Ned Freed

Ned Freed has contributed as chairman and RFC writer to a significant number of internet protocol standards. Edwin Earl "Ned" Freed was born in 1959 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Groton School in 1978. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 1982. After College he set up a company, Innosoft, with two friends working on MMDF messaging systems on DEC Vax machines. By 1993 he was involve... more

Ned Freed has contributed as chairman and RFC writer to a significant number of internet protocol standards. Edwin Earl "Ned" Freed was born in 1959 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Groton School in 1978. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 1982. After College he set up a company, Innosoft, with two friends working on MMDF messaging systems on DEC Vax machines. By 1993 he was involved in the MIME standard RFC1341.. From 1998 to 2000 he served as a member of the Internet Architecture Board. He then served on the Internet Engineering Steering Group from 2000 to 2004. He currently works for Sun Microsystems as a Distinguished Engineer. He is the author or co-author of several IETF RFCs, most relating to e-mail or security. As of 2009 they include: less