Call for Papers

SCOPE:

The first workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec) is a one-day event held in conjunction with ICNP 2005. NPSec focuses on two general areas. The first focus is on the development and analysis of secure or hardened protocols for the operation (establishment and maintenance) of network infrastructure, including such targets as secure multidomain, ad-hoc, sensor or overlay networks, or other related target areas. This can include new protocols, enhancements to existing protocols, protocol analysis, and new attacks on existing protocols. The second focus is on employing such secure network protocols to create or enhance network applications. Examples include collaborative firewalls, incentive strategies for multiparty networks, and deployment strategies to enable secure applications.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

• secure or hardened protocols for operation of networks including (but not limited to):
  - internetworking, e.g., BGP, DNS
  - MANETs
  - LANs and WLANs
  - cellular data networks
  - p2p and other overlay networks
  - federated trust systems
  - sensor networks
  
• vulnerability analysis of existing protocols and applications (both theoretical and case studies), including novel attacks
• key distribution
• collaborative intrusion detection and response, such as collaborative firewalling
• incentive systems for multiparty networks, such as for p2p and MANET routing
• protocol configuration and deployment strategies enabling secure applications, e.g., e-commerce

GENERAL CHAIR:

Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

George Kesidis, Pennsylvania State University
Nicholas Weaver, International Computer Science Institute

PUBLICITY CHAIR:

James Minseok Kwon, Rochester Institute of Technology

WEB CHAIR:

Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Marco Ajmone-Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Ehab Al-Shaer, DePaul University

David Brumley, Carnegie Mellon University

Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University

Joseph Evans, U.S. National Science Foundation

Lixin Gao, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Carl A. Gunter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

George Kesidis, Pennsylvania State University

Edward Knightly, Rice University

Iordanis Koutsopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece

Carl Landwehr, University of Maryland

Douglas Maughan, Department of Homeland Security

Patrick McDaniel, Pennsylvania State University

Jelena Mirkovic, University of Delaware

Peng Ning, North Carolina State University

Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University

Phil Porras, SRI

Saswati Sarkar, University of Pennsylvania

Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, University of California at Berkeley

Nina Taft, Intel Research

Nicholas Weaver, International Computer Science Institute

Felix Wu, University of California at Davis

Jun Xu, Georgia Institute of Technology

Bulent Yener, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Submissions must be in electronic form, as Postscript or PDF documents. Papers can be up to 6 two-column pages, and can convey work-in-progress that is not completely mature but shows promise. Proceedings will be available in printed form and on IEEExplore.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Web site: http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/npsec

E-mail: npsec AT cs.purdue.edu

Last update: Sunday March 31, 2005
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