Sunday, June 6, 1999 Full Day Tutorial Session (9:00 am - 5:00 pm): S2 UNIX Security Tools: Use and Comparison Matt Bishop, University of California, Davis Who should attend: UNIX System, Network, and Security Administrators who need to better understand the various security tools currently available. The goal of this course is to assist UNIX security administrators and other interested users in locating and using publicly available programs to improve the security of their system. This course will compare the uses and drawbacks of several different programs, with an emphasis on when to use which. Topics include:
Matt Bishop (S2 Instructor) began working on problems of security in computer systems and UNIX systems in particular at Purdue where he earned his doctorate. He subsequently worked at the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science at NASA and taught courses in operating systems, computer security and software engineering at Dartmouth College. Matt chaired the first USENIX Security Workshop and plays an active role in identifying and thwarting security threats. Matt has been on the faculty at UC Davis since 1993. |
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