Information Security & Occasional Forays Into Adjacent Realms
Dr. Beranek, courtesy of LeoBeranek.com [ http://www.leoberanek.com/pages/llbbio.html]
Leo Beranek, Ph.D. inimitable and venerable co-founder of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (now Raytheon BBN Technologies and one of the handful of companies responsible for the Internet) died last month as a centenarian of one hundred and two years.
Requiescat in Pace.
via Paleofuture's Matt Novak. The inception date of our beloved interweb is generally assumed to be the date of the first electronic message transmitted via the packet switched network, that was to become the ARPANET, and at that time managed by BBN.