Matt Blaze

Dynamic Trust Management (2009)

Blaze, Matt, Kannan, Sampath, Lee, Insup, Sokolsky, Oleg, Smith, Jonathan M, Keromytis, Angelos D, ...

Trust management forms the basis for communicating policy among system elements and demands credential checking for access to all virtual private service resources--along with careful evaluation of...

1. Motivation NFS Tracing By Passive Network Monitoring (2008)

Matt Blaze

Traces of filesystem activity have proven to be useful for a wide variety of purposes, ranging from quantitative analysis of system behavior to trace-driven simulation of filesystem algorithms. Such...

AFormal Treatment of Remotely Keyed Encryption? (2008)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Moni Naor

Abstract. Remotely keyed encryption schemes (RKESs), introduced by Blaze [6], support high-bandwidth cryptographic applications (such as encrypted video conferences) in which long-lived secrets (such...

Security Protocols with Isotropic Channels (2008)

Madhukar Anand Eric, Eric Cronin, Micah Sherr, Matt Blaze, Sampath Kannan

We investigate the security properties of isotropic channels, broadcast media in which a receiver cannot reliably determine whether a message originated from any particular sender and a sender cannot...

AT&T Laboratories (2007)

Matt Blaze

We describe a simple, efficient, security primitive based on the Luby-Rackoff (Feistel) construction with small random functions. We show that recovering the internal state of the primitive is...

Cryptography Policy and the Information Economy (2007)

Matt Blaze

This paper is a high-level technical overview of the impact of cryptography on the computing and communications industries, with emphasis on the implications of the Administration's recent...

A Formal Treatment of Remotely Keyed Encryption (2007)

Exte Nd Ed, Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Moni Naor

) ? Matt Blaze, 1 Joan Feigenbaum, 1 Moni Naor 2 1 AT&T Labs -- Research 180 Park Avenue Florham Park, NJ 07932 USA fmab,jfg@research.att.com 2 Dept. Applied Math. and Computer Science Weizmann...

ACryptographic File System for Unix (2007)

Matt Blaze

Although cryptographic techniques areplaying an increasingly important role in modern computing system security,userlevel tools for encrypting file data arecumbersome and suffer from a number of...

A Formal Treatment of Remotely Keyed Encryption (2007)

Extend Ed, Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Moni Naor

) ? Matt Blaze, 1 Joan Feigenbaum, 1 Moni Naor 2 1 AT&T Labs -- Research 180 Park Avenue Florham Park, NJ 07932 USA fmab,jfg@research.att.com 2 Dept. Applied Math. and Computer Science Weizmann...

Master-Key Cryptosystems (2007)

By Matt, Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, F. T. Leighton

We initiate the study of a new class of secret-key cryptosystems, called master-key cryptosystems, in which an authorized third party possesses a "master key" that allows efficient recovery...

Cryptography Policy and the Information Economy (2007)

Matt Blaze

This paper is a high-level technical overview of the impact of cryptography on the computing and communications industries, with emphasis on the implications of the Administration's recent...

AT&T Labs-- Research (2007)

Matt Blaze

This paper describes new attacks for amplifying rights in mechanical pin tumbler locks. Given access to a single master-keyed lock and its associated change key, an procedure is given that allows...

Cryptology and Physical Security: Rights Amplification in (2007)

Matt Blaze

This paper examines mechanical lock security from the perspective of computer science and cryptology.

Keyboards and covert channels (2006)

Gaurav Shah, Andres Molina, Matt Blaze

This paper introduces JitterBugs, a class of inline interception mechanisms that covertly transmit data by perturbing the timing of input events likely to affect externally observable network...

Keyboards and covert channels (2006)

Gaurav Shah, Andres Molina, Matt Blaze

This paper introduces JitterBugs, a class of inline interception mechanisms that covertly transmit data by perturbing the timing of input events likely to affect externally observable network...

The eavesdropper’s dilemma (2005)

Eric Cronin, Micah Sherr, Matt Blaze

This paper examines the problem of surreptitious Internet interception from the eavesdropper’s point of view. We introduce the notion of ‘fidelity ” in digital eavesdropping. In particular, we...

Signaling vulnerabilities in wiretapping systems ∗ (2005)

Micah Sherr, Eric Cronin, Y Clark, Matt Blaze

Telephone wiretap and dialed number recording systems are used by law enforcement and national security agencies to collect investigative intelligence and legal evidence. In this paper, we show that...

Safecracking for the computer scientist (2004)

Matt Blaze

This document contains medium resolution photographs and should be printed in color. This paper is a general survey of safe and vault security from a computer science perspective, with emphasis on...

Toward a broader view of security protocols (2004)

Matt Blaze

Computer and network security researchers usually focus on the security of computers and networks. Although it might seem as if there is more than enough insecurity here to keep all of us fully...

Toward a broader view of security protocols (2004)

Matt Blaze

Computer and network security researchers usually focus on the security of computers and networks. Although it might seem as if there is more than enough insecurity here to keep all of us fully...

