Half-day tutorial on Monday, April 10, 1995
9:30 am- 1:00 pm
Room: 47/053
The explosive popularity of the World Wide Web has led to calls for greater privacy and security in this new environment, as well as intense efforts aimed at making the Web the basis for a "digital marketplace." Numerous projects are underway, adding new cryptographic capabilities to Web applications, defining extensions to the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and attempting to integrate these features into the greater network security context. When combined with the frequent announcements of institutions promising to "bring security to cyberspace" or to "clear the way for commerce on the net", this makes for a pretty confusing scene.
This tutorial will provide an overview of current features and development activity pertaining to WWW security. After reviewing currently available methods for achieving access control, authentication and privacy on the Web, we will turn our attention towards recent proposals aimed at enhancing Web security and enabling new forms of commercial transactions. These new schemes will be covered at a level of detail dependent upon audience interest and familiarity, with demonstrations provided when applicable.
Anyone interested in these topics is welcome to attend. Familiarity with the basics of cryptography as well as fundamental system and network security will be helpful, though not essential.
