Peter Gutmann (computer scientist)

Peter Claus Gutmann is a

, during which the electrical power system failed completely in the central city for five weeks, which he has blogged about. He has also written on his career as an "arms courier" for New Zealand, detailing the difficulties faced in complying with customs control regulations with respect to cryptographic products, which were once classed as "munitions" by various jurisdictions including the United States.

Criticism of Windows Vista

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2007)

His

In an article^[6] written on September 1, 2007, George Ou offers a rebuttal to Gutmann's statements on Windows Vista. Peter Gutmann is quoted in reference to Windows Vista as saying, "Can others confirm this? I don't run Vista yet, but if this is true then it would seem to disconfirm Microsoft's Claims that the content protection doesn't interfere with playback and is only active when premium content is present.". This garnered criticism from audiences who didn't trust the primary use of secondhand information for detailed data, which was often found on forums. When the quality of Gutmann's research came into question, George Ou himself tested certain assertions from the white paper. He found significant differences between what was reported to be true and what was revealed to occur when performed firsthand, and failed to reproduce multiple alleged results in his own tests.

See also

• Criticism of Windows Vista
• Data privacy
• Gutmann method
• Information privacy
• Plaintext

Bibliography

• Gutmann, Peter (2014). Engineering Security (Book Draft April 2014) (PDF). Peter Gutmann, Book Draft published online.
• Gutmann, Peter (2003). Cryptographic Security Architecture: Design and Verification.
  S2CID 27659379
  .
• Gutmann, Peter (2000). The Design and Verification of a Cryptographic Security Architecture (PhD).
  hdl:2292/2310
  .