Bill Cheswick's Bio

Ches is an early innovator in Internet security. He is known for his early work in firewalls and proxies at Bell Labs, and for the book he has co-authored with Steve Bellovin and now Avi Rubin. In summer 2000 Ches helped spin off the Internet cartography work he did at Bell Labs with Hal Burch into a startup, Lumeta Corporation, which explores the extent and perimeter hosts of corporate and government intranets.

Ches departed Lumeta in September 2006 and is currently a free agent.