Loyd Blankenship
Loyd Blankenship , aka The Mentor , (* 1965 ) is an American hacker and author .
Life
Loyd Blankenship is the author of on 8 January 1986 under the pseudonym The Mentor in the underground magazine Phrack published Hacker Manifesto . He is also a co-founder of the “ Legion of Doom ” hacking group . In 1990 he designed the role-playing game system " GURPS Cyberpunk" for the game publisher Steve Jackson Games . He is currently working as a freelance game designer and musician.
In 2005, a documentary about Blankenship's life was published in the film BBS: The Documentary - The Mentor .
Web links
- Loyd Blankenship in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hacker magazine "Phrack": Last edition after 20 years appears in print form. July 18, 2005. Available online at news.at
- ↑ Larry Loeb (2002): Hack proofing XML. Page 21. Syngress Verlag. Burlington, Massachusetts.
- ↑ Seymour Bosworth, ME Kabay, Eric Whyne: Computer Security Handbook , Wiley, Chapter 2.14.9 online
- ^ S. Pankaj: Hacking , APH Publishing Corporation, ISBN 978-8176487207 , p. 308 online
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SURNAME | Blankenship, Loyd |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | The Mentor (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hacker and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |