Weld Pond

Chris Wysopal (better known as Weld Pond) was a member of the high profile Hacker think tank, the L0pht.

Weld Pond earned a bachelor s degree in Computer Systems & Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Weld Pond was the seventh member to join the L0pht. His projects there included L0phtCrack and Netcat for Windows. He was also Webmaster/graphic designer for the L0pht s web site, and for Hacker News Network (the first hacker Blog). He researched and published security advisories on vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Lotus Notes, IIS, and ColdFusion. Weld was one of the seven L0pht members who testified before a United States Senate committee in 1998 that they could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes. When L0pht was acquired by @stake in 1999, he became the manager of @stake s Research Group and later became @stake s Vice President of Research and Development. In 2004, when @stake was acquired by Symantec, he became its Director of Development.

=External links=

*[http://hsgac.senate.gov/l0pht.htm U.S. Senate Press Release: HEARINGS ANNOUNCED ON COMPUTER SECURITY FAILURES IN GOVERNMENT]