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Russ White

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Born

The United States

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http://www.rule11.tech

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Religion, Mystery, History

Influences

CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Bruce Little, Alvin Planginga

Member Since

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Russ White is a well-known voice in computer networking, where he advocates for simplicity, privacy, and the decentralized Internet.

Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; MACM, Shepherds Theological Seminary; MSIT, Capella University; CCIE; CCDE; CCaR; ACM Senior Member; ISCA; Society of Christian Philosophers; Mensa

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	Art of Network Architecture, The: Business-Driven Design (Networking Technology) by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Denise Donohue 4.20 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Optimal Routing Design: Techniques for optimizing large-scale IP routing operation and managing network growth (Networking Technology) by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Don Slice, Álvaro Retana 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practical BGP by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Danny McPherson 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Navigating Network Complexity: Next-generation routing with SDN, service virtualization, and service chaining by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Jeff (Evgeny) Tantsura 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Computer Networking Problems and Solutions: An innovative approach to building resilient, modern networks by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Ethan Banks 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ccde Quick Reference by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Mosaddaq Turabi 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unintended Features:Thoughts on thinking and life as a network engineer by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Daniel Dib 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	IS-IS: Deployment in IP Networks by Russ White (Goodreads Author), Álvaro Retana 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loss of Carrier 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cisco Certified Support Technician CCST Networking 100-150 Official Cert Guide 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Best of the Hedge: Episode 5 on DoH (Part 1)

In this episode of the Hedge, Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss the ideas behind DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and to consider the implications of its widespread adoption. Is it time to bow to our new overlords?

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Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce

by Judith S. Wallerstein

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The Organization Man

by William H. Whyte

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Against Heresies

by Irenaeus of Lyons

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“Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected: the love of ugliness for its own sake, the lust to make the world intolerable. Its habitat is the United States. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth.”
― H.L. Mencken

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