William R. Cheswick
Cheswick’s practical research on gateways, firewalls, and network visibility helped define early Internet-defense practice.
William R. Cheswick, often known as Bill or Ches, is a network-security researcher. His work at Bell Laboratories included early firewall and secure-gateway research; with Steven Bellovin, he co-authored Firewalls and Internet Security.
From gateways to visibility
Cheswick’s 1990 secure-gateway paper described an application-level architecture for protecting an internal network while offering controlled services. His later work also contributed to Internet mapping and to public discussion of usable operational security.
Timeline
- 1987Joins Bell Laboratories.
- 1990Publishes The Design of a Secure Internet Gateway.
- 1994Co-authors Firewalls and Internet Security with Steven Bellovin.
William R. Cheswick
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1987-Present
- Known for
- Secure Internet gateway; Firewalls and Internet Security; Internet Mapping Project
- Tags
- firewalls, honeypots, network-security, bell-labs, internet-mapping
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