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The first name that stood out to me was Ron Rivest, of RSA, MD5, and public-key cryptography fame.
by znyboy 5y ago
The first name that stood out to me was Ron Rivest, of RSA, MD5, and public-key cryptography fame.
- jodrellblank 5y agoYou skipped over Whitfield Diffie to find someone of public-key cryptography fame, lol. You might like his work too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitfield_Diffie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitfield_Diffie Hal Abelson, first name there, is from the computer science classic SICP book/MIT lecture series - https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussm...
- shbooms 5y ago> You skipped over Whitfield Diffie don't forget Steven M. Bellovin who's on that list and who was one of the inventors of the first Encrypted Key Exchange, a precursor to the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange.
- null0pointer 5y agoAlso Whitfield Diffie, of Diffie-Hellman fame.
- donw 5y agoHis partner went on to make some pretty good mayonnaise, too!
- mdp2021 5y agoMartin Edward Hellman, electrical engineer, was born in 1945. Richard Hellman started selling jars in 1912. No remote relation apparent. (Specifying just in case of doubt, especially for those unfamiliar with the brand.)