| John Romkey | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Known for | PC/IP, Netwatch |
John Romkey developed the first in the industry TCP/IP stack for IBM PC[1][2] [3][4] in 1983. Romkey founded FTP Software, a commercial TCP/IP stack provider in 1986. Romkey also authored the first network analyzer Netwatch, predating Network General Sniffer. He also served on IAB. Romkey is currently an owner of Blue Forest Research, a consulting company.
While at MIT John Romkey authored the first TCP/IP stack for MS DOS. He was the founder of FTP Software company which provided commercial package for MS DOS and MS Windows. With the advent of Microsoft TCP/IP stacks starting with Windows 95, FTP Software as well as all other commercial TCP/IP stacks providers were driven out of business.