Name: Dan Farmer

Born: April 5, 1962

  • American computer security researcher.
  • Created SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks).
  • Began the development of the COPS program for identifying security issues on Unix systems.

Significant publications

  • Computer Forensics Library (2007).
  • Forensic discovery (2004).

Quotes

“People don’t want to talk about death, just like they don’t want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.”

Websites

  • Dan Farmer personal website