He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death.
彼は主に、Request for Comments(RFC)文書シリーズの編集者、Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(SMTP)の作者として、そして亡くなるまでInternet Assigned Numbers Authority(IANA)の管理者を務めていたことで知られている。