Wengyik Yeong

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Wengyik Yeong

BornJuly 28, 1966

Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

DiedOctober 2007 (aged 41)

Lower Paxton, Pennsylvania

CitizenshipUnited States of AmericaAlma materRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteKnown forLightweight Directory Access ProtocolScientific careerFieldsComputer ScienceInstitutionsPSINet

Wengyik 'Weng' Yeong (1966–2007[1]) was an American computer scientist. He is principally known for his work on the X.500, LDAP, and SNMP Internet protocols.[2]

He also authored and edited several Internet Engineering Task Force Requests for comments (RFCs), including the original specification for LDAP.[3]

1. ^"PennLive.com: Obituaries and Death Notices". Harrisburg Patriot-News. 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
2. **^**Adelstein, Tom (2006-10-29). "LDAP Series Part III - The Historical Secrets". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
3. ^RFC 1777 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)