Simon Waters studied Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Exeter University, where he discovered the Internet in 1987. Simons professional background includes Software Configuration Management, Customer Services Systems, Unix Systems, and Network Security. In December 1999 Simon founded Eighth Layer Limited, with the intention of focusing on HP-UX and Network Security, as well as looking at opportunities for utilizing the Linux platform for commercial use. He currently works for ZyNet Limited.
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| 2010 - Aug 22 | on | An Attack on DNS is an Attack on the Internet |
| 2010 - Aug 21 | on | An Attack on DNS is an Attack on the Internet |
| 2008 - Dec 24 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2008 - Dec 01 | on | ICANN Responsible for Domain Name Trademark Mess |
| 2008 - Nov 23 | on | Ties That Bind |
| 2008 - Nov 22 | on | ICANN Responsible for Domain Name Trademark Mess |
| 2008 - Nov 11 | on | More on 'Researchers Hijack Storm Worm to Track Profits' |
| 2008 - Nov 09 | on | On Why and How the Internet Needs to Be Governed |
| 2008 - Aug 08 | on | IPv6 Considered a Problem by Some Users |
| 2008 - Aug 02 | on | Is Anti-Virus Dead? |
| 2008 - Jul 17 | on | Is It Time to Create a Market for IPv4 Addresses? |
| 2008 - Jul 14 | on | Is It Time to Create a Market for IPv4 Addresses? |
| 2008 - Jun 01 | on | Censorship: A Threat to the Stability and Security of the DNS? |
| 2008 - May 22 | on | Google Surpasses Supercomputer Community, Unnoticed? |
| 2008 - Apr 26 | on | Microsoft's Contribution Was TCP/IP |
| 2008 - Apr 26 | on | Microsoft's Contribution Was TCP/IP |
| 2008 - Apr 03 | on | Trust in Email Begins with Authentication |
| 2007 - Nov 12 | on | Thus Ends the Stupid Network Model? |
| 2007 - Oct 25 | on | In Praise of OpenDNS and a Wii Factoid |
| 2007 - Sep 17 | on | Where are DNS Root Servers? See them on Google Maps |
| 2007 - Aug 22 | on | How Spammers Get Around SPF |
| 2007 - Aug 08 | on | CAN-SPAM Defendant Awarded $111k in Fees/Costs: Gordon v. Virtumundo |
| 2007 - Jun 07 | on | Domain Ads Generating Twice the Conversion Rate of Search Ads |
| 2007 - May 18 | on | Hotmail Running Its Own SMTP Variation |
| 2007 - Mar 08 | on | Social Networking and Web 2.0 Creating DNS Performance Issues for Carriers |
| 2007 - Mar 07 | on | Social Networking and Web 2.0 Creating DNS Performance Issues for Carriers |
| 2007 - Jan 26 | on | IE Namespace: We Need Personal Domains! |
| 2007 - Jan 20 | on | The Fragile Network |
| 2007 - Jan 19 | on | The Fragile Network |
| 2006 - Dec 14 | on | AFNIC and DNS Server Redelegation |
| 2006 - Nov 22 | on | Why is .EU Trying to Destroy the Internet? |
| 2006 - Nov 07 | on | More than 99% of Email is Spam? |
| 2006 - Oct 19 | on | What is Anti-Spam? |
| 2006 - Oct 08 | on | ICANN Ordered by Illinois Court to Suspend Spamhaus.org |
| 2006 - Feb 21 | on | Internet Governance: An Antispam Perspective |
| 2006 - Feb 19 | on | Phishing: An Interesting Twist on a Common Scam |
| 2006 - Feb 19 | on | Europe is to the US Controlled GPS as Europe is to the US Controlled DNS Root? |
| 2006 - Feb 19 | on | Internet Governance: An Antispam Perspective |
| 2005 - Oct 04 | on | Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project |
| 2005 - Sep 04 | on | So You Think You're Safe from DNS Cache Poisoning? |
| 2005 - Aug 10 | on | About Those Root Servers |
| 2005 - Jun 27 | on | An Infrastructure TLD: Avoiding the Side Effects of Today's .Net |
| 2005 - Jun 24 | on | There Is No "Spam Problem" |
| 2005 - Jun 23 | on | There Is No "Spam Problem" |
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