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Steve Bellovin is a [[computer security]] expert who was at [[Bell Labs]] for many years and is currently (2010) at [[Columbia University]]. He has been quite active in the [[IETF]]. He was a member of the [[Internet Architecture Board]] 1996-2002, and [[IETF Security Area]] co-director, and hence a member of the [[Internet Engineering Steering Group]] (IESG), 2002-2004.  
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'''Steve M. Bellovin''' is a computer security expert who was at [[Bell Laboratories]] for many years and, as of 2010, is at Columbia University. He has long been active in the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] (IETF). He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board 1996-2002, and IETF Security Area co-director, and hence a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), 2002-2004.  


He has a [http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/informal-bio.html home page] at Columbia. "I do research on networks, security and why the two don't get along."  Bellovin has been a member of the [[Cypherpunk]] movement.
Bellovin's home page at [[Columbia University]] states: "I do research on networks, security and why the two don't get along."  Bellovin was a participant on the Cypherpunk mailing list and on its successor, Perry Metzger's cryptography list.


With [[William Cheswick]], he introduced the concept of the [[firewall]]. <ref>{{citation
While a graduate student, Bellovin was one of the people who created [[Usenet]]. He and two others &mdash; Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis &mdash; received the Usenix associations Flame award for this in 1995.
 
With William Cheswick, he introduced the concept of a [[firewall]]. <ref>{{citation
  | title = Firewalls and Internet Security
  | title = Firewalls and Internet Security
  | author = Steve Bellovin and William Cheswick
  | author = Steve Bellovin and William Cheswick
| date = 1994
| url = http://www.wilyhacker.com/1e/
| publisher = Addison-Wesley}}</ref> <ref>{{citation
| title = Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, Second Edition
| author = William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, and Aviel D. Rubin
| url = http://www.wilyhacker.com/
| date = 2003
  | publisher = Addison-Wesley}}</ref>
  | publisher = Addison-Wesley}}</ref>


He has written on issues in the technical control of [[nuclear weapon]]s, especially [[Permissive Action Link]]s.<ref name=Bellovin>{{citation
He has written on issues in the technical control of nuclear weapons, especially Permissive Action Links.<ref name=Bellovin>{{citation
  | title = Permissive Action Links, Nuclear Weapons, and the History of Public Key Cryptography
  | title = Permissive Action Links, Nuclear Weapons, and the History of Public Key Cryptography
  | author = Steven Bellovin
  | author = Steven Bellovin
  | publisher = Department of Computer Science, [[Columbia University]]
  | publisher = Department of Computer Science, Columbia University
  | date = 21 October 2005
  | date = 21 October 2005
  | url = http://www.cs.columbia.edu/˜smb
  | url = http://www.cs.columbia.edu/˜smb

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Steve M. Bellovin is a computer security expert who was at Bell Laboratories for many years and, as of 2010, is at Columbia University. He has long been active in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board 1996-2002, and IETF Security Area co-director, and hence a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), 2002-2004.

Bellovin's home page at Columbia University states: "I do research on networks, security and why the two don't get along." Bellovin was a participant on the Cypherpunk mailing list and on its successor, Perry Metzger's cryptography list.

While a graduate student, Bellovin was one of the people who created Usenet. He and two others — Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis — received the Usenix associations Flame award for this in 1995.

With William Cheswick, he introduced the concept of a firewall. [1] [2]

He has written on issues in the technical control of nuclear weapons, especially Permissive Action Links.[3]

References

  1. Steve Bellovin and William Cheswick (1994), Firewalls and Internet Security, Addison-Wesley
  2. William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, and Aviel D. Rubin (2003), Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley
  3. Steven Bellovin (21 October 2005), Permissive Action Links, Nuclear Weapons, and the History of Public Key Cryptography, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University