This is the page for FRISC 2007. The page for
FRISC 2008 is at
http://www.usafa.edu/df/dfcs/accr/FRISC.cfm.
The Front Range Information Security Conference (FRISC) is intended to be a meeting in the front range for presentation and discussion of new ideas in the area of computer security. The objective is to establish a community of researchers in the area and establish a forum for exploring collaborations in research and education. The conference is open to all students and researchers in the area.
Abstract: A common misconception, especially in academia, is that security flaws involve abstruse mathematical weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms. While it is possible to have weak cryptographic algorithms, the world does not need insecure cryptographic systems in order to design, build, and deploy insecure network protocols. This talk discusses example mistakes people have made when designing or implementing network protocols, and offers some simple suggestions that would make networks a lot more secure.
Dr. Radia Perlman from Sun Microsystems has graciously accepted our invitation to be our keynote presenter. Dr. Perlman is a Sun Fellow at Sun Microsystems, working on network and security protocols. She invented many of the basic algorithms that make today's network infrastructure robust and scalable. Her current research interests include assured delete, making large networks robust against Byzantine failures, and replacing bridges/switch with technology which is upwardly compatible, but more robust, flexible, and scalable. She is author of "Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols", and coauthor of "Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World", which are widely used both as textbooks in universities and for engineers to learn the field. She holds over 80 patents, a PhD in computer science from MIT, and an honorary doctorate from KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. She recently was given a lifetime achievement award by Usenix, and named SVIPLA (Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association) Inventor of the year.
Friday, October 12th in Room 253, Sturm Hall at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. To facilitate planning, register by Ocober 3. Directions to the University are here. Sturm Hall is at 2000 E. Asbury St., Denver, CO 80208, the SE intersection of Ashbury and Race (right of the green arrow at the bottom left corner in this image ). Visitor parking is at the SW corner of Ashbury and Race. Parking passes will be given out when you register on Oct 12.
Attendance of FRISC will be free for everyone. However, in order to facilitate our planning, you must register by September 28.
FRISC is supported by The Colorado Research Institute for Security and Privacy under NSF grant No. DUE--0416969. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed at this conference are those of the respective speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.
