2Fgroups%2Fiesg%2Fpast-members%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Carpenter+%28engineer%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~brian/">Brian Carpenter home page</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sEOEViAAAAAJ">Brian Carpenter</a> publications indexed by <a href="/wiki/Google_Scholar" title="Google Scholar">Google Scholar</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harald_Tveit_Alvestrand" title="Harald Tveit Alvestrand">Harald Tveit Alvestrand</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/IETF" class="mw-redirect" title="IETF">IETF</a> Chair </b><br />2005–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russ_Housley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russ Housley (page does not exist)">Russ Housley</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div 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