Internet pioneer Jaap Akkerhuis has received the Dutch Knighthood for his exceptional contribution to society. He has been instrumental in the development of the internet in the Netherlands & globally since the 1980s.
Jaap is a protocol designer & expert on the internet's naming system and is a senior research engineer at nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqs328589evelkfd6sp5ur8yqma7sfqrm5cwe6sfqajh2kqk9c7n6sj679r0 (nprofile…79r0)
We congratulate Jaap with this well-deserved honor & thank him for his tremendous contributions to NLnet, the internet & society at large.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260428-Jaap-Akkerhuis-Knighted.html
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