From: Cynthia Deno <cynthia@usenix.ORG>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:59:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Practical Solutions at USENIX SECURITY Symposium
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The 6th USENIX Security Symposium - Focusing on Applications of Cryptography -
is coming to San Jose.  You may want to attend.

July 22-July 25, 1996
6TH USENIX SECURITY SYMPOSIUM
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California
Sponsored by the USENIX Association
Co-sponsored by UniForum in cooperation with the Computer Emergency Response
Team 

There will be refereed papers, panel presentations, invited talks,
Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, and an informal Vendor Display.  The symposium is
offering two days of tutorials.  Tutorial speakers include Ed DeHard, CERT; Dan
Geer, Open Market; Jon Rochlis, BBN Planet; Marcus Ranum, V-One; Matt Bishop, UC
Davis; and Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Systems.  

Practical solutions to UNIX security will be dissected, debated, and refined.
New research on public key issues, electronic commerce, safe working areas, and
secure communication.  There will also be sessions on the latest version of
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), Internet Firewalls, and the C2Net Privacy model.
Tutorial topics include:  Implementing Cryptography; World Wide Web and Internet
Security; Comparison of UNIX Security Tools; and Security for Software
Developers.

UniForum has organized a track especially for managers.  It offers a
comprehensive overview of computer security as it relates to open systems from a
manager's perspective.  The UniForum panel sessions cover:  Security and
Privacy; Electronic Commerce; Cryptography Infrastructure; and Cryptography and
the Law.

Admission is free and open to the public for the small, table-top Vendor Display
taking place Wednesday July 24, Noon - 2:00 pm and 3:00 - 7:00 pm in the
Fairmont Hotel.  Call Cynthia Deno 408 335 9445.

Complete program and registration information is available on the USENIX home
page on the Web at http://www. usenix.orgemail or email to info@usenix.org
(state "send security conference" in body of your message).


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