[ih] IS: Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93 (NYT Obit)

[william yeager]

> On May 17, 2026, at 3:39 PM, the keyboard of geoff goodfellow via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Dr. Neumann (pronounced NOY-man), who has worked as a computer scientistand security researcher at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., since 1971, has long been a voice in the wilderness warning about a computer
> industry that has been prone to repeatedly make the same mistakes.


Sigh. Definitely a really precious gem of a being as well as computer scientist. I only live a few blocks away, visited SRI many times in the 70s and 80s and, alas, never had the opportunity to meet him. 

> “Peter Neumann is both one of the last of the old guard and a pointer to
> the future,” said Whitfield Diffie, a mathematician and cryptographer who
> is the co-inventor of public key cryptography. “He describes himself as
> having had a 70-year career in computer science, starting with his
> graduation from Harvard, and he has always advocated starting with hardware designed to support security.”


His legacy is amazing, and I agree with Whit 100%.

Bill


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