rsalz

Akamai, IETF, QuicTLS.
Previously DataPower->IBM, OpenSSL.

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Pronouns: he/his/him
(Skimpy) Website: richsalz.com

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2026-10-23 13:57:42 UTC

On breaking embargoes; TLP is not a suggestion https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/tlp-is-not-a-suggestion

2026-06-30 21:34:16 UTC

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I have known him for about 30 years. Back in the Usenet days. Lately, he will twist and cherry pick people's words to reinforce his point. Sorry, I admit that this may be on me, but I no longer think he is operating in good faith and I do not trust him or what he says anymore. He did it with me, here on this platform, so I am speaking from experience.

2026-06-30 21:24:33 UTC

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didn't know about tcpenc. Disagree with you on the pq draft.

2026-06-29 23:22:41 UTC

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that's a rather strong word. Mistakes were made

2025-11-24 23:51:56 UTC

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He is becoming a solo DoS attack on the IETF. Sigh.

2025-11-20 02:13:22 UTC

@npub1yfp…as68 Greg Ginn reforms Black Flag, again. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/arts/music/black-flag-greg-ginn.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.UhsD.1AQHGr3BQ55O&smid=url-share

2025-11-14 00:05:25 UTC

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One of the really cool things about Apple Private Relay is they developed the components out in the open at the IETF; Oblivious HTTP and Oblivious DNS. We're one of the APR partners.

2025-05-07 02:23:21 UTC

The end of an era, Usenix announces this July will be its final annual conference. https://www.usenix.org/blog/usenix-atc-announcement

2024-12-10 16:48:13 UTC

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Insurance can help properly price cybersecurity.

2024-11-07 09:18:28 UTC

QuicTLS will now pay for vulnerabilities reported (via HackerOne). We promise to share with OpenSSL and the major forks.
See https://github.com/quictls/quictls/blob/main/SECURITY.md for details. TL;DR, only HIGH vulnerabilities.
Please boost for reach.

2024-10-15 14:22:56 UTC

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Long interview with Kathleen Hanna by Marc Maron at https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1577-kathleen-hanna

2024-10-14 13:57:49 UTC

The IETF has its candidates list for leadership positions (one or two years, terms start in March). List is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2024/feedback/ I am standing for an Area Director. If you don't have a DataTracker acocunt (they're free, no tracking, no ads), you can mail nomcom2024@ietf.org
FWIW, myquestionnaire is (again) available if you want to see it https://github.com/richsalz/ietf-nomcom (the 2024-xxx files).
Please comment, and boost this so more people can comment on the candidates.