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| birth_name = Adam Back |
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| birth_place = [[London]], [[England]]<br>[[United Kingdom]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|20|df=y}} |
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| nationality = British |
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| residence = [[Sliema]], [[Malta]] |
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| known_for = [[hashcash]] |
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| occupation = [[cryptographer]] |
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| website = http://www.cypherspace.org/adam/ |
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'''Adam Back''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cryptographer]] and crypto-hacker. |
'''Adam Back''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cryptographer]] and crypto-hacker. |
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He is the inventor of [[hashcash]], |
He is the inventor of [[hashcash]], the [[proof-of-work system]] used by [[Bitcoin]] and the stamp based [[email spam|anti-spam]] mechanism in [[SpamAssassin]] and [[Microsoft]]'s [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/how-outlook-e-mail-postmarking-helps-reduce-spam-HA010062592.aspx PostMark] and a number of unix mail software packages. Hashcash has also been used for defending against [[denial-of-service]] attacks, combating blog spam, and defending against user namespace pollution. |
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He implemented credlib [http://www.cypherspace.org/credlib], a library that implements the credential systems of [[Stefan Brands]] and [[David Chaum]]. |
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He is also known for pioneering the use of ultra-compact code in [[signature file]]s and [[T-shirt]]s to protest the (now relaxed) U.S. cryptography export regulations.{{cn|date=June 2011}} |
He is also known for pioneering the use of ultra-compact code in [[signature file]]s and [[T-shirt]]s to protest the (now relaxed) U.S. cryptography export regulations.{{cn|date=June 2011}} |
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He has a Computer Science [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[University of Exeter]]. |
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Revision as of 17:12, 18 October 2012
Adam Back | |
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| Born | Adam Back 20 July 1970 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | cryptographer |
| Known for | hashcash |
| Website | http://www.cypherspace.org/adam/ |
Adam Back is a British cryptographer and crypto-hacker.
He is the inventor of hashcash, the proof-of-work system used by Bitcoin and the stamp based anti-spam mechanism in SpamAssassin and Microsoft's PostMark and a number of unix mail software packages. Hashcash has also been used for defending against denial-of-service attacks, combating blog spam, and defending against user namespace pollution.
He implemented credlib [1], a library that implements the credential systems of Stefan Brands and David Chaum.
He was the first to formalize the Non-Interactive Forward-Secrecy security property for email and to observe that any Identity Based Encryption scheme can be used to provide Non-Interactive Forward Secrecy.
He is also known for pioneering the use of ultra-compact code in signature files and T-shirts to protest the (now relaxed) U.S. cryptography export regulations.[citation needed]
He has a Computer Science Ph.D. from University of Exeter.
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