Fred Baker, 12/27/99

Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

The 25 most powerful people in networking

Fred Baker, chairman,
Internet Engineering Task Force

F. Baker

Fred Baker may be to the Internet what Alan Greenspan is to the stock market.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is defining the standards, protocols and technical specifications for the next-generation Internet. As the 'Net becomes more pervasive in global business operations and more integral to the world's economy, the people steering the IETF's technical direction become intertwined with the success of companies doing business on the Internet. As IETF chair, that makes Baker a very important guy.

This past year has been a particularly challenging one for Baker (who is also a senior software engineer at Cisco). The IETF is vehemently opposed to new protocols on the 'Net that would let federal agencies intercept data and voice conversations. Baker is against the wiretap proposal for fear it would open all Internet traffic to interception, thereby posing security and intrusion risks.

The IETF continues to grapple with quality-of-service and voice/data convergence issues. Its work in these theaters, under Baker's direction, will determine whether the 'Net is ready for prime-time voice transmission or not.

Along with that, Baker earlier this year helped broker a truce between the IETF and the International Telecommunication Union that could help coordinate convergence standards work between the two organizations. The ITU has been around since the early days of voice networks, hammering out standards for plain old telephone service.

So just as Greenspan's words and deeds influence the stock market, so do Baker's actions affect the way companies do business on the 'Net. Is the 'Net ready to support the world economy? You'll have to ask Baker.

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Read Fred Baker's columns from our "In the Works" feature
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