David M. Goldschlag (NRL Onion Routing)
playerCrypto & Digital ID · Darknet & Cyber
The private, anonymous internet millions use for privacy started as a US Navy project.
Who they are
David M. Goldschlag, a mathematician and computer scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).
What they do
He helped invent 'onion routing,' the core technique behind the anonymous Tor network.
How it works
He co-authored the US onion-routing patent and, in the mid-1990s, designed the encryption principles that later became Tor.
Why it matters
It's a reminder that a tool widely seen as anti-establishment privacy tech was born inside a US military lab.
The engine's record — word for word
NRL mathematician/computer scientist. Co-author of US 6266704B1 onion-routing patent. Mid-1990s architect of the cryptographic principles that became Tor.
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