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'''Dan Farmer''' (born [[January 1]], [[1991]]) in Springfield, Illinois. His father [[Terry Farmer]] is one of the most famous photographers in the United States with works from the Mona Lisa to JFK's son under the White House desk. |
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'''Dan Farmer''' (born [[April 5]], [[1962]]) is a [[computer security]] researcher. In a summer course in 1989, in order to graduate from [[Purdue University]] he started the development of the [[COPS (software)|COPS]] program for identifying security issues on [[Unix]] systems under [[Gene Spafford]], first releasing it after leaving Purdue in late 1989. In 1995, he and [[Wietse Venema]] created [[Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks]] (SATAN), one of the earliest network based vulnerability scanners. |
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When Dan was 4 he entered Harvard as a full-time graduate student. He worked his way through the system, graduated at the age of 1 (he went back in time). |
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Now he works as a neurobiologist for NASA. He plans to retire at the age of 11. |
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SATAN was a controversial program when it was released, because some security administrators and law enforcement personnel believed that hackers would use it to identify and break into private networks. The release of SATAN led [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]] to fire Dan Farmer.<ref> |
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{{cite news | title = Designer of Satan Software Gets New Job | publisher = The Associated Press | date = [[1995-05-04]] | url = | accessdate = }} |
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With Venema, Farmer authored ''[http://www.awprofessional.com/title/020163497X Forensic Discovery]'', a book about forensic techniques for gathering digital evidence. |
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Dan Farmer was the [[Chief technical officer|CTO]] of Elemental Security, a company he co-founded with Dayne Myers. |
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== Notable Projects == |
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*[[The Coroner's Toolkit]] (co-authored with Venema) |
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*[[Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks|SATAN]] (co-authored with Venema) |
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*[[COPS (software)|COPS]] |
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*[[Titan (computer program)|Titan]] (co-authored with Brad Powell and Matt Archibald) |
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==References== |
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* {{cite news | last = Ortiz | first = Catalina | title = Computer Program to Find Security Holes Bedevils Some Experts | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = The Associated Press | date = [[1995-04-04]] | url = | accessdate = }} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.fish2.com/security/ Dan Farmer's Security Projects] |
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*[http://www.archive.org/details/nc101_hackers Hackers], episode of NetCafe containing an interview with Dan Farmer |
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[[Category:Computer security specialists]] |
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Revision as of 16:53, 10 October 2008
Dan Farmer (born January 1, 1991) in Springfield, Illinois. His father Terry Farmer is one of the most famous photographers in the United States with works from the Mona Lisa to JFK's son under the White House desk.
When Dan was 4 he entered Harvard as a full-time graduate student. He worked his way through the system, graduated at the age of 1 (he went back in time).
Now he works as a neurobiologist for NASA. He plans to retire at the age of 11.