Vortrag
Internet Censorship and the Tor network
Dienstag 07.02.2012, 18:30 - 20:00
Vortragender
Jacob Appelbaum
Internet censorship is a real problem faced by many people all over the planet. This is a lecture about who censors and why they censor. Specifically, the talk covers how governments and corporations attempt to censor access to the Tor network and what protocol fingerprints are actually used as protocol distinguishers. This talk will cover some real world examples that the Tor network faces and it will discuss deployed solutions and provide a forum for discussion of possible future developments.
About the Speaker:
Jacob Appelbaum is a computer security researcher currently employed by
the University of Washington and The Tor Project. He is a founding
member of the hacklab Noisebridge in San Francisco where he indulges his
interests in magnetics, cryptography and consensus based governance. He
was a driving force in the team behind the creation of the Cold Boot
Attacks; winning both the Pwnie for Most Innovative Research award and
the Usenix Security best student paper award in 2008.
Jacob Appelbaum is a computer security researcher currently employed by
the University of Washington and The Tor Project. He is a founding
member of the hacklab Noisebridge in San Francisco where he indulges his
interests in magnetics, cryptography and consensus based governance. He
was a driving force in the team behind the creation of the Cold Boot
Attacks; winning both the Pwnie for Most Innovative Research award and
the Usenix Security best student paper award in 2008.
Veranstalter
Free Secure Network Systems Group & Lehrstuhl für Netzarchitekturen und Netzdienste
Ansprechpartner
Christian Grothoff