Title:
Introduction to Internet Security
(with Mr. Alex Chen and Dr. John Zao)
Abstract:
As the internet grows daily in it's popularity and size, the urge of
using it for sensitive information exchange and protecting it from
illegal abuses also grows in an unheeding place. Major efforts are
undergoing to deploy cryptographic technology such as packet
incryption/authentication, access control and public key infrastructure
on the internet. This seminar aims at providing an overview of modern
network security technology and an up-to-date report on development
of IP security framework. Terms like DES, Kerberos, Diffie-Helman,
MD5, RSA, IPSP, ISAKMP and Oakley will be explained. However, the
seiminar will only mention briefly about the firewall technology and
its use of cryptographic technology. The principles and use of
firewalls deserve to be discussed in a separate seminar.
Outline:
* Introduction
* Roles of network security - Threats and Attacks
* Security Services and Mechanisms (ISO7498-2)
* Symmetric or Secret-Key Cryptography and Applications -
DES, Kerberos and DCE
* IP Security and Key Management Protocols - IPSP, ISAKMP,
Oakley and their use with firewalls
* Conclusions - Where are we going from here?
Presenters:
Mr. Alex Chen and Dr. John K. Zao
Mr. Alex Chen is currently the Group Manager of System Software at
DYM, Inc. Prior to joining DYM, he was a Principal Engineer at BBN
and DEC. Mr. Chen led the Safekeyper for Public Key Infrastructure
Project and the Multimedia Communication Network System Project at the
BBN Network Security Division. He also worked on the DCE Security
(secret-key based), Time Server, and DCE Distributed File Service
projects at DEC.
Dr. John K. Zao
Advanced Networking Department
BBN Systems and Technologies
10 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 873-2438 (office)
(617) 491-8672 (home)
Email: jzao@bbn.com
Dr. John Zao is a Senior Scientist in the Advanced Networking department
at BBN Systems and Technologies. He is currently the principal
investigator of DARPA project, "Security Architecture for Global Host
Mobility", and was the protocol designer for BodyLAN, an ultra-low power
wireless network. Before joining BBN, Dr. Zao worked six years in
Canada on communication system design. From 1987 to 1990, he was a
founding partner and the Chief Technical Officer of SecurKey Systems
Inc. in Toronto where he led the development of encryption modems for
EDI transactions. Dr. Zao obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science
from Harvard University.
Date and Time:
December 7, 1996, Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Location:
Main Hall of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
(GBCCA, see directions below)
Admission Fee:
No charges for NECINA Members
$5.00 admission fee for non-members of NECINA (NECINA Membership fee is $10.00)
Directions to GBCCA:
Address: 437 Cherry Street, West Newton, MA.
. Take Route 128, then take Route 16 East Exit.
. About 2 miles, you will pass the overpass of Mass Pike. The first light
after the overpass will be Cherry Street.
. Turn left onto Cherry Street, immediately turn left to the parking lot.
GBCCA center is the 2 story brick building next to the parking lot.
Please contact Henry Teng, Director of the NECINA SIG Program,
phone: (617)392-8104,
email: henry.teng@fmr.com
for further inquiries and submissions of new seminars.