The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

Gene Spafford - CERIAS

Students: Spring 2026, unless noted otherwise, sessions will be virtual on Zoom.

Miscellaneous Things

Sep 20, 1996

Abstract

Today's seminar is about the on-going series of SYN-flood attacks being made against various Internet hosts. Some background may be found on the WWW via the Washington Post

Time permitting, Spaf will discuss some of his summer experiences touring various military sites as part of his participation in the
IDA DSSG program.


About the Speaker

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Dr. Eugene Spafford is a Distinguished Professor with an appointment in Computer Science at Purdue University, where he has served on the faculty since 1987. He is also a professor of Philosophy (courtesy), a professor of Communication (courtesy), a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (courtesy), a professor of Nuclear Engineering (courtesy), and a Professor of Political Science (courtesy). He serves on several advisory and editorial boards. Spafford's current research interests are primarily in information security, computer crime investigation, and information ethics. He is generally recognized as one of the senior leaders in the field of computing.

Spaf (as he is known to his friends, colleagues, and students) is the founder and Executive Director Emeritus of the Purdue CERIAS (Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security). He was the founder and director of the (superseded) COAST Laboratory.


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