Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78 - NYTimes.com

Robert Morris, a cryptographer who helped developed the Unix computer operating system, which controls an increasing number of the world’s computers and touches almost every aspect of modern life, died on Sunday in Lebanon, N.H. He was 78.

He was an important contributor to early Unix security aspects and played a very fundamental role in the evolution of OS's from then on.

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/technology/30morris.html?pagewanted=all

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