The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde 349. Alan DeKok.
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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Alan DeKok, the CEO of InkBridge Networks, and Founder of FreeRADIUS, the world's most widely used Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server. FreeRADIUS is used in hundreds of thousands of corporate networks and ISPs worldwide, and authenticates millions of network users every day.
Originally trained as a nuclear physicist, Alan helped build the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. He now does consulting as one of the world's leading experts on Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) frameworks, and especially the RADIUS protocol.
Alan has been an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) contributor since 1999, and has published many Requests for Comments (RFCs) in the space. He also consults as a domain expert in patent litigation.