Advances in Network and Distributed Systems Security : IFIP TC11 WG11.4 First Annual Working Conference on Network Security November 26-27, 2001, Leuven, Belgium

Bart De Decker

ISBN 10: 1475776659 / ISBN 13: 9781475776652

Edité par Springer US, Springer US, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The first Annual Working Conference ofWG11.4oftheInter nationalFederationforInformation Processing (IFIP),focuseson variousstate of the art concepts in the field of Network and Dis tributedSystemsSecurity. Oursocietyisrapidly evolvingand irreversibly set onacourse governedby electronicinteractions. Wehave seen thebirthofe mail in the early seventies, and are now facing new challenging applicationssuchase commerce, e government,.Themoreour societyrelies on electronicforms ofcommunication,themorethe securityofthesecommunicationnetworks isessentialforitswell functioning. Asaconsequence,researchonmethodsandtechniques toimprove network security iso fparam ount importance. ThisWorking Conference bringstogetherresearchersandprac tionersofvariousdisciplines,organisationsandcountries,todiscuss thelatestdevelopmentsinsecurity protocols, secure software engin eering,mobileagentsecurity,e commercesecurityandsecurityfor distributedcomputing. Wearealsopleasedtohaveattractedtwointernationalspeakers topresenttwo case studies,one dealing withBelgium sintentionto replacetheidentity card ofitscitizensbyanelectronicversion,and theotherdiscussingtheimplicationsofthesecuritycertificationin amultinationalcorporation. ThisWorking Conference s houldalsobeconsideredasthekick off activity ofWG11.4, the aimsof which can be summarizedas follows: topromoteresearch on technical measures forsecuringcom puternetworks, including bothhardware andsoftware based techniques. to promote dissemination of research results in the field of network security in real lifenetworks in industry, academia and administrative ins titutions. viii topromoteeducationintheapplicationofsecuritytechniques, andtopromotegeneral awarenessa boutsecurityproblems in thebroadfieldofinformationtechnology. Researchers and practioners who want to get involved in this Working Group, are kindlyrequestedtocontactthechairman. MoreinformationontheworkingsofWG11.4isavailable from the officialIFIP website:Finally,wewish toexpressour gratitudetoallthosewho have contributedtothisconference in one wayoranother. Wearegr ate fultothe internationalrefereeboard whoreviewedallthe papers andtotheauthorsandinvitedspeakers,whosecontributionswere essential to the successof the conference. We would alsoliketo thanktheparticipantswhosepresenceand interest, togetherwith thechangingimperativesofsociety,willprovea drivingforce for futureconferencestocome.

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• Titre: Advances in Network and Distributed Systems Security : IFIP TC11 WG11.4 First Annual Working Conference on Network Security November 26-27, 2001, Leuven, Belgium
• Éditeur: Springer US, Springer US
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1475776659
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781475776652
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu

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Synopsis

The more our society relies on electronic forms of communication, the more the security of these communication networks is essential for its well-functioning. As a consequence, research on methods and techniques to improve network security is extremely important.
Topics in this volume include the latest developments in:

Security protocols;

Secure software engineering;

Mobile agent security;

E-commerce security;

Security for distributed computing. £/List£ Advances in Network and Distributed Systems Security contains the proceedings of the First International Working Conference on Network Security (I-NetSec 01), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (Ifip), and held in Leuven, Belgium in November 2001.
This volume will be essential for researchers and practitioners working in this fascinating and fast-evolving field.