Seminar Secure Internet Protocols

Corresponding entry in Aachen Campus, Bonn University.

Lecture

Prof. Dr. Joachim von zur Gathen, Konstantin Ziegler

Time & Place

Monday, 16³⁰-18⁰⁰ , b-it 2.1
First meeting (organizational): Monday, 20 April 2009

Announcement: On 22 June, the seminar takes place in the b-it cafeteria.

If you are interested in the seminar, please write an email to Konstantin Ziegler containing the keyword "Seminar Secure Internet Protocols" in the subject.

Allocation

2 SWS, 4 credits

Media Informatics, Computer and Communication Technology.
University of Bonn - Computer Science, A.
University of Bonn - Mathematics.

Credit Requirements

Meet with the tutor two weeks before the date of your presentation.
A further mandatory meeting may be scheduled.
Give your presentation.
Submit a report in pdf-format on the day of your presentation.
Attend all but at most two sessions.

This seminar discusses various topics from applied and theoretical computer security. Possible areas cover security on the internet, electronic elections, encryption standards, stream ciphers, and hash functions. If you are particularly interested in a certain subject you are invited to propose it.

Schedule

4 May 2009: no session
11 May 2009: Paul Heckmann, The SSH protocoll
- Literature:
  - Dan Barrett, Richard Silverman, & Robert Byrnes: SSH: The Secure Shell The Definitive Guide, Chapter Protocols.
18 May 2009: Wolfgang van Laack, Security of bluetooth
- Literature:
  - Morrow, "Bluetooth: Operation and Use", Chapter 9, ISBN 0-07-138779-X.
  - Christian Gehrmann, "Bluetooth Security White Paper" (pdf)
25 May 2009: Michael Stratman, Security flaws of the WEP protocol
Literature
- Fluhrer, Mantin, Shamir, "Weaknesses in the Key Scheduling Algorithm of RC4" . (pdf)
- Stubblefield, Ioannidis, Rubin, "Using the Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir Attack to Break WEP" . (pdf)
1 June 2009: no session
8 June 2009: Diana, Identity based cryptography
- Literature:
  - Baek, Newmarch, Safavi-Naini, Susilo, "A Survey of Identity-Based Cryptography" (pdf).
  - Boneh, Katz, "Improved Efficiency for CCA-Secure Cryptosystems Built Using Identity-Based Encryption" . (pdf)
  - Canetti, Halevi, Katz, "Chosen-Ciphertext Security from Identity-Based Encryption" . (pdf)
15 June 2009: Michel Kangro, Email spam filtering
22 June 2009: Percin Percinel, Security aspects of online banking
29 June 2009: Thomas Barabosch, Conficker
06 July 2009: Stefan Wagner, MD5 and the hash crisis
- Literature:
  - The SHA-3 Zoo, website
  - Alexander Sotirov, Marc Stevens, Jacob Appelbaum, Arjen Lenstra, David Molnar, Dag Arne Osvik, Benne de Weger, MD5 considered harmful today, website
13 July 2009: Mohammad Abdallah, Intrusion detection
- Literature:
  - Stallings, "Cryptography and Network Security", Chapter 18. website with student resources
  - Honeynet Project, website
  - SNORT, website
20 July 2009: Mohamed Souiai, Rootkits
fun to read: Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg, Pocket.