2014/12 : Dan Farmer had written COPS, "a very early, if not the earliest, vulnerability scanner". He also writes several "tools, papers, and work on improving Internet and *nix security".
"Dan has often appeared in the limelight, partly because he feels so strongly about the general lack of security, but also out of a deep sense of ethics (and contrariness) that has guided his life, often at the expense of his career."
Critical Commentary
2014/12 : Dan Farmer had written COPS, "a very early, if not the earliest, vulnerability scanner". He also writes several "tools, papers, and work on improving Internet and *nix security".
"Dan has often appeared in the limelight, partly because he feels so strongly about the general lack of security, but also out of a deep sense of ethics (and contrariness) that has guided his life, often at the expense of his career."