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WHILE THE NAME Elias Levy is well-- known in computer-- security circles, denizens of the online underground might be more familiar with his "Aleph One" handle. Levy hasn't created any revolutionary product, nor has he pioneered any earth-shattering technology, nor has he been the driver behind some amazing IPO story. So what has this 26-year-old from Venezuela done to earn a place on our list? For the past four years, he's guided the single most powerful source of security information in the world today: the BugTraq mailing list. Through BugTraq, Levy has helped educate hundreds of thousands of system administrators, network engineers and developers across the planet, while miraculously remaining free from vendor and political bias. Not bad for 26.
Apart from BugTraq, Levy has contributed greatly to awareness about system vulnerabilities. For example, his article "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit," which appeared in Issue 49 of the underground online magazine...