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Presentation

The TORSEC group performs research in the fields of computer and network security. It is established within the Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica of the Politecnico di Torino. The group's activity is mainly concerned with - but not restricted to - the following topics:

• computer security: trusted computing base, data integrity, data privacy, user authentication and authorization

• network security, both for LANs and WANs (or - if you prefer - Intranets and Extranets/Internet):
  • user authentication and authorization, channel and message security (non-repudiation, integrity, privacy) for network services such as disk and printer sharing, remote login, file transfer, client-server database access, e-mail, and WWW

  • network shielding by means of firewalls, virtual private networks over public untrusted networks, and IPv6 security technology

• electronic commerce: security of commercial transactions over the Internet, electronic payments

• system security: security planning, security audit, intrusion detection and tracing

News

(2005, Sep 9) New paper presented at the IEEE SecureComm-2005 conference by Diana Berbecaru. It's about experimental performance evaluation of SSL over FirDA channels to secure typical personal area network (PAN) environments, such as a network of PDAs. Look in the publications section.

(2005, Feb 14) Giorgio Calandriello has joined TORSEC as a Ph.D. student; his research work will be concentrated in the area of wireless security, so contributing to the TORSEC excellence in this very important sector. Welcome Giorgio!

(2004, Dec 22) New paper presented at the IEEE ISSPIT-2004 conference by Diana Berbecaru. It's about an improved way to use OCSP, particularly suited to a mobile and/or wireless environment. Look in the publications section.

(2004, Sep 21) due to its increasing involvement in policy-based security, TORSEC has joined DMTF

(2004, Feb 1) Start of the activity of the POSITIF project, funded by the EU under contract. TORSEC is the coordinator of this project that aims to define methodologies and tools for policy-based security in a networked environment. Contact us for more information, or look at the POSITIF web site that will be regularly updated with news about the project.

(2004, Jan 1) Massimiliano Pala, the chief architect of OpenCA has joined TORSEC as a Ph.D. student