Perlman received the USENIX Flame Award for her contributions to network protocols.
On June 1, 2006, Radia Perlman was bestowed with the USENIX Lifetime Achievement (Flame) Award. This prestigious award was in recognition of her seminal work on network protocols and her long-lasting impact on computer systems research. Her contributions, notably the Spanning Tree Protocol, have been instrumental in sustaining efficient and reliable network architecture, playing a critical role in the technological infrastructure that underpins our modern connected society.