Ross Anderson has died

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Post by mstef » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 2:01 PM UTC

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Post by lb1lf » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

This was really sad news; his Security Engineering probably did more than any other single textbook to influence my career and making me a better engineer in the process.

All the examples of bright people having made systems which turned out to be more brittle than the designers assumed really drove home the point that even 'simple' tasks are HARD.

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 5:26 PM UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_J._Anderson

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/

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Post by nonrandomstring » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 5:55 PM UTC

Just gutted. :(

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Post by er4hn » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 5:56 PM UTC

Ross Anderson embodied a lot of positive principles in the security community. His book on Security Engineering (2nd edition is the biggest book on my bookshelf) patiently laid out principles of good security design, and tied it to examples in the real world for designs and bugs. Releasing old editions for free was the cherry on top for making his knowledge available to others.

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Post by gchadwick » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 5:57 PM UTC

Another source here: https://twitter.com/duncan_2qq/status/1773752269395099774

Incredibly sad news, a great loss.

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Post by criptoe » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 6:45 PM UTC

Very sad to hear this. I remember emailing him about a newbie question I had about a topic in his Security Engineering book, and he responded very kindly with a detailed explanation that corrected my misunderstanding. Which was really lovely of him. A genius and a gentleman. Rest in peace, my condolences to all who knew and loved him.