I think RISKS (which he edited) was one of the first places I saw computer security discussed in a meaningful way outside a military context (NSA, Puzzle Palace, Rainbow Books, etc.)
“There’s no limit on the impact that a small team can have if they don’t care who gets credit,” said Patrick Lincoln, the office director of Darpa’s Information Innovation Office, who described Dr. Neumann as routinely working behind the scenes without credit. “The world is just so much a better place for having had Peter.”
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Other mentions of his passing:
- Fwd: [multicians] Peter Neumann has died (lwn.net) 8 points by Tomte | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172640
- Peter G. Neumann (RISKS) has died (laurenweinstein.org) 3 points by davidgerard | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48169871
His RISKS Digest should be required reading for anybody studying computer and software engineering. RIP Peter.
I think RISKS (which he edited) was one of the first places I saw computer security discussed in a meaningful way outside a military context (NSA, Puzzle Palace, Rainbow Books, etc.)