This article reviews risks and vulnerabilities in interdomain routing, and best practices that can have near-term benefits for routing security. It includes examples of routing failures and common attacks on routers, and coutermeasures to reduce router
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Small Business Owners
This bulletin summarizes the information that was published in NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7621, Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals, by Richard Kissel. The publication presents three major areas that small businesses should address
Simulation Study of Body Surface RF Propagation for UWB Wearable Medical Sensors
Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) is a favorable technology for wearable medical sensors that monitor vital signs and other health-related information. Efficient transceiver design requires in-depth understanding of the propagation media which in this case is the
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) 2009 Annual Report
CSTL is entrusted with building, sustaining, and maximizing the chemical measurement system that is criticial to chemical technological innovation, economic competitiveness and new job growth for the benefit of the Nation.
The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): SCAP Version 1.0
This document defines the technical specification for Version 1.0 of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). SCAP consists of a suite of specifications for standardizing the format and nomenclature by which security software communicates
Trends in Multimedia Communications Over Mobile Networks
Increasing demand for high quality multimedia services has been a driving factor in the technological evolution of high bandwidth wireless/mobile communications systems and standards. The most challenging aspect is the support of higher quality video
Herding, Second Preimage, and Trojan Message Attacks Beyond Merkle-Damgaard
In this paper we present new attack techniques to analyze the structure of hash functions that are not based on the classical Merkle-Damgaard construction. We extend the herding attack to concatenated hashes, and to certain hash functions that process each
Improving security information gathering with IEEE 802.21 to optimize handover performance
In mobile networks, authentication is a time-consuming operation that needs to be shortened in order to provide seamless handovers. Furthermore, the time required for negotiating security parameters and obtaining security policies increases the importance
Protecting Information Systems with Firewalls: Revised Guidelines on Firewall Technologies and Policies
Firewalls are essential devices or programs that help organizations protect their networks and systems, and help home users protect their computers, from hostile attacks, break-ins, viruses, and malicious software. Firewalls control the flow of network
Artificial Intelligence Tools for Failure Event Data Management and Probability Risk Analysis for Failure Prevention
Over the last thirty years, much research has been done on the development of failure event databases and fatigue modeling of crack growth in pressure vessels and piping. According to a USNRC report (NUREG/CR6674, 2000), results of a fatigue crack growth
Random vs. Combinatorial Methods for Discrete Event Simulation of a Grid Computer Network
This study compared random and t-way combinatorial inputs of a network simulator, to determine if these two approaches produce significantly different deadlock detection for varying network configurations. Modeling deadlock detection is important for
Fabrication with Flip-Chip Lamination , Mariona Coll, DR Hines, CA Richter, CA Hacker, MRSEC surface physics colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, 10-09.
Simplified Analysis of Matcher Performance and Fusion
Provides some first-order techniques for analyzing matcher performance. A novel argument is used to derive the power-law as a kind of baseline for analyzing matcher performance. The power-law is then applied to two situations: a) CMC curves, and b) fusion
Mobile Forensic Reference Materials: a Methodology and Reification
This report concerns the theoretical and practical issues with automatically populating mobile devices with reference test data for use as reference materials in validation of forensic tools. It describes an application and data set developed to populate
An Analysis of CVSS Version 2 Vulnerability Scoring
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is a specification that is used to measure the relative severity of software vulnerabilities. CVSS version 2, which was finalized in June 2007, was designed to address several deficiencies discovered during
Adhesion, Copper Voiding, and Debonding Kinetics of Copper/Dielectric Diffusion Barrier Films
Effects of the chemistry of electroplated copper films on stress-induced voiding and adhesion between the films and a SiN barrier layer are reported. The void density as observed by scanning electron microscopy decreased markedly with increasing Cu purity
Correlated Photon Pair Generation by Dual-Element PPKTP Waveguide over GHz repetition rate
A compact scheme for high-speed frequency doubling and down-conversion on a single dual-element PPKTP waveguide is investigated. Optimal temperature selection for the entire waveguide is achieved and coincidence is observed. A pulsed pump scheme is used to
This paper describes some practical administrative issues and challenges in the deployment of DNSSEC - an IETF specified suite of security measures for securing the Domain Name System (DNS). The issues covered include: (a) Choice of Cryptographic