[Cryptography] Happy birthday, Clifford Cocks!

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Wed Dec 27 17:12:14 EST 2017


Clifford Cocks CBE FRS was born on this day in 1950; when working for GCHQ 
he discovered RSA before they did, but couldn't announce it because it was 
an official secret.

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


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