The 4th International Conference

on Cryptology and Network Security
(CANS 2005, December 14-16)

Background    Over the last decade we have seen a true explosion of conferences and workshops on cryptography. The state of the art of cryptography is significantly better than it was 20-30 years ago. The AES standard was developed by academia instead of in secrecy, we have proven secure cryptographic schemes such as RSA-OAEP, proven secure modes of operation and proven secure protocols. Unfortunately, we see that:

• there is an imbalance between the large investment in research on cryptography and its deployment. Today the only wide spread Internet applications of cryptography are SSL and SSH. At the same time,
• other disciplines such as computer security and network security have not made so much progress. We see that many network applications such as kazaa and Internet Explorer have been exploited to help in the spread of spyware. We see that operating systems are not so secure. Weekly we hear about embarrassing news related to network or computer security. Examples are the massive ID theft at the University of California Berkeley, the appearance of computer worms in cell phone networks, etc.

The main goal of this conference, is to promote research on all aspects of network security. It is also the goal to build a bridge between research on cryptography and network security. So, we welcome scientific and academic papers that focus on this multidisciplinary area.

Background The first International Workshop on Cryptology and Network Security was in Taipei, Taiwan, 2001. The second one was in San Francisco, California, USA, September 26 - 28, 2002, and the third in Miami, Florida, USA, September 24 - 26, 2003.

Proceedings This will be the first CANS with proceedings published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series by Springer Verlag, and be available at the conference.

Topics of interest:

aspects of network	network security using cryptography, e.g.
security, e.g.

Denial of Service	Anonymity and internet voting	PKI
Intrusion Detection	Broadcast and Multicast Security	Secure E-Mail
Router Security	DNS Security	Secure protocols, (SSH, SSL, ...)
Spam	Firewalls	Security of Ad Hoc Networks
Spyware	Information Hiding	Session Hijacking
Scanning	International Standards	Virtual Private Networks
WWW Security	(IP) Spoofing	Wireless Security

Papers on cryptology are welcome. Those that make a substantial link with network security will be given priority. Authors of such papers are encouraged to explain in a subsection of the introduction the link with network security. Quality papers on pure cryptology may also be accepted.

Instructions for Authors

The paper must start with a title, an abstract and keywords, but should be anonymous. It should be followed by a succinct statement appropriate for a non-specialist reader specifying the subject addressed, its background, the main achievements, and their significance to Cryptology or Network Security. Technical details directed to the specialist should then follow. Self citations to unpublished work should be avoided to maintain the anonymity. A limit of 12 singlespaced pages of 12pt type (not counting the bibliography and clearly marked appendices) is placed on all submissions. The total paper must not exceed 18 pages. Since referees are not required to read the appendices, the paper should be intelligible without them. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

Submission instructions

Abstracts that have been or will be submitted in parallel to other conferences or workshops that have proceedings are not eligible for submission. One of the authors is expected to present the paper. Authors who submit papers agree to have their papers published in the proceedings and sign the copyright form.

The extended submission receipt deadline is July 1, 2005 (7:00GMT). Guidelines for electronic submissions can be found from http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~cans05/submit/

The submission should be in US letter paper size (so not A4), and should be in Postscript or PDF with Type 1 fonts (so not Type 3 fonts). (See here).

Important dates

Extended Submission Deadline:	July 1, 2005 (7:00GMT)
Authors Informed:	August 26, 2005
Accepted final papers:	September 22, 2005

Program Committee

Co-Program Chairs: Yvo G. Desmedt (University College London, UK & Florida State University, USA), and
Huaxiong Wang (Macquarie University, Australia) hwang@ics.mq.edu.au

General Co-Chairs: YongQing Li (Fujian Normal University) yqli@fjnu.edu.cn and
Yi Mu (University of Wollongong) ymu@uow.edu.au

Yvo Desmedt
2005-06-19