NSS 2008 - http://nss.cqu.edu.au
2008 IFIP International Workshop on Network and System Security
18-19 October 2008, Shanghai, China
In conjunction with IFIP International Conference on Network and
Parallel Computing (NPC 2008)
http://grid.sjtu.edu.cn/npc2008/

Call For Papers
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While the attack systems have become more easy-to-use, sophisticated,
and powerful, interest has greatly increased in the field of building
more effective, intelligent, adaptive, active and high performance
defense systems which are distributed and networked. We will focus our
program on issues related to Network and System Security, such as
authentication, access control, availability, integrity, privacy,
confidentiality, dependability and sustainability of computer networks
and systems. The aim of this workshop is to provide a leading edge forum
to foster interaction between researchers and developers with the
network and system security communities, and to give attendees an
opportunity to interact with experts in academia, industry and
governments. NSS 2008 will feature new results, challenging research
questions, novel approaches and innovative directions in network and
system security.

Contributions are solicited in all areas of network and system security
research and applications. Topics include, but not limited to:
* Active Defense Systems
* Adaptive Defense Systems
* Benchmark, Analysis and Evaluation of Security Systems
* Distributed Access Control and Trust Management
* Distributed Attack Systems and Mechanisms
* Distributed Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems 
* Denial-of-Service Attacks and Countermeasures
* High Performance Security Systems
* Identity Management and Authentication
* Implementation, Deployment and Management of Security Systems
* Intelligent Defense Systems
* Internet and Network Forensics
* Large-scale Attacks and Defense
* RFID Security and Privacy
* Security Architectures in Distributed Network Systems 
* Security for Critical Infrastructures
* Security for P2P systems and Grid Systems
* Security in E-Commerce
* Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks 
* Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code
* Security Simulation and Tools
* Security Theory and Tools in Network Systems
* Viruses, Worms, and Other Malicious Code
* World Wide Web Security


Paper Submission Guidelines
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To submit your paper, please go to http://nss.cqu.edu.au and follow the
link "Submit Your Paper". 
Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have
been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a
conference with proceedings. Papers are invited reporting original
results and experience. Papers must be clearly presented in English,
must not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures, with PDF,
PostScript, or MS Word format. Papers will be selected based on their
originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of
presentation. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment
that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will
register and attend the workshop to present the work. 
The publications of this workshop will be IEEE Computer Society
Proceedings (EI, ISTP, and INSPEC indexed). Selected best papers will be
published in some international journal special issues.

Important Dates
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Submission deadline:             April 21, 2008
Author notification:             May 26, 2008
Camera-ready version:            June 16, 2008
Workshop date:                   October 18-19, 2008

Workshop Co-chairs
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Prof Wanlei Zhou
School of Engineering and Information Technology
Deakin University, Australia
wanlei@deakin.edu.au

Dr Yang Xiang
School of Management and Information Systems
Faculty of Business and Informatics
Central Queensland University, Australia
y.xiang@cqu.edu.au

Program Committee
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Adnan Agbaria, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel
Gail-Joon Ahn, The U. of North Carolina, USA
Shawkat Ali, Central Queensland U., Australia
Kostas Anagnostakis, Inst. for Info. Res., Singapore
Emmanuel Bresson, DCSSI Crypto Lab, France
Pino Caballero-Gil, U. of La Laguna, Spain
Rocky K. C. Chang, Hong Kong Polytechnic U., HK
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung U., Taiwan
Zesheng Chen, Florida International U., USA
Stelvio Cimato, U. of Milan, Italy
Andrew Clark,  Queensland U. of Tech., Australia
Miguel Pupo Correia, U. of Lisboa, Portugal
Robert H. Deng, Singapore Management U.
Roberto Di Pietro, U. degli Studi di Roma Tre, Italy
Ernest Foo, Queensland U. of Technology, Australia
Lucas Hui, The U. of Hong Kong, HK
Min-Shiang Hwang, Nat'l Chung Hsing U., Taiwan
Hai Jin, Huazhong U. of Sci. and Tech.,  China
Kwangjo Kim, Info. and Communications U., Korea
Chi-Sung Laih, National Cheng Kung U., Taiwan
Chin-Laung Lei, National Taiwan U., Taiwan
Zhongwen Li, Xiamen U., China
Zhuowei Li, Microsoft, USA
Keqiu Li, Dalian U. of Tech., China
Masahiro Mambo, U. of Tsukuba, Japan
Yi Pan, Georgia State U., USA
Wenyu Qu, Dalian Maritime U., China
Rodrigo Roman, U. of Malaga, Spain
Srinivas Sampalli, Dalhousie U., Canada
Haoyu Song, Bell Labs, USA
Chengzheng Sun, Nanyang Tech. U., Singapore
Huaxiong Wang,  Nanyang Tech. U., Singapore
Haining Wang, The C. of William and Mary, USA
Hua Wang, U. of Southern Queensland, Australia
Yan Wang, Macquarie U., Australia
Kui Wu, U. of Victoria, Canada
Laurence T. Yang,  St. Francis Xavier U., Canada
Geng Yang, Nanjing U. of Posts and Tel., China
Hongbo Zhou, Slippery Rock U., USA
Wen Tao Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Cliff Zou, U. of Central Florida, USA

Sponsors and Organizers
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International Federation for Information Processing 
Central Queensland University
Deakin University
IFIP NPC 2008