User:Doctorgage/J.D. Falk
Jesse David "J.D." Falk | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 24, 1974 Goleta, California |
| Died | November 16, 2011 (aged 37) |
| Cause of death | Gastric cancer |
| Nationality | American |
A possible Elevator Pitch line: "J.D. Falk was a pioneer in anti-spam and efforts." -- moof
I'm not feeling adept at prose today so I'll start by simply creating a list of referenced statements which can be massaged into cohesive paragraphs later.
I added some early life facts gleaned from his obituary (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?pid=154717791) -rachel
- JD was born in Goleta, CA 5/24/1974.
- JD attended Montgomery Blair HS in Silver Springs, MD where he participated in the Communication Arts Program.
- JD maintained the Net Abuse FAQ on Usenet in the 90s, though not the original author[1]
- JD, along with Bill Woodcock, played a role in creating early spam legislation with California state Assembly Bill AB 1676, signed into law in 1998.[2]
- JD was a founder of CAUCE, and a board member since its inception in 1997[3]
- JD was a founding member, chairman of the technical committee, chairman of the program committee, chief document editor, and member of the Board of Directors of MAAWG[4]
- MAAWG created an annual award in his honor[5]
- JD was an active member of the IETF[6]
- JD is the author / editor of RFC 6449[7]
- IIRC, JD got his start with spam when he was a sysadmin at the ISP which Laurence_Canter_and_Martha_Siegel used to post their "green card spam" to Usenet from in 1994 - the first major commercial spam campaign. Reference sought.
- IIRC, JD was head of Abuse at Hotmail/MSN. Official title and reference sought.
- IIRC, JD was head of Abuse at Yahoo. Official title and reference sought.
Existing Wikipedia articles which mention JD or reference his writings[edit]
- Bill_Woodcock
- Feedback_loop_(email)
- Spam_reporting
- Internet_service_provider
- DomainKeys_Identified_Mail
- Usenet_Death_Penalty
References[edit]
- ^ "The Net Abuse FAQ".
- ^ "An act to amend Section 17538.4 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to advertising".
- ^ "CAUCE's "J.D. Falk - In Memoriam" page".
- ^ "MAAWG's J.D. Falk "In Memorial" page".
- ^ "JD Falk Award - Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group".
- ^ "J.D. Falk: 1974 - 2011".
- ^ * http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6449.txt