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Slaps Music Sharing App, Maximillian L. Parelius
Slaps Music Sharing App, Maximillian L. Parelius
Computer Engineering
Slaps is a fun way to share new songs with friends. Users can simply select songs from their personal library of music, select a short sample of the song to share, and then select which friends to share it with. If a user loves a song that he/she receives, they can link directly to iTunes through the app to download the full song.
Panorama: Multi-Path Ssl Authentication Using Peer Network Perspectives, William P. Harris
Panorama: Multi-Path Ssl Authentication Using Peer Network Perspectives, William P. Harris
Computer Engineering
SSL currently uses certificates signed by Certificate Authorities (CAs) to authenticate connections. e.g. Google will pay a CA to sign a certificate for them, so that they can prove that they're not someone pretending to be Google. Unfortunately, this system has had multiple problems, and many believe that an alternative needs to be found.
One of the ideas for alternatives is using multiple "network perspectives" to authenticate a server. The idea behind this is that, though playing man-in-the-middle (MITM) with one connection is easy, it should be difficult for an adversary to do so with many connections, especially if they …