Ladislav Lhotka is to replace Bedřich Košata as head of CZ.NIC Labs

Ladislav Lhotka is an important Internet researcher, author of a number of Internet Standards (RFCs), who up to this point supervised CZ.NIC Labs projects dealing with secure remote administration of network devices.

On July 1, Ladislav Lhotka became the new head of the research and development department of the CZ.NIC Association and also a management member of the of the Czech national domain administrator. Former head of the Labs, Bedřich Košata, is leaving to face new challenges after eight years in the position. Ladislav Lhotka is an important Internet researcher, author of a number of Internet Standards (RFCs), who up to this point supervised CZ.NIC Labs projects dealing with secure remote administration of network devices. Now he is taking over one of CZ.NIC’s largest departments that delivered such projects as Turris and Turris Omnia open source routers, or the data mailbox management application.

“I would like to thank Bedřich Košata for the work he has done in CZ.NIC for almost eight years. His biggest achievements include the Turris and Turris Omnia projects, which he has been part of from the very beginning,” said Ondřej Filip, CEO of CZ.NIC. “Ladislav Lhotka is a respected internet expert and an important member of the Czech and international Internet community. Mr. Lhotka has been a member of the CZ.NIC Labs since 2012, so he knows its projects and work very well. That is why I decided to appoint him to this position.”

Beside the Knot DNS server, the major projects addressed by the researchers and developers of this department also include the BIRD routing daemon, the open source router Turris Omnia, as well as applications and libraries associated with the data box system.

About CZ.NIC Labs

The CZ.NIC Labs are the research and development center of the CZ.NIC Association, which is engaged in research related to Internet, Internet protocols, network operation analyses, passive and active monitoring and designing of prototypes for future developments within the CZ.NIC. CZ.NIC Labs activities are aimed to benefit the local Internet community, but their impact is international. Laboratory staff actively participates in international workgroups of organizations working on the development of Internet protocols, network operation monitoring and administration of the Internet in general. More information about CZ.NIC Labs and their activities is available on the website http://labs.nic.cz.