Whitfield Diffie revolutionized cryptography in 1976 by publishing, together with Martin Hellman, a technique for anonymously exchanging public keys. Diffie’s observation that good guys can’t exist without bad guys also helps explain the rise of cybercriminals and groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec. ICANN’s Diffie has obvious upsides for information security practitioners, consultants, and analysts who are attending or speaking at this week’s conference in Amsterdam, given the job-security repercussions of the event.”]
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