Dear colleagues,
I am happy to announce the second talk of the NetSec Lecture Series [1]
that is organized by the GI Netsec working group [2]. On May 19th, 5pm
(CEST), Jens Hiller from RWTH Aachen will tell a story of
experimentation and centralization: Tracking the deployment of TLS 1.3
on the Web.
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May 19, 5pm (CEST), Jens Hiller (RWTH Aachen)
Join via Zoom:
https://tu-berlin.zoom.us/j/63223549564?pwd=SUdRSjcvVzJJeVhielM0UE5pNGhlQT09
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**Tracking the deployment of TLS 1.3 on the Web: A story of
experimentation and centralization**
*Abstract:* Transport Layer Security is the most important security
protocol on the Web. Before the standardization of its newest version
TLS 1.3 in August 2018, the protocol was redesigned over four years in a
yet unprecedented design process that involved many cryptographers and
key industry stakeholders. Based on the combination of active Internet
scans, and passive measurements in large networks and on Android
devices, we will look at how large stakeholders experimented with the
protocol in the Internet well before its standardization. Their
experiments uncovered incompatibilities that influenced the ongoing
standardization process. Also, we will analyze the uptake of this
mission-critical security protocol after its standardization. In
contrast to TLS 1.2, where adoption took more than five years and was
prompted by severe attacks on previous versions, TLS 1.3 is deployed
surprisingly speedily. The design process thus provides valuable
information for future protocol design and deployment.
*CV:* Jens Hiller is Researcher and PhD Student at the Chair of
Communication and Distributed Systems (COMSYS) at RWTH Aachen
University. His research interests revolve around today's prominent
secure communication protocols and security and privacy for the Internet
of Things. He also spent two summer research stays at the International
Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkely analyzing the security of
the Web's Internet Public Key Infrastructure.
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Dates in the NetSec Lecture Series
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*April 21st (English):* Dr. Robin Sommer, Corelight - "Transition To
Practice, They Say: How Two Decades of Security Research Ultimately
Spawned a Silicon Valley Startup"
*May 19th (English):* Jens Hiller, RWTH Aachen - "Tracking the
deployment of TLS 1.3 on the Web: A story of experimentation and
centralization"
*June 15th (English):* Prof. Dr. Andreas Peter, Universität Oldenburg -
"DEEPCASE: Semi-Supervised Contextual Analysis of Security Events"
*July (German):* Panel "Right to Encryption"
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Best,
The steering committee of the NetSec working group
[1]
https://fg-netsec.gi.de/veranstaltung/netsec-lecture-series-tracking-the-de…
<https://fg-netsec.gi.de/veranstaltung/netsec-lecture-series-tracking-the-de…>
[2] https://fg-netsec.gi.de/
