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Facts

Born December 31, 1945 (age 80) • San Francisco • California
Awards And Honors Turing Award (2002)
Inventions RSA encryption
Subjects Of Study digital certificate • data encryption • malware • cryptographic key • graph theory • public-key cryptography

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