TAPI: Transactions for Accessing Public Infrastructure (2003)

Matt Blaze, John Ioannidis, Sotiris Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis, Pekka Nik, Vassilis Prevelakis

Abstract. This paper describes TAPI, an offline scheme intended for general Internet-based micropayments. TAPI, which extends and combines concepts from the KeyNote Microchecks and OTPCoins...

Cryptology and physical security: Rights amplification in master-keyed mechanical locks (2003)

Matt Blaze

This paper examines mechanical lock security from the perspective of computer science and cryptology. We focus on new and practical attacks for amplifying rights in mechanical pin tumbler locks....

Cryptology and physical security: Rights amplification in master-keyed mechanical locks (2003)

Matt Blaze

This paper examines mechanical lock security from the perspective of computer science and cryptology. We focus on new and practical attacks for amplifying rights in mechanical pin tumbler locks....

Cryptology and Physical Security: Rights Amplification in (2003)

Matt Blaze

This paper describes new attacks for amplifying rights in mechanical pin tumbler locks. Given access to a single master-keyed lock and its associated change key, a procedure is given that allows...

Joint Work (2001)

Steven M. Bellovin, Vern Paxson, Matt Blaze, Bill Cheswick, ...

Graphs from simulations done by Mahajan. Based on ideas from informal DDoS research group (Steven M.

Offline Micropayments without Trusted Hardware (2001)

Matt Blaze, John Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis

We introduce a new micropayment scheme, suitable for certain kinds of transactions, that requires neither online transactions nor trusted hardware for either the payer or payee. Each payer is...

Cryptographic Modes of Operation (2001)

For The Internet, Steven M. Bellovin, Matt Blaze

Introduction Modes that may be appropriate and secure in one application or environment sometimes fail badly in others. This is especially true of stream modes where, e.g., re-use of the same segment...

KeyNote: Trust Management for Public-Key (1999)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Angelos D. Keromytis

Abstract. This paper discusses the rationale for designing a simple trust-management system for public-key infrastructures, called KeyNote. The motivating principles are expressiveness, simplicity,...

Trust Management and Network Layer Security Protocols (1999)

Matt Blaze, John Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis

Introduction Network-layer security among mutually trusting hosts is a relatively straightforward problem to solve. The standard protocol technique, employed in IPSEC [KA98], involves...

Trust Management and Network Layer Security Protocols (1999)

Matt Blaze, John Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis

Introduction Network-layer security among mutually trusting hosts is a relatively straightforward problem to solve. The standard protocol technique, employed in IPSEC [KA98], involves...

The role of trust management in distributed systems security (1999)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, John Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis

Abstract. Existing authorization mechanisms fail to provide powerful and robust tools for handling security at the scale necessary for today’s Internet. These mechanisms are coming under increasing...

Minimal Key Lengths for Symmetric Ciphers to Provide Adequate Commercial Security. A Report by an Ad Hoc Group of Cryptographers and Computer Scientists (1998)

Blaze, Matt, Diffie, Whitfield, Rivest, Ronald L., Schneier, Bruce, Shimomura, Tsutomu

Encryption plays an essential role in protecting the privacy of electronic information against threats from a variety of potential attackers. In so doing, modern cryptography employs a combination of...

KeyNote: Trust Management for Public-Key Infrastructures (1998)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Angelos Keromytis

. This paper discusses the rationale for designing a simple trust-management system for public-key infrastructures, called KeyNote. The motivating principles are expressiveness, simplicity, and...

Atomic Proxy Cryptography (1998)

Matt Blaze, Martin Strauss

This paper introduces atomic proxy cryptography, in which an atomic proxy function, in conjunction with a public proxy key, converts ciphertext (messages in a public key encryption scheme or...

Compliance Checking in the PolicyMaker Trust Management System (1998)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Martin Strauss

. Emerging electronic commerce services that use public-key cryptography on a mass-market scale require sophisticated mechanisms for managing trust. For example, any service that receives a signed...

Compliance Checking in the PolicyMaker Trust Management System (1998)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Martin Strauss

. Emerging electronic commerce services that use public-key cryptography on a mass-market scale require sophisticated mechanisms for managing trust. For example, any service that receives a signed...

Atomic Proxy Cryptography (1998)

Matt Blaze, Martin Strauss

This paper introduces atomic proxy cryptography, in which an atomic proxy function, in conjunction with a public proxy key, converts ciphertext (messages in a public key encryption scheme or...

KeyNote: Trust Management for Public-Key Infrastructures (1998)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Angelos D. Keromytis

. This paper discusses the rationale for designing a simple trust-management system for public-key infrastructures, called KeyNote. The motivating principles are expressiveness, simplicity, and...

Compliance Checking in the PolicyMaker Trust Management System (1998)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Martin Strauss

Emerging electronic commerce services that use public-key cryptography on a mass-market scale require sophisticated mechanisms for managing trust. For example, any service that receives a signed...

Compliance Checking in the PolicyMaker Trust Management System (1998)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Martin Strauss

Abstract. Emerging electronic commerce services that use public-key cryptography on a mass-market scale require sophisticated mechanisms for managing trust. For example, any service that receives a...

