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[[Image:Gratte mudge.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Mudge (right) with [[Grandmaster Ratte']] at [[DEF CON]] 14, August 2006]]
'''Peiter C. Zatko''' (better known as '''Mudge''') was a member of the high profile [[Hacker (computer security)|hacker]] [[think tank]], the [[L0pht]]{{fn|1}}.
Born in December [[1970]], Mudge graduated from the [[Berklee College of Music]] and is an adept [[guitar]] player.{{fn|2}}
Mudge was responsible for early research of a security [[vulnerability]] known as a [[buffer overflow]]. In [[1995]], he published one of the first papers on the topic, "How to Write Buffer Overflows"{{fn|3}}. He published several security advisories on vulnerabilities in Unix and was a leader in the [[full disclosure]] movement. He was the initial author of security tools [[L0phtCrack]], AntiSniff, and l0phtwatch.
Mudge was one of the first people from the hacker community to reach out and build relationships with government and industry. In demand as a public speaker, he spoke at hacker conferences such as [[DEF CON|Defcon]]{{fn|4}} and academic conferences such as [[Usenix]]{{fn|5}}. Mudge has also been a member of [[Cult of the Dead Cow|CULT OF THE DEAD COW]] since [[1996]]{{fn|6}}.
He was one of the seven L0pht members who testified before a [[United States Senate|Senate]] committee in [[1998]] that they could bring down the [[Internet]] in 30 minutes{{fn|7}}. When L0pht was acquired by [[@stake]] in [[1999]], he became the vice president of research and development and later chief scientist{{fn|8}}.
In [[2000]], after the first crippling [[internet]] [[distributed denial of service]] attacks, he was invited to meet with [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]] at a security summit alongside cabinet members and industry executives{{fn|9}}.
After leaving @stake in [[2002]]{{fn|10}} he disappeared from the infosecurity scene for a few years before resurfacing as a technical advisor to "insider threat" company, [[Intrusic]] {{fn|11}}.
In [[2004]], he became a division scientist at government contractor [[Bolt, Beranek and Newman|BBN Technologies]] {{fn|12}}, where he originally worked in the 1990s, and also joined the technical advisory board of [[NFR Security]] {{fn|13}}.
On August 11, 2007 he married Sarah Lieberman, a co-worker
at BBN.
==External link==
Usenix talk (MP3) [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix06/tech/mp3/zatko.mp3]
==Notes==
*{{fnb|1}} Source: "Security Scene Errata". [http://attrition.org/errata/www/ao.016.html]
*{{fnb|2}} Source: "NNDB Entry for Mudge". [http://www.nndb.com/people/166/000026088/]
*{{fnb|3}} Source: "How to Write Buffer Overflows". [http://insecure.org/stf/mudge_buffer_overflow_tutorial.html]
*{{fnb|4}} Source: "DEF CON V Archives". [http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-5/defcon-5.html]
*{{fnb|5}} Source: "An Interview with Mudge". [http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2000-4/features/mudge.html]
*{{fnb|6}} Source: "CULT OF THE DEAD COW || Team Bio". [http://www.cultdeadcow.com/cms/team_bios.php3]
*{{fnb|7}} Source: "U.S. Senate Press Release: HEARINGS ANNOUNCED ON COMPUTER SECURITY FAILURES IN GOVERNMENT". [http://hsgac.senate.gov/l0pht.htm]
*{{fnb|8}} Source: "The L0pht, renowned 'hacker think-tank,' to join @stake". [http://www.webproxy.com/events_news/press_releases/template.html?usa/010600]
*{{fnb|9}} Source: "Clinton fights hackers, with a hacker". [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/02/15/hacker.security/]
*{{fnb|10}} Source: "The Demise of @Stake?". [http://www.bearcave.com/misl/misl_tech/demise_of_atstake.html]
*{{fnb|11}} Source: "Intrusic: Intrusic Team". [http://www.intrusic.com/about_team.asp]
*{{fnb|12}} Source: "Hacker 'Mudge' Returns to BBN". [http://www.infosecnews.org/hypermail/0502/9500.html]
*{{fnb|13}} Source: "NFR Security Adds Leading Security Industry Experts to Technology Advisory Board". [http://www.nfr.net/news/detail.php?id=225]
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