Towards quantifying the (in)security of networked systems

Proceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 420-427

  Li, Xiaohu ^a   Paul Parker, T ^a   Xu, Shouhuai ^a  

^a One UTSA Circle

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

NETWORKED SYSTEMS; SECURITY ASSURANCE; STATE-OF-THE-ART;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 34548757194     PISSN: 1550445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AINA.2007.138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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