Divertible protocols and atomic proxy cryptography (1998)

Matt Blaze, Gerrit Bleumer, Martin Strauss

Abstract. First, we introduce the notion of divertibility as a protocol property as opposed to the existing notion as a language property (see Okamoto, Ohta [OO90]). We give a definition of protocol...

High-bandwidth encryption with low-bandwidth smartcards (1996)

Matt Blaze

This paper describes a simple protocol, the Remotely Keyed Encryption Protocol (RKEP), that enables a secure, but bandwidth-limited, cryptographic smartcard to function as a highbandwidth secret-key...

Transparent internet e-mail security (1996)

Raph Levien, Lewis Mccarthy, Matt Blaze

This paper describes the design and prototype implementation of a comprehensive system for securing Internet e-mail transparently, so that the only user intervention required is the initial setup and...

Oblivious key escrow (1996)

Matt Blaze

We propose a simple scheme, based on secret-sharing over large-scale networks, for assuring recoverability of sensitive archived data (e.g., cryptographic keys). In our model anyone can request a...

Managing Trust in Medical Information Systems (1996)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Jack Lacy

The development of large-scale health information networks necessitates the use of cryptography to guarantee privacy, authenticity, and integrity of personal medical records. This use of cryptography...

Oblivious Key Escrow (1996)

Matt Blaze

We propose a simple scheme, based on secret-sharing over large-scale networks, for assuring recoverability of sensitive archived data (e.g., cryptographic keys). In our model anyone can request a...

Efficient Symmetric-Key Ciphers Based on an NP-Complete Subproblem (1996)

Matt Blaze

) Matt Blaze AT&T Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ 07974 mab@research.att.com PRELIMINARY DRAFT - October 3, 1996 - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE OR CITE Abstract We describe a simple, efficient, security...

Transparent Internet E-mail Security (1996)

Raph Levien, Lewis Mccarthy, Matt Blaze

This paper describes the design and prototype implementation of a comprehensive system for securing Internet e-mail transparently, so that the only user intervention required is the initial setup and...

Decentralized Trust Management (1996)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Jack Lacy

We identify the trust management problem as a distinct and important component of security in network services. Aspects of the trust management problem include formulating security policies and...

Master-Key Cryptosystems (1996)

By Matt, Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, F. T. Leighton

We initiate the study of a new class of secret-key cryptosystems, called master-key cryptosystems, in which an authorized third party possesses a "master key" that allows efficient recovery...

Decentralized Trust Management (1996)

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, Jack Lacy

We identify the trust management problem as a distinct and important component of security in network services. Aspects of the trust management problem include formulating security policies and...

The MacGuffin Block Cipher Algorithm (1995)

Matt Blaze, Bruce Schneier

. This paper introduces MacGuffin, a 64 bit "codebook" block cipher. Many of its characteristics (block size, application domain, performance and implementation structure) are similar to...

Session-Layer Encryption (1995)

Matt Blaze, Steven M. Bellovin

We describe mechanisms for practical session-layer security for Internet-based terminal sessions. We discuss the tradeoffs of providing security at various layers of abstractions, from the network to...

The MacGuffin Block Cipher Algorithm (1995)

Matt Blaze, Bruce Schneier

. This paper introduces MacGuffin, a 64 bit "codebook" block cipher. Many of its characteristics (block size, application domain, performance and implementation structure) are similar to...

Key Management in an Encrypting File System (1994)

Matt Blaze

As distributed computing systems grow in size, complexity and variety of application, the problem of protecting sensitive data from unauthorized disclosure and tampering becomes increasingly...

Key Management in an Encrypting File System (1994)

Matt Blaze

As distributed computing systems grow in size, complexity and variety of application, the problem of protecting sensitive data from unauthorized disclosure and tampering becomes increasingly...

Protocol Failure in the Escrowed Encryption Standard (1994)

Matt Blaze

The Escrowed Encryption Standard (EES) defines a US Government family of cryptographic processors, popularly known as "Clipper" chips, intended to protect unclassified government and...

A Cryptographic File System for Unix (1993)

Matt Blaze

Although cryptographic techniques areplaying an increasingly important role in modern computing system security,userlevel tools for encrypting file data arecumbersome and suffer from a number of...

The Architecture and Implementation of Network-Layer Security Under Unix (1993)

John Ioannidis, Matt Blaze

swIPe is a network-layer security protocol for the IP protocol suite. This paper presents the architecture, design philosophy, and performance of an implementation of swIPe under several variants of...

The Role of Trust Management in Distributed Systems Security

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, John Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis

. Existing authorization mechanisms fail to provide powerful and robust tools for handling security at the scale necessary for today's Internet. These mechanisms are coming under increasing...

The Role of Trust Management in Distributed Systems Security

Matt Blaze, Joan Feigenbaum, John Ioannidis, Angelos D. Keromytis

Existing authorization mechanisms fail to provide powerful and robust tools for handling security at the scale necessary for today's Internet. These mechanisms are coming under increasing strain...