Derek Atkins

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Derek A Atkins is a Computer Scientist specializing in Computer Security. He studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He currently works at PGP Corporation.

In April 1994 Atkins co-authored the paper The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage detailing the factorization of RSA-129.