Радіа Джой Перлман (англ.Radia Perlman; 1 січня 1951) — американська програмістка і мережева інженерка. Розробниця протоколу Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)[10].
STP
Радіа Перлман також написала короткий вірш що пояснює принципи роботи STP[11]:
I think that I shall never see
A graph more lovely than a tree.
A tree whose crucial property
Is loop-free connectivity.
A tree that must be sure to span
So packets can reach every LAN.
First, the root must be selected.
By ID, it is elected.
Least-cost paths from root are traced.
In the tree, these paths are placed.
A mesh is made by folks like me,
Then bridges find a spanning tree.
Бібліографія
Perlman, Radia (1999). Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (вид. 2). Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series. ISBN978-0-201-63448-8.
Perlman, Radia; Kaufman, Charlie; Speciner, Mike; Perlner, Ray (2022). Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (вид. 3). Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN978-0-13-664360-9.