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BZM XNT BQZBJ SGD BNCD? Can you crack the code?
Paul Ducklin
Head of Technology, Asia Pacific, Sophos
BZM XNT BQZBJ SGD BNCD?
Can you crack the code?
Come to this talk for a fascinating live demonstration of code-breaking through the ages.
We won't just talk about how codes and ciphers get broken, or how they fail, we'll actually carry out the cracks live. From the ancient Spartans and Julius Caesar, through the ciphers of Blaise de Vigenere and Thomas Jefferson (a cryptographer more famous as the third President of the USA), right to modern cryptosystems such as WEP and SSL.
Being interesting and entertaining is only a secondary goal of this talk. The primary goal is to convince you, by actions rather than by words (and without mentioning any products, honestly!), of two things: that encryption is worth doing, and that it is worth doing well.
 | Paul Ducklin's Biography Paul Ducklin is a computer scientist with a passionate focus on security. He has been with Sophos since 1995, and is currently Head of Technology, Asia Pacific. Ducklin (or you can call him "Duck", since it is shorter and easier to say) is a regular and popular presenter at AusCERT and Questnet conferences. In 2009 he received the inaugural AusCERT Director's Award for Individual Excellence in Information Security, something he doesn't mention much, except on-line, in press releases (photographs on request) and whenever he's asked to write a biography for a seminar or conference. |
