10 Unknown Tech Icons In The Internet Hall Of Fame


#3 Donald Davies

Donald Davies was a Welsh computer scientist who was one of the inventors of packet switched computer networking, originator of the term, that led to evolution if Internet itself.

 

#4 Philip Zimmermann

Philip Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone. Zimmermann is currently the President and co-founder of the global encrypted communications firm, Silent Circle.

In 1991, he wrote the PGP program, and made it available (together with its source code) through public FTP for download, the first widely available program implementing public-key cryptography. Shortly thereafter, it became available overseas via the Internet, though Zimmermann said that he had no part in its distribution outside the US.

The very first version of PGP included an encryption algorithm, BassOmatic, developed by Zimmermann himself.

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