Cricket Liu

I've been around the Internet since before we called it the Internet. In those early days, I thought the ARPANET was great mainly because I no longer needed to remember the crazy-long UUCP path in my friend Ubli's email address. I'm mostly known for working on the Domain Name System and its BIND implementation. I was responsible for DNS at Hewlett-Packard way back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a job that fell into my lap when I was called to attend a class on DNS in place of my friend and carpool-mate John, who had a family emergency. I later helped found HP's Americas Internet Consulting Practice. My friend Matt Larson and I left HP in 1997 to form Acme Byte & Wire, a boutique DNS consulting and training company, which we sold to Verisign in the summer of 2000. I've taken a similarly convoluted course through Infoblox. I've always worked with Infoblox's sales and marketing teams, meeting with prospects and customers, giving talks and webinars. And I still consult with our engineering organization on DNSish issues (though, sadly, they need me less and less). But I've also run usability here (with help from more talented friends) and product management, and I've managed our IPv6 Center of Excellence. My title is currently Chief DNS Architect. (I'm not entirely sure what it means, either.) Some wags have suggested that "Chief Frequent Flyer" would be more appropriate. I still love the Domain Name System and its (now) many implementations. I'm currently focusing on DNS security: not just the DNS Security Extensions, but how to protect name servers from DDoS attacks, how to avoid having your name servers exploited in those attacks, and how name servers can help provide defense in depth on your network. Oh, and I wrote that book with the grasshopper on it. Like forever ago. In my spare time, I love spending time with my wife, Kristin, my kids, Walter and Greta, and my Siberian Huskies, Teddy and Gracie.