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From: toni@usenix.org (Toni Veglia) Subject: 6th USENIX UNIX Security Symposium - Call-for-Papers Message-ID: <DEI0Mp.4L7@usenix.org> Reply-To: toni@usenix.org (Toni Veglia) Organization: USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 19:25:37 GMT Lines: 218 Xref: paperboy.osf.org comp.org.usenix:3623 comp.org.uniforum:20 comp.org.sug:940 comp.unix.admin:33851 comp.unix.large:1699 comp.org.decus:6147 comp.security.unix:19702
Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers 6th USENIX UNIX Security Symposium Focusing on Applications of Cryptography July 22-25, 1996 Fairmont Hotel San Jose, California Sponsored by the USENIX Association, the UNIX and Advanced Computing Systems Professional and Technical Association Co-sponsored by UniForum (pending) In cooperation with: The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), and IFIP WG 11.4 Important Dates Dates for Refereed Paper Submissions Extended abstracts due: Mar 19, 1996 Program Committee decisions made: Apr 15, 1996 Camera-ready final papers due: June 10, 1996 Registration Materials Available: End April 1996 Program Committee Program Chair: Greg Rose, Sterling Software. Fred Avolio, Trusted Information Systems, Inc. Steve Bellovin, AT&T Bell Laboratories Brent Chapman, Great Circle Associates Diane Coe, Mitre Ed DeHart, CERT Dan Geer, Open Market Inc. Peter Gutmann, University of Auckland Kent Landfield, Sterling Software Clifford Neuman, Information Sciences Institute Avi Rubin, Bellcore Eugene Spafford, COAST Laboratory, Purdue University Ken van Wyk, Defense Information Systems Agency Karen Worstell, The Boeing Company Readers: Matt Bishop, U.C. Davis; Phil Karn, Qualcomm Overview The goal of this symposium is to bring together security and cryptography practitioners, researchers, system administrators, systems programmers, and others with an interest in applying cryptography, network and computer security, and especially the area where these overlap. The focus on applications of cryptography is intended to attract papers in the fields of electronic commerce and information processing, as well as security. Please note that papers about new cryptographic algorithms are not solicited; however new applications are. This will be a four day single track symposium with tutorials, refereed and technical presentations, and panel discussions. Tutorials will take place the first two days followed by two days of technical sessions. Tutorials July 22-23 Tutorials for both technical staff and managers will provide immediately useful, practical information on topics such as local and network security precautions, what cryptography can and cannot do, security mechanisms and policies, firewalls and monitoring systems. Technical Sessions July 24-25 In addition to the keynote presentation, the technical program includes refereed papers and invited talks. There may be panel sessions. There will be Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and Works-in- Progress Reports on two evenings. You are invited to make suggestions to the program committee via email <security@usenix.org>. Papers that have been formally reviewed and accepted will be presented during the symposium and published in the symposium proceedings. Proceedings of the symposium will be published by USENIX and will be provided free to technical session attendees; additional copies will be available for purchase from USENIX. Symposium Topics Presentations are being solicited in areas including but not limited to: *Anonymous transactions *Applications of cryptographic techniques *Attacks against secure networks/machines *Cryptanalysis and codebreaking as attacks *Cryptographic tools *Electronic commerce security *Firewalls and firewall toolkits *Legislative and legal issues *Case studies *Computer misuse and anomaly detection *File and File system security *Network security *Security and system management *Security in heterogeneous environments *Security incident investigation and response *Security tools *User/system authentication *Penetration testing *Malicious code analysis Note that this symposium is not about new codes or ciphers, or cryptanalysis for its own sake. How to Submit a Refereed Paper Submissions must be received by Mar 19, 1996. Authors are encouraged to submit an extended abstract which discusses key ideas and demonstrates the structure of the finished paper. Extended abstracts should be 3-5 pages long (about 1500-2500 words), not counting references and figures. The body of the extended abstract should be in complete paragraphs. The object of an extended abstract is to convince the reviewers that a good paper and presentation will result. Full papers can be submitted if they are complete in advance of the date. Full papers should be 8 to 15 typeset pages. Authors will be notified of acceptance on April 15, 1996. All submissions will be judged on originality, relevance, and correctness. Each accepted submission will be assigned a member of the program committee to act as its shepherd through the preparation of the final paper. The assigned member will act as a conduit for feedback from the committee to the authors. Camera-ready final papers are due June 10, 1996. Please accompany each submission by a cover letter stating the paper title and authors along with the name of the person who will act as the contact to the program committee. Please include a surface mail address, daytime and evening phone number, and, if available, an email address and fax number for the contact person. If you would like to receive detailed guidelines for submission and examples of extended abstracts, you may send email to: securityauthors@usenix.org or telephone the USENIX Association office at +1 510 528 8649. The UNIX Security Symposium, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to another conference or publication and that submitted papers not be previously or subsequently published elsewhere. Papers accompanied by "non-disclosure agreement" forms are not acceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Where To Submit Please send one copy of an extended abstract or a full paper to the program committee via each of two, for reliability, of the following methods. All submissions will be acknowledged. o Preferred Method: email (Postscript or ASCII) to: securitypapers@usenix.org o Alternate Method: postal delivery to Security Symposium USENIX 2560 Ninth St., Ste. #215 Berkeley CA 94710 U.S.A. Phone: +1 510 528 8649 o Fax: +1 510 548 5738 Registration Materials Materials containing all details of the technical and tutorial programs, registration fees and forms, and hotel information will be available at the end of April 1996. If you wish to receive the registration materials, please contact USENIX at: USENIX Conference Office 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613 Lake Forest, CA USA 92630 +1 714 588 8649; Fax: +1 714 588 9706 email: conference@usenix.org Information can also be found under the USENIX Association WWW page URL: http://www.usenix.org