Dragan on Security

We Are Sorry to Inform You - about rejected papers of famous researchers.

Also interesting: “Once upon a time there was a little-known patent clerk in Bern who received a disappointing annual performance review in ‘05 - Annual Performance Review: Albert Einstein“.

You’ll probably be surprised when you see this.

There is interesting call for papers for an Elsevier’s special issue of Electronic Commerce Research and Applications on Social Networks and Web 2.0. You can submit your manuscripts online. Papers will be reviewed and published depending of reviewers’ decisions.

It will cover many of relevant topics related to this hot and fast evolving area. I’m particularly interested in privacy and protections issues of social networks and Web 2.0.

Important dates are:

• Optional abstracts: April 15, 2008
• Initial submission: June 15, 2008
• First round reviews: August 15, 2008
• Resubmission by: October 15, 2008
• Final acceptance: December 15, 2008

The Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone is available online - legitimately. This is a good book, and well worth downloading. I also would recommend Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier which is not free yet, but is very good and considered as bible of cryptography.

Coming soon. This is a new Operating systems I course textbook with lab exercises for GNU/Linux System Programming. More details here. I contributed a little bit.

Note: Book is in Serbian language. Original title is GNU/Linux sistemsko programiranje.

Paper Reduction of False Positive Intrusions by using Neural Nets, which I worked on with colleagues, is now available at IEEE Digital Library.

Abstract

The main idea of this paper is to propose a new solution for a Wireless Intrusion Detection Prevention System (WIDPS). The proposed WIDPS has a high degree of autonomy in tracking suspicious activity and detecting positive intrusions. Our focus was the reduction of detected false positive intrusion by implementing adaptive self-learning neural net in the system. Once it is fully developed and tested, this WIDPS would enable real-time response against threats, even to zero-day attacks.

Remark: Subscription to IEEE Digital Library required to download full paper in PDF format.

The 52nd International Belgrade Book Fair will take place on October 22 – 28, 2007, in Belgrade. The International Belgrade Book Fair will gather numerous local and foreign exhibitors. About 800 local and foreign publishers will feature their editions.

This year, at Belgrade Fair, the participants will be publishers from Italy, Canada, the USA, Greece, Japan, the UK, France, Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Iran, Switzerland, Poland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

The topic of the 52nd International Belgrade Book Fair is Dositej Obradović, on the occasion of the anniversary of his arrival to Serbia, his importance for profiling of Serbian education, as well as his importance for the Serbian/Italian cultural and literary relations.

The Guest of Honor Country of the 52nd International Belgrade Book Fair will be Italy. In addition to many programs at the Italian National Stand, the Belgrade Book Fair guests will be Claudio Magris, Fleur Jaeggy, Sergio Romano, Angela Nanetti, Pino Boero, Arnaldo Colasanti, Dante Maffia and Predrag Matvejevic.

My book “Sigurnost računarskih sistema i mreža” (English translation “Security of Computer Systems and Networks”) and published by Mikro knjiga, will be presented at Belgrade book fair.  You also can see and buy there the book “Operativni sistemi: teorija, praksa i rešeni zadaci” (in English “Operating Systems: Theory, Practice and Solved Problems”).

Here: Rare 17th Century work on Cryptography.

Title: Cryptomenytices et cryptographiae libri IX. In quibus & planissima Steganographiae à Johanne Trithemio, abbate Spanheymensi & Herbipolensi, admirandi ingenij viro, magicè & aenigmaticè olim conscriptae, enodatio traditur. Inspersis ubiquè authoris ac aliorum, non contemnendis inventis…

Author: Selenus, Gustavus [pseud. of August, Duke of Braunschweig-Luneburg]

IEEE Security and Privacy, issue July/August 2007 (Vol. 5, No. 4), has interesting article Estimating Software Vulnerabilities (subscription required).

Abstract

Any given piece of software has some number of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities at any moment, leaving the system exposed to potential attack. The author presents a method for identifying and analyzing these vulnerabilities using public data from easily accessible sources.  

Paper in ComSIS journal (see here and here).

Abstract. This paper presents preview of the new book titled “Security of Computer Systems and Networks” (original in Serbian language “Sigurnost računarskih sistema i mreža”) – textbook for University lectures, but also a book that covers majority of important areas concerning current state of security. The book is the result of lecturing experience, research in this area, and also practical experience that authors have in many fields, including but not limited to architecture and design of security products and software, network projects, consultancy, analysis of issues and problems and providing solutions to them. It is not just a textbook for students, as it is suitable for all IT professionals and also for company management including IT as well as general management for companies, organizations and government agencies that base their vital infrastructure on computer and mobile technology. It is suitable for decision makers and for people who want to get almost complete overview of the computer and network security as it is now. In some areas of computer security, such as intrusion prevention and detection systems, e-commerce, and proper network and operating system security administration, this book goes one step further, presenting some novelties in the field and suggesting new solutions for actual problems.

This is a new Operating systems course textbook. More details here. I contributed a little bit.

Note: Book is in Serbian language. Original title is UNIX arhitektura.