UNIX SECURITY WORKSHOP

[Ellie Young]

Call for Papers:  USENIX UNIX Security Workshop

Marriott Hotel, Portland, OR, August 27-28, 1990

     The Second UNIX Security Workshop is to be held in Portland, Oregon, on
Monday and Tuesday, August 27 and 28, 1990.  Matt Bishop will again be
chairing this workshop.  It will bring together researchers in computer
security dealing with UNIX and system administrators trying to use UNIX in
environments where protection and security are of vital importance.  It is
intended to provide an environment where researchers can discuss their latest
results, where researchers and practitioners can discuss the applicability of
those results to practical problems, and where system administrators can share
their unique solutions and techniques for dealing with problems.  The topics
covered by this workshop include both theoretical topics and everyday
problems.  We expect each participant to present unique attributes of his/her
environment and/or research and contribute a short (five minute) discussion
(and paper) detailing some result or solution from their environment or work.

Some topics to be considered include:

  o modeling the UNIX operating system theoretically
  o password security (password file integrity, enforcing choice of a safe
      password, spotting and handling crackers)
  o network security (problems arising from logins over an unprotected
      Ethernet, containing a break-in to one machine in a networked
      environment)
  o security in a distributed system or environment
  o file system security (auditing packages, security in an NFS environment)
  o computer worms, viruses, and other phenomena
  o new designs to obtain C-level (or better) certification
  o making existing UNIX systems more secure, and locating and fixing UNIX
      security problems
  o any other problem or contribution that participants make.

Workshop Format

     This gathering will follow a ``workshop'' format rather than a ``paper
presentation'' format.  Please submit a one or two page summary describing a
problem and, if you have one, a solution or if not, a possible approach or
approaches which looked promising but failed (or which you have not yet
tried).  Also, be sure to include with your submission a set of five (or so)
topics that you'd like to hear about.  It is possible that some participants
will not present their papers at this workshop.

     The workshop chairman will collate the papers to schedule sessions which
have appropriate audiences.  It is anticipated that some sessions will include
all participants though others may require breaking into smaller groups.  Send
your submissions to the address below by May 22, 1990.

For further information, contact:

Matt Bishop
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Bradley Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH  03755

(603) 646-3267
decvax!dartvax!Matt.Bishop
Matt.Bishop at dartmouth.edu