[saag] Ross Anderson

Eliot Lear <lear@lear.ch> Sat, 30 March 2024 07:08 UTC

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Subject: [saag] Ross Anderson
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I've just learned that Ross Anderson, FRS passed away on Thursday at the 
age of 67.  Ross was a giant in our field.  A good number of people have 
attended the WEIS conference which he organized, and may well have 
interacted with him at SOUPS and elsewhere.  He kindly hosted the IAB 
ITAT workshop at Cambridge some years ago.

Ross recognized the risks of the Internet.  To give you several somewhat 
recent examples, he raised concerns about abuse of automatic shutoff 
systems in smart meters, formally questioned whether defensive measures 
were sufficient to cover losses, and demonstrated on national television 
in the UK how fancy chips in credit cards could be scammed.  He also was 
a co-author of the well-known Keys under Doormats paper.

I'm sure many all have their own memories of his works.

Eliot