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Evolution of information security

July 1, 2016

During the last half of the century, digital security went a long way thanks to the great people who, most of the time, made their inventions free to use by anyone without being afraid of patent issues. 1961 First computer password Fernando Corbató MIT implemented the first password and username method of user authentification for time-sharing computer called CTSS. Cracked by Allan Scherr a Ph.D. researcher at MIT who was looking for a way to bump up his usage time on CTSS. He had been allotted four hours per week, but it wasn’t nearly enough time to run the detailed performance simulations he’d designed for the new computer system.

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