Anthony Bryan
Architect (Founder) at Metalinker.org
Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Bryan is the founder and architect behind Metalink, a file-distribution technology that blends traditional downloads and peer-to-peer methods to deliver faster, more reliable, self-healing downloads used by major open source projects and enterprises worldwide. With 17+ years of experience, he co-chairs the IETF FTP Extensions Working Group and authors multiple RFCs shaping standards for checksums, mirrors, and HTTP/FTP extensions. He combines deep protocol design and standards leadership with hands-on product work—building clients, publishers, and caches to make large-file distribution practical at scale. Based in Pompano Beach, Florida, Anthony also contributes to OpenOffice.org’s distribution efforts and maintains a long-standing freelance practice in technical writing and media, reflecting strong communication and usability sensibilities. Notably, his work focuses on pragmatic interoperability: making complex transfer guarantees (like automatic error correction and cryptographic hashes) usable for everyday download workflows.
17 years of coding experience
M.S., M.S. at Nova Southeastern UniversityB.A., B.A. at Palm Beach Atlantic University
English
Github Skills (53)
tftp10
ldap10
rtsp10
ssl10
imap10
user-agent10
mqtt10
http10
torrent10
linux10
rtmp10
websocket10
ftp10
wget10
smtp10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
metalink-dev/metalinks
Aug 2008 - Apr 2012
Contributions:298 commits, 1 issue in 3 years 8 months
antbryan/internetdraft
May 2012 - Feb 2013
Contributions:16 commits in 9 months
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