Using the Internet Pseudonymously III: It's Alive!
Ian Goldberg - Using the Internet Pseudonymously III: It's Alive.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Ian Goldberg - Using the Internet Pseudonymously III: It's Alive! The Freedom Network from Zero-Knowledge Systems allows users to maintain their privacy while on the Internet (WWW, email, IRC, etc.) by giving them cryptographically-protected pseudonyms (``nyms'').
Vulnerability Analysis
Not even Zero-Knowledge knows the identities behind the nyms (hence the name). Freedom has been up, running, and available for download since December.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
In this session, I will talk about the privacy-enhancing technology behind Freedom, what we've learned in deploying it to the world, and how various other groups have reacted. Ian Goldberg is Chief Scientist and Head Cypherpunk of Zero-Knowledge Systems, a Canadian company producing Internet privacy software for consumers.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
He is simultaneously completing his PhD from UC Berkeley in the field of Computer Security and Privacy. Ian has in the past been known to find security holes in Netscape's SSL implementation, to break cryptographic algorithms used in GSM cell phones, and to throw a lot of parties.
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