[Cryptography] Happy birthday, Clifford Cocks!

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Tue Dec 27 15:39:22 EST 2016


Clifford Cocks CBE FRS was born in 1950; working for DCHQ he discovered 
RSA before they did, but couldn't announce it because it was an official 
secret.  I wonder how many more crypto-secrets are yet to be revealed?

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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