ABSTRACT:

We will discuss different attacks on the DNS system and their mitigation. Including a new devastating attack that could easily paralyzed parts of the Internet.

BIO:

B.A.in EE, Technion, M.Sc and Ph.D. in CS, UCLA 1983 and 1985. Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell-Labs 1985-88. Faculty of CS in Tel-Aviv University 1988-present. In 2001 co-founded Riverhead Networks, developed the DDoS Guard enabling clean pipes mitigation of Distributed Denial of Service attacks on the Internet. Worked with tier one providers such as AT&T to start and design clean pipes managed service. Riverhead was acquired by Cisco in 2004, 2004-2009 Director of Technology in Cisco. Head of the Blavatnik School of Computer Science Tel-Aviv University 2014-16.

Hosted by Professor Eli Gafni

Location: Via Zoom Webinar