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Einar Stefferud
1930-01-11 – 2011-09-22
Life & Legacy
Einar A. Stefferud (Stef) (11 January 1930 – 22 September 2011) was a computer researcher and entrepreneur, who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly in the areas of IETF RFCs and standards, secure online payment systems, DNS, and secure email. Stefferud was one of the original designers of the MIME protocol for sending multimedia Internet electronic mail.
Creating new paradigms was part of Stefferud's life. This experience was presented in his classic talk, What is the Internet Paradigm?
Occupation & Career
businessperson, computer scientist
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q5349703 — wikidata View source
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