New DARPA initiative: Safe Documents (SafeDocs) ... dealing with potentially compromised docs

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Ross Stapleton-Gray <ross.stapletongray () gmail com>
> Date: August 17, 2018 at 10:23:29 GMT+9
> To: DAVID FARBER <dave () farber net>
> Subject: New DARPA initiative: Safe Documents (SafeDocs) ... dealing with potentially compromised docs
>
> [and yet again, preface with my "Ridiculous that DARPA gives such little advance notice..." rant]
>
> tl;dr: "DARPA is interested in research that will radically improve software's ability to safely reject invalid and 
> maliciously crafted input data, while preserving essential functionality of legacy electronic data formats. It is 
> anticipated that research will build on an existing base of knowledge of electronic document, message, and streaming 
> formats and the nature of security vulnerabilities associated with these formats. 
> SafeDocs aims to restore trust in electronic documents and messages, mitigating one of the root causes of the 
> Internet insecurity epidemic, which is exploitation of software's input-handling weaknesses via complex, maliciously 
> crafted data inputs..."
>
> The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O) is sponsoring a Proposers 
> Day, to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the anticipated SafeDocs Broad Agency 
> Announcement (BAA).  If released, the BAA will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at 
> http://www.fedbizopps.gov.  This Proposers Day will be held at the unclassified level.  There is no fee to attend.  
> This meeting is not open to the general public nor members of the media. 
>  
> The Proposers Day will be held on August 24, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET) at the DARPA Conference Center, 
> located at 675 N. Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203.  Check-in begins at 1:00 PM (ET).  Advance 
> registration is required to attend in person.  Attendance at the SafeDocs Proposers Day is voluntary and is not 
> required to propose to subsequent solicitations (if any) on this topic.  The Proposers Day does not constitute a 
> formal solicitation for proposals.  This notification is issued solely for information and program planning purposes, 
> and is not a Request for Information (RFI).  Since this is not an RFI, no submissions against this notice will be 
> accepted by DARPA.  DARPA will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred to participate in this Proposers Day.  
> Interested parties to this notice are cautioned that nothing herein obligates DARPA to issue a solicitation. 
>
> Ross
>
> Ross Stapleton-Gray, Ph.D.
> Stapleton-Gray & Associates, Inc.
> Albany, CA



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