In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 44 inbound references to Niels Ferguson, and connects out to cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator, International Standard Book Number and algorithm.
Vinony files it under 1965 births, BLP articles lacking sources from August 2025 and Dutch cryptographers.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Cryptography engineering
- Practical cryptography
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-05-04
- Active to
- 2006-08-24
bebophard bopjazzjazz fusionpost-bop
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Niels
- Family name
- Ferguson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Eindhoven
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Employer
- Microsoft
- Field of work
- cryptography
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1965-12-10
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Connections
cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator
Entity
International Standard Book Number
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algorithm
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Edward Snowden
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Eindhoven
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cryptography
Entity
digital object identifier
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DVD
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Blu-ray Disc
Entity
HD DVD
Entity
backdoor
Entity
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Entity
block cipher
Entity
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Entity
Bruce Schneier
Entity
BitLocker
Entity
stream cipher
Entity
Twofish
Entity
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
Entity
Content Scramble System
Entity