George Ledin

George Ledin
Born(1946-01-28)January 28, 1946
NationalityAmerica
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of San Francisco
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsSonoma State University

George Ledin, Jr. (born January 28, 1946) is an American computer scientist and professor of computer science at Sonoma State University. Ledin's teaching of computer security at Sonoma State has been controversial for its inclusion of material on how to write malware. Ledin is a strong critic of the antivirus software industry, whose products he considers almost useless.[1][2][3][4][5] Ledin also helped found the computer science program at the University of San Francisco, and published several books on computing in the 1970s and 1980s.

  1. ^ Halverson, Nathan (May 22, 2007). "Computer viruses invade SSU class – on purpose: Professor defends teaching how to create malicious programs; 3 companies vow not to hire grads". Press Democrat. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. ^ Robinson, Bruce (April 2, 2008). "Virtual Virtues: Will we be ready when bad things happen to good computers?". North Bay Bohemian.
  3. ^ Adam B. Kushner (August 2008). "This Bug Man Is a Pest". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. ^ Halverson, Nathan (May 7, 2009). "SSU professor, once criticized, now gaining praise for class in malware". Press Democrat.
  5. ^ Sullins, John P. (May 2014). "A Case Study in Malware Research Ethics Education: When Teaching Bad is Good" (PDF). 2014 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops. doi:10.1109/spw.2014.46.