Biography
Wei Hu was one of the original designers of DCE. At Digital, Wei was the
project leader for the team that worked with HP to deliver DCE RPC to the
Open Software Foundation. Wei's team developed the connection-oriented
RPC protocols, authenticated RPC, and the name service interfaces to the
DCE Cell Directory Service. Wei also worked with the OSF and the other
DCE technology providers to integrate this software into DCE.
Prior to DCE, Wei worked on the VAX Security Kernel: a virtual machine
operating system designed for the A1 rating (the highest security rating
defined by the U.S. government). In addition to working on various aspects
of the kernel, Wei invented a new approach for eliminating a class of
security flaws that were previously thought intractable; he then led the
team that implemented these safeguards.
Before joining Digital, Wei worked for five years at Honeywell Information
Systems where he experienced firsthand the challenges involved in building
heterogeneous distributed applications without the benefits of a DCE. Wei
worked on a number of products including electronic mail, distributed
calendars, and gateways.
Wei and his wife, Irene, practice growth through change. Within a six-month
period, they had a second child, started writing books, changed jobs, and
moved across the country to Silicon Valley. Wei is now with Silicon
Graphics Computer Systems, working on server technologies for multimedia
and high-availability.
Wei received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering
and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Cambridge, Mass. In addition to this book, Wei coauthored the second
edition of the Guide to Writing DCE Applications and has published
numerous papers in distributed applications and computer security. He
also holds four patents based on his work with security and distributed
computing.
