2020-03-07: At the nexus of the CNI keynote and Rosenthal’s response: “It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.”
Author's note: This document is a public companion to a private document that outlines a number of security vulnerabilities and exploits. Both documents were shared in October, 2019 with the Internet Archive, Rhizome, and other colleagues. This document is being published in January, 2020 at both blog.dshr.org and ws-dl.blogspot.com , but currently there are no plans to publish the private document. At the nexus of the CNI keynote and Rosenthal’s response: “It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.” Michael L. Nelson 2019-10-11 One of the high points of my career is the invitation from Cliff Lynch for the Spring 2019 CNI Keynote and his gracious introduction prior to my speaking. Unfortunately, I’ve since discovered that the antidote for a Cliff Lynch “high” is a negative review from David Rosenthal, a revered researcher with a storied career, a valued colleague, and occasional co-author. For example, in our research group our graduate students keep track...