Timestamping: Why should I care?
Timestamping documents is the basis for many forms of trust and evidence. As such, it is a building block for contracts and agreements, and dispute resolution.
The dangers of free cloud-based storage
A few days ago, Google Docs locked out many users from their documents, claiming they violated their Terms of Service, despite being innocuous. Here is why this will continue to ...
HomeCA: Scalable Secure IoT Network Integration
Technical report KN-2017-DISY-01, Distributed Systems Laboratory, University of Konstanz, 2017-03-12:
The sheer number of devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) makes efficient device integration …
Efficient Privacy Preserving Multicast DNS Service Discovery
Workshop on Privacy-Preserving Cyberspace Safety and Security (CSS), 2014-08-23:
In today’s local networks a significant amount of traffic is caused by Multicast DNS Service …
Adding Privacy to Multicast DNS Service Discovery
Proceedings of IEEE TrustCom 2014 (IEEE EFINS 2014 workshop), 2014-09-24:
Multicast DNS Service Discovery (mDNS-SD), made fashionable through Apple’s Bonjour, is a prevalent technique allowing …
SIEGE: Service-Independent Enterprise-GradE protection against password scans
Technical report KN-2014-DiSy-001, University of Konstanz, 2014-01-17:
Security is one of the main challenges today, complicated significantly by the heterogeneous and open …
Polybius: Secure Web Single-Sign-On for Legacy Applications
4. DFN-Forum Kommunikationstechnologien, 2011-06-20:
Web-based interfaces to applications in all domains of university life are surging. Given the diverse …
Establishing Trust in Distributed Storage Providers
Proceedings of Third IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P 2003), 2003-09-01:
Corporate IT as well as individuals show increasing interest in reliable outsourcing of storage infrastructure. …