john t moy...

this is kind of cheesy, and i'm not very fond of the science fiction riff on it... in fact, i couldn't really stomach it... but you guys who like the jeremy cioara/matrix kind of bent might enjoy it... i prefer facts...

 http://www.routergod.com/sevenofnine/

there is not a lot out there about him...

John T. Moy is a Corporate Fellow at Sycamore Networks, Inc. He is the author of the OSPF and MOSPF protocol specifications and chairs the OSPF and MOSPF Working Groups in the Internet Engineering Task Force. Involved in the design and development of router software for nearly two decades, Moy previously worked at Ascend Communications, Proteon, and Bolt, Beranek and Newman. He holds an M.A. in mathematics from Princeton and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Minnesota.

here is an interview with the man himself:

http://www.page1book.com/html/moy.htm

some of anatomy of a routing protocol is available here... it's an evil google teaser thing...

http://books.google.com/books?id=YXUWsqVhx60C&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=john+t+moy+ietf&source=bl&ots=KwACOa5YF-&sig=_Bjlkxo9aset0kX6z7bjMtVRBpA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=drR6UL25CrOs0AHmrYGgDg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=john%20t%20moy%20ietf&f=false

i'll have to buy his books and read the rfc's he's written...

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2328

http://tools.ietf.org/googleresults?cx=011177064926444307064%3Arsqif7nmmi0&q=john+t+moy&sa=Google+Search&cof=FORID%3A9&siteurl=tools.ietf.org%2Fhtml%2F&ref=tools.ietf.org%2Fhtml%2Frfc2328&ss=2425j696013j12