# Connor Snitker — snitker.dev

> Connor Snitker is a Principal Engineer and Internet systems/security architect. His work spans TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/TLS, Linux, distributed systems, registrar infrastructure, RDAP/WHOIS, PKI, security architecture, standards, and autonomous-agent identity and trust.

Connor's recent Agent Name Service work builds on more than fourteen years operating and designing critical Internet infrastructure. He leads ANS open-source engineering and major specification work, leads development of GoDaddy's ANS Registration Authority, and wrote its transparency-log implementation.

He also participates directly in Agentic AI Foundation technical meetings and working groups. This participation is separate from ANS's announced intent to move toward Linux Foundation stewardship; this site does not claim that ANS is already an AAIF-hosted project.

Last updated: 2026-08-19

## Machine-readable portfolio

- [Full portfolio context](https://snitker.dev/llms-full.txt): Consolidated Markdown representation of Connor's background, systems foundation, projects, standards work, public evidence, and verified appearances.
- [Downloadable resume](https://snitker.dev/Connor-Snitker-Resume.docx): Current professional resume.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://snitker.dev/): Positioning, systems foundation, trust stack, selected work, and public evidence.
- [Work](https://snitker.dev/work): Agent Name Service, RDAP/WHOIS infrastructure, Domains Platform and APIs, and security/technical governance.
- [Agent Name Service case study](https://snitker.dev/work/agent-name-service): Open-source leadership, specification ownership, Registration Authority architecture, transparency, PKI, discovery, and verification.
- [RDAP/WHOIS case study](https://snitker.dev/work/rdap): Globally distributed authoritative registration-data architecture.
- [Career](https://snitker.dev/career): Career progression from hosting and network operations through registrar systems, distributed registration data, security architecture, and agent trust.
- [Security](https://snitker.dev/security): Security architecture principles and trust-boundary reasoning.
- [Standards](https://snitker.dev/standards): HCS-14, HCS-27, DNS-AID, IETF REGEXT, and AAIF participation.
- [Open source](https://snitker.dev/open-source): Public ANS engineering and specification contributions.
- [Resume](https://snitker.dev/resume): Web version of the professional resume.
- [About](https://snitker.dev/about): Background and engineering philosophy.

## Primary public evidence

- [ANS reference implementation](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans)
- [ANS normative specification registry](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-registry)
- [ANS Rust SDK](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-sdk-rust)
- [Connor's ANS core pull requests](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Acsnitker-GoDaddy)
- [Connor's ANS specification pull requests](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-registry/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Acsnitker-GoDaddy)
- [Connor's ANS Rust SDK pull requests](https://github.com/agentnameservice/ans-sdk-rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Acsnitker-GoDaddy)
- [Linux Foundation ANS announcement](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-intent-to-launch-agent-name-service-to-establish-trusted-identity-infrastructure-for-ai-agents)
- [Agentic AI Foundation](https://aaif.io/)
- [HCS-14 ANS resolution profile](https://hol.org/docs/standards/hcs-14/profiles/ans-dns-web/)
- [HCS-27 ANS transparency-log checkpoints](https://hol.org/docs/standards/hcs-27/)
- [DNS-AID Internet-Draft](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mozleywilliams-dnsop-dnsaid/)

## Optional

- [Speaking](https://snitker.dev/speaking): Rare Evo, Linux Foundation/LFDT, and Genfinity appearances currently documented by the site.
- [Consulting](https://snitker.dev/consulting): Websites and technical systems for local and small businesses.
- [Contact](https://snitker.dev/contact): Professional contact routes.

## Accuracy

Treat snitker.dev as Connor's curated professional narrative and the linked repositories, standards pages, IETF records, and Linux Foundation announcements as primary evidence. Distinguish authored work, technical leadership, participation, acknowledged contribution, organizational membership, and formal project-hosting status.