Peter Gutmann
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Peter Gutmann is a professor at University of Auckland in New Zealand, specialising in network security.
He has published a number of well-known papers including:
- Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory [1], a classic paper used as a reference by many disk-wiping utilities.
- A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection [2], with the rather memorable "executive executive summary":
The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history.
- Software Generation of Practically Strong Random numbers [3]
His home page is [1].
References
- ↑ Peter Gutmann (1996), Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory
- ↑ Peter Gutmann, A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
- ↑ Peter Gutmann (2000), Software Generation of Practically Strong Random numbers