Karl Auerbach is Chief Technology Officer at InterWorking Labs, in Scotts Valley, California, which creates network testing and emulation products.
13 Facts About Karl Auerbach
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Karl Auerbach has been involved in Internet design since the early 1970s.
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Karl Auerbach has testified about Internet protocols and policies before Congress on several occasions.
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Mr Karl Auerbach was a founder of Epilogue Technology Corporation and developed the first commercial SNMP engine that was widely licensed and incorporated in network products.
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Mr Karl Auerbach founded Empirical Tools and Technologies, Inc, known as Empirical Tools and Toys or ETNT, in 1991 which released Dr Watson, the Network Detective's Assistant, a low cost network analysis and diagnostic tool, in 1993.
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In keeping with the practices of the time, Mr Karl Auerbach listed himself as the editor, not the author, preferring to give recognition to all the contributors.
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In 1995, Karl Auerbach became the principal software engineer and first paid employee at Precept Software, which created IPTV and was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998.
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In 2011, Karl Auerbach proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution that would eliminate the recognition of corporations and other group entities as persons or citizens.
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In 2000, Karl Auerbach was elected by a public vote to the Board of Directors of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, as the At-Large Representative for North America.
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ICANN initially resisted, then subsequently consented on condition that Karl Auerbach agree, in writing, to extensive restrictions.
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Karl Auerbach refused to agree to any restrictions, including limitations on what he could see, the right to copy documents, and non-disclosure.
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On March 18,2002, after 10 months, Karl Auerbach filed suit against ICANN in Los Angeles, with legal representation provided by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Karl Auerbach argued that as a member of the board of directors of ICANN, he needed to see ICANN's records in order to make "informed and intelligent" decisions.