Ross Anderson, Why Cryptosystems Fail
Matt Curtin, Snake Oil Warning Signs: Encryption Software to Avoid
Find the 2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey on the Internet and read it.
(5 points) (Project Track Only) Choose TWO
project topics you are potentially interested in.
For each of
these topics prepare a list of 10 most relevant references arranged
in the logical top-down order starting from the most broad general
picture, and ending with the detailed view of the problem to be
solved.
If possible each list should include at least one
instance of each of the following types of references: book chapter,
journal article, conference article, white paper, web site, ECE 646
project report from previous years, etc.
Please use a format of
references recommended by the IEEE LaTeX
Guide for the Preparation of Papers for IEEE Transactions and
Journals. Here are links to the Microsoft
Word Template and Guide and to the LaTeX template for Unix
or Windows.
Please, submit printouts of your two lists. If you already work
in a group your lists have to be proportional in length to the
number of group members.
(5 points) (All Tracks) Review the contents
of the entire course web page, and choose or propose AT LEAST ONE
area of the web site you would like to contribute to.
The
examples of pages you can design from scratch or significantly
redesign include:
companies.htm
Update
the list of companies working in the area of network and computer
security, with a special focus on cryptography. Determine which of
these companies have their main offices or local branches in the
near vicinity of GMU (Northern Virginia, Maryland, D.C.). Try to
find out which of the companies limit their employment to U.S.
citizens and permanent residents only.
Hint: If you choose to
work on this page, please contact the instructor about the CD with
the Computer Security Products Buyers Guide.
courses.htm
Update
this page with up-to-date links to web pages of cryptography
courses taught at other universities in U.S. and abroad. Arrange
your list by country and a state.
conferences.htm
Try to find on the web the
best lists of crypto and security conferences (e.g., IACR list, UCL
list, etc.). Make sure that these lists are frequently updated.
Create a web page that directs you to the best lists.
libraries.htm
Enhance
the comprehensive list of open-source cryptographic libraries.
dictionaries.htm
Add
your mother tongue or any other language you know very well to the
English-French-Polish Cryptographic Dictionary already available on
the web.
standards.htm
Update
the existing list of cryptographic and security standards, grouped
by a type of a standard and/or standardization body.
theses.htm
Update
the thesis.html webpage with the links to MS and PhD theses in the
area of cryptography and network security that are available on the
web.
resources.htm
Update
the site with Web Resources. You can suggest new categories and
delete any old ones.
Please feel free to suggest and design any other cryptography-related web page that would be of interest to you and other students.
For Sep. 12 please submit a paper with your name, e-mail and which pages you want to update or newly create. From this I will compile a list of groups who then work on the updated or new pages together. The contribution must be proportional to the size of the group.
Submission of the updated pages is due Sept 26. Submit them via e-mail to cshu@gmu.edu using ECE646-HW1 as the subject and please name your file pagename_your_GMU_username.html (e.g. resources_psmith.html). Please submit your designs in the plain HTML format, with a white background. We will include them in the resource section at a later time.