Rainer Gerhards

German computer scientist, software engineer, and standards author
Person human Q18166149
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Rainer Gerhards

Summary

Rainer Gerhards is a human[1]. He was born in Baesweiler[2]. He was born on +1967-03-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a software engineer[4], network engineer[5], and computer scientist[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Rainer Gerhards was born in Baesweiler[2].
  • Rainer Gerhards was born on +1967-03-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Rainer Gerhards held citizenship in Germany[8].
  • Rainer Gerhards's professions included software engineer[4].
  • Rainer Gerhards's professions included network engineer[5].
  • Rainer Gerhards worked as a computer scientist[6].
  • Rainer Gerhards's field of work was communication protocol[9].
  • Rainer Gerhards held the position of member of municipal council[10].
  • Rainer Gerhards held the position of deputy mayor[11].
  • Rainer Gerhards was employed by Adiscon GmbH[12].
  • A notable work attributed to Rainer Gerhards is Rsyslog[13].
  • A notable work attributed to Rainer Gerhards is RFC 5424: The Syslog Protocol[14].
  • A notable work attributed to Rainer Gerhards is RFC 5674: Alarms in Syslog[15].
  • A notable work attributed to Rainer Gerhards is RFC 6012: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog[16].
  • A notable work attributed to Rainer Gerhards is RFC 6587: Transmission of Syslog Messages over TCP[17].
  • Rainer Gerhards was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[18].
  • Rainer Gerhards was a member of Gesellschaft für Informatik[19].
  • Rainer Gerhards is recorded as male[20].
  • Rainer Gerhards's instance of is recorded as human[21].
  • Rainer Gerhards's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011sm6wb[22].
  • Rainer Gerhards's given name is recorded as Rainer[23].
  • Rainer Gerhards's official website is recorded as https://rainer.gerhards.net/[24].
  • Rainer Gerhards's work location is recorded as Großrinderfeld[25].
  • Rainer Gerhards's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as German[26].
  • Rainer Gerhards's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[27].

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Origins and Family

Rainer Gerhards was born in Baesweiler[2]. He was born on +1967-03-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include software engineer[4], network engineer[5], and computer scientist[6]. Rainer Gerhards's field of work was communication protocol[9]. Among his employers was Adiscon GmbH[12]. Positions held include member of municipal council[10] and deputy mayor[11], a type of position[28].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Rsyslog[13], a free software[29]; RFC 5424: The Syslog Protocol[14], a Request for Comments[30], written by Rainer Gerhards[31]; RFC 5674: Alarms in Syslog[15], a Request for Comments[32], written by Sharon Chisholm[33]; RFC 6012: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog[16], a Request for Comments[34], written by him[35]; and RFC 6587: Transmission of Syslog Messages over TCP[17], a Request for Comments[36], written by him[37].

Why It Matters

Rainer Gerhards ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

Where was Rainer Gerhards born?

Rainer Gerhards was born in Baesweiler[2].

What did Rainer Gerhards do for work?

Rainer Gerhards worked as software engineer[4], network engineer[5], and computer scientist[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . rainer-gerhards.de. Retrieved . rainer-gerhards.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] . grossrinderfeld.ris-portal.de. Retrieved . grossrinderfeld.ris-portal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . grossrinderfeld.ris-portal.de. Retrieved . grossrinderfeld.ris-portal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [6] . ACM Digital Library. Retrieved . dl.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . adiscon.com. Retrieved . adiscon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . rainer-gerhards.de. Retrieved . rainer-gerhards.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [14] . datatracker.ietf.org. Retrieved . datatracker.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [15] . RFC Index. Retrieved . datatracker.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [16] . RFC Index. Retrieved . datatracker.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [17] . RFC Index. Retrieved . datatracker.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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