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LaMacchia earned [[Scientiæ Baccalaureus|S.B.]], [[S.M.]], and [[Ph.D.]] degrees from MIT in 1990, 1991, and 1996, respectively.
LaMacchia earned [[Scientiæ Baccalaureus|S.B.]], [[S.M.]], and [[Ph.D.]] degrees from MIT in 1990, 1991, and 1996, respectively.

His primary community activity is involvement with


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* [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/bal/ Brian LaMacchia's Microsoft page]
* [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/bal/ Brian LaMacchia's Microsoft page]
* [http://www.amazon.com/NET-Framework-Security-Brian-LaMacchia/dp/067232184X Net Framework]
* [http://www.amazon.com/NET-Framework-Security-Brian-LaMacchia/dp/067232184X Net Framework]
* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=lamacchia%2C+brian&FIELD1=INNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=INNM&d=PTXT The >25 patents for inventions by LaMacchia]


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Revision as of 22:46, 1 July 2012

Brian A. LaMacchia is a computer security specialist.

LaMacchia is best known for his work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology establishing the MIT PGP Key Server, the first key centric PKI implementation to see widescale use. LaMacchia wrote the first Web interface for a PGP Key Server.

LaMacchia currently works for Microsoft where he is Director of Security and Cryptography in the Microsoft Extreme Computing Group.

He has played a leading role in the design of W3C XMLDsig and XKMS standards. In particular he is an author of versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 XMLDsig. He is a contributor to XKMS. He is coauthor on OASIS standard WS-SECURITY.

He designed and led the development team for the .NET security architecture. He was a security architect on Palladium.

LaMacchia earned S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in 1990, 1991, and 1996, respectively.

His primary community activity is involvement with

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