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NETWORKING TUTORIAL PROGRAM
[Friday:  F1 - F2 - F3 - F4    Saturday: S1 - S2 - S3 - S4]
 

S1   Secure Communications over Open Networks
Marcus J. Ranum, Network Flight Recorder, Inc.

Who should attend: Programmers, network managers, and individuals who need to develop or deploy secure communication systems. Some experience with TCP/IP and UNIX is assumed.

People increasingly rely on electronic communications as a daily part of their private lives. Corporations rely on Internet services as essential tools for their business. At the same time, many of the tools being used lack even basic protections against snooping and tampering. To make matters more interesting, governments are becoming concerned that civilian use of secure communications may threaten national security, and are pushing for various degrees of regulation.

This tutorial is intended to teach the experienced network and system manager how to build and deploy a wide range of secure communication tools. Tools are discussed within the overall context of communication security and appropriateness. Topics will range from the highly paranoid, including basic spycraft and covert channels, to the practical, such as building your own VPN router or operating PGP. We will cover actual configurations, set-up procedures, and command lines for software packages on BSD UNIX. Debugging and verifying operation will also be discussed.

Topics include:
 
-   The communications security environment
-   Covert operations: introductory spycraft
-   Absolute security: one-time-pads
-   DES encryption
-   Mail security: PGP
-   Hiding communications: steganography
-   Virtual Private Networks: using SSH and IPSEC
-   Privacy: anonymous remailers, anonymizer servers, and crowds
-   Up and coming technologies
-   The regulatory environment
-   Where to get crypto-munitions
 


 Marcus J. Ranum is CEO and founder of Network Flight Recorder, Inc. He is the principal author of several major Internet firewall products, including the DEC SEAL, the TIS Gauntlet, and the TIS Internet Firewall Toolkit. Marcus has been managing UNIX systems and network security for over 13 years, including configuring and managing whitehouse.gov. Marcus is a frequent lecturer and conference speaker on computer security topics.
 


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