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Research Seminar - September 15, 2000
Seminar Announcement
AbstractIt is increasingly reported that what is next required for the anticipated explosion in e-Commerce, is not greater bandwidth nor increased security, but a far wider acceptance of digital certificates and the necessary public-key infrastructure (PKI) to support their validation and management. On the bold assumption that end-to-end Internet security is a solved problem, this seminar will introduce some of the fundamental components of digital certificates and of a successful PKI - the underlying network protocols, the format and interpretation of the digital certificates themselves, certification authorities, and enhanced applications. The seminar will conclude with a discussion on recent public-key infrastructure developments in Australia, including new services provided by the Australian Tax-Office and Australia Post.
BiographyChris McDonald completed his BSc in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at The University of Western Australia in 1984 and immediately proceeded to postgraduate studies. His PhD, awarded in 1989, addressed the formal specification of command language interpreters, and in particular the application of functional programming techniques to command interpreter design and use. Chris was appointed as a Lecturer in 1988 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1994. Chris has recently taught in the areas of computer networking, operating systems, computer architecture, distributed systems programming and, together with these areas, his research interests include network simulation, the Linda parallel programming model, programming language implementation, the LINUX operating system, and golf. |
