Ramon Llull University invests Paul V. Mockapetris, inventor of the DNS and father of the modern Internet, as Doctor Honoris Causa by proposal of La Salle

What would we do today if we had to memorize complicated addresses full of numbers and directories to enter a website? There is a technology responsible for assigning a domain name to a specific address called DNS (Domain Name System). Paul V. Mockapetris is its inventor, the famous .com. In 1983, this technology opened the door to the creation of the global network. On Tuesday November 17th Mockapetris, doctor in information and computer science, will be invested as Doctor Honoris Causa, by proposal of Engineering La Salle-URL. Paul Mockapetris (Boston 1948) was 16 when he first saw a computer. It was then 1965; many people did not even know the word computer. That discovery changed his life, and a few years later changed the history of humanity. Mockapetris quickly became passionate about computers. At the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) he created the first network, connecting three computers to a hard drive and once licensed worked with researchers developing a project for the United States Department of Defence, the ARPANET project. In 1983, he introduced the DNS, the technology that created the foundation of the Internet. Mockapetris is currently Scientific Director and Chairman of the Board of Nominum, DNS Company supplying software to more than 100 operators worldwide.