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Prof. dr. Dan WallachDan Wallach

Dan Wallach is an associate professor in the systems group at Rice University's Department of Computer Science. He manages the Rice's computer security lab, and is the associate director of ACCURATE. Dan's research interests include mobile code security, peer-to-peer networking security, wireless security, and the security of electronic voting systems.

Dan Wallach's research has been extensively published. He regularly blogs on Freedom to Tinker. You can also see some of his talks and Internet Privacy FAQ.

Dan's affiliation with K.U. Leuven goes back to 1997 when, as a graduate student at Princeton, he was invited to teach a short course based on his seminal work on Java security.


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Hash-based data structures for secure logging and other applications

This talk considers two different kinds of data structures built primarily from hash functions. Almost any data structure from the world of functional programming can be turned into a hash data structure, where a pointer includes the hash of the thing it points to. This has enabled all sorts of clever applications, where data can be stored on an untrusted server and the hash structures will allow any tampering to be discovered. In particular, we will discuss efficient techniques for tamper-evident logging and for persistent authenticated dictionaries.

Partners:

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Affiliated organizations:

OWASP NESSoS STREWS
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