--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:11:04 -0500 From: ho@earth.hpc.org (Hilarie Orman) To: ipsec@tis.com Subject: DIMACS Workshop on Cryptographic Protocol Design and Verification, Sept. 3-5, 1997 Sender: owner-ipsec@ex.tis.com Precedence: bulk Here's a more complete announcement for the workshop. Hilarie ============================================================================= DIMACS Workshop on Formal Verification of Security Protocols Sept. 3-5, 1997 Organizers: Hilarie Orman, DARPA and Catherine Meadows, Naval Research Laboratory As we come to rely more and more upon computer networks to perform vital functions, the need for cryptographic protocols that can enforce a variety of security properties has become more and more important. Thus it is no surprise that in recent years a number of new protocols have been proposed for such applications as electronic credit card transactions, Web browsing, and so forth. Since it is notoriously difficult to design cryptographic protocols correctly, this increased reliance on them to provide security has become cause for some concern. This is especially the case since many of the new protocols are extremely complex. In answer to these needs, research has been intensifying in the application of formal methods to cryptographic protocol verification. Recently this work has matured enough so that it is starting to see application to real-life protocols. The goal of this workshop is to facilitate this process by bringing together those were are involved in the design and standardization of cryptographic protocols, and those who are developing and using formal methods techniques for the verification of such protocols. To this end we plan to alternate papers with panels soliciting new paths for research. We are particularly interested in paper and panel proposals addressing new protocols with respect to their formal and informal analysis. Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to - Progress in belief logics - Use of theorem provers and model checkers in verifying crypto protocols - Interaction between protocols and cryptographic modes of operation - Methods for unifying documentation and formal, verifiable specification - Methods for incorporating formal methods into crypto protocol design - Verification of cryptographic API systems - Formal definition of correctness of a cryptographic protocol - Arithmetic capability required for proofs of security for number theoretic systems - Formal definitions of cryptographic protocol requirements - Design methodologies - Emerging needs and new uses for cryptographic protocols - Multiparty protocols, in particular design and verification methods We encourage attendees to bring tools for demonstration. Information about availability of facilities for demonstration will be posted later. To submit a paper to the workshop, submit a one or two page abstract, in Postscript or ASCII to both organizers at the email addresses given below by June 16, 1997. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of abstracts by July 1. Full papers will be due by August 1. Copies of papers will be distributed at the workshop. We also plan to publish a proceedings. Participation in the workshop is *not* limited to those giving presentations. If you would like to attend the workshop, a registration form is available at http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Cryptographic/reg_form.html. Information on accommodations and travel arrangements is available at http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/general/accommodations.html and http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/general/travel.html. Information on the workshop in general is at http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Cryptographic. Organizers Hilarie Orman Catherine Meadows DARPA ITO Naval Research Laboratory 3701 N. Fairfax Drive Code 5543 Arlington VA 22203-1714 Washington, DC 20375 phone: (703)696-2234 phone: (202)-767-3490 email: horman@darpa.mil email:meadows@itd.nrl.navy.mil --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Never attribute to conspiracy what can be explained by stupidity." -- Jerry Pournelle The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/rah/