[HN Gopher] David Kahn has died
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       David Kahn has died
        
       Author : mikece
       Score  : 69 points
       Date   : 2024-02-02 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.schneier.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.schneier.com)
        
       | throwaway81523 wrote:
       | RIP. For those who don't feel like clicking, Kahn was the author
       | of several important cryptography history books including "The
       | Codebreakers".
        
         | ydnaclementine wrote:
         | Borrow from your library before the waitlist is massive
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kahn_(writer)
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       | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/02/01/david-k... |
       | https://archive.today/dxEzv
        
         | ChrisArchitect wrote:
         | Should use that Washington Post obit link instead since
         | Schneier not really adding anything
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Condolences page https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39150382
        
       | aestetix wrote:
       | What a loss.
       | 
       | I had the pleasure of briefly meeting him at the NSA Cryptologic
       | Symposium one year. He will be missed.
        
       | OskarS wrote:
       | Oh wow. I got The Codebreakers as a Christmas gift when I was a
       | teenager and devoured it. It's still on my bookshelf, almost
       | falling apart. A great work of history.
       | 
       | Rest in peace.
        
       | sophacles wrote:
       | Codebreakers had a pretty big impact on me as a teenager - both
       | feeding and fueling my curiosity of everything "infosec". I'm
       | sorry to see he's passed.
        
       | butlike wrote:
       | I had never heard of him until today. While I didn't know much
       | about his works, I'm sorry he passed. He seems like an
       | inspiration to more than a few.
       | 
       | R.I.P and cheers!
        
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