IP: FCC Plans Network Security Tutorial

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

FCC Plans Network Security Tutorial

Summary:

On April 29, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the FCC's Office of
Engineering and Technology will host a tutorial on the security of
wireless networks. Doctor David Wagner, assistant professor in the
Computer Science Division at the University of California at
Berkeley, will discuss security issues associated with 802.11
wireless networks, presenting the history, outlining risks and
challenges for wireless security, and presenting recent research
results and future directions. He also may survey material on the
security of the cellphone infrastructure, covering fraud, privacy and
other issues, if time permits. Wagner was a co-designer of one of the
Advanced Encryption Standard candidates, and he remains active in the
areas of systems security, cryptography and privacy.

Full Article:

On April 29, 2002, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., in the Commission
meeting room, the Office of Engineering and Technology is hosting a
tutorial on the security of wireless networks. Wireless and cellular
networks are used by tens of millions of people around the world, but
their security is in question. In this technical talk, Doctor David
Wagner, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Division at the
University of California at Berkeley, will discuss security issues
associated with 802.11 wireless networks, presenting the history,
outlining risks and challenges for wireless security, and presenting
recent research results and future directions. If time permits, he
may also briefly survey material on the security of the cellphone
infrastructure, covering fraud, privacy, and other issues.

Dr. Wagner has extensive experience in computer security and
cryptography, and has published two books and over 50 technical
publications. He and his Berkeley colleagues are known for
discovering a wide variety of security vulnerabilities in various
cellphone standards, 802.11 wireless networks, and other widely
deployed systems. In addition, Dr. Wagner was a co- designer of one
of the Advanced Encryption Standard candidates, and he remains active
in the areas of systems security, cryptography, and privacy. Dr.
Wagner is currently participating in the Computing Research
Association's 2002 Digital Government Fellows Program. The Computing
Research Association (CRA) is an association of more than 190 North
American academic departments of computer science, computer
engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in
industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing
research; and affiliated professional societies. CRA's mission is to
strengthen research and education in the computing fields, expand
opportunities for women and minorities, and improve public and
policymaker understanding of the importance of computing and
computing research in our society.

Those who wish to attend this tutorial will be seated on a first-come
first-serve basis. Reservations are neither accepted nor required.

For further information contact Young Carlson at 202-418-2427 or TTY
202-418-2989. Real Audio and streaming video access to the meeting
will be available at http://www.fcc.gov.


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