Project topics for CS 6111
Below are some project topics, to be done in groups of size 2. You can search online and find a paper related to these topics to present in class. We will have a 10-15 minute presentation by each group in our last 2 classes. Additionally, you need to write a 5 page paper (11 font size) summarizing your project topic. This should contain motivation for the problem, design of the solution and proof of security. Please email me the paper for approval before you start working on it.
The papers below are suggestions, you can choose anything you like. Also I have chosen more classic papers since newer papers tend to need much more background.
Email me with the team members and paper name by 25th midnight.
PAPERS:
1. Attacks on real world protocols, for example padding oracle attack, heartbleed attack etc.
2. Practical Key Exchange protocols : see this, this 3. Fully homomorphic encryption: see this.
4. Identity based encryption/ functional encryption: see this, notes from here.
5. Searchable symmetric encryption: see this blog and references therein.
6. Network security protocols in practice: SSL. Design and attacks.
7. Privacy in social networks: does anonymity help? See this, this and follow-ups.
8. Side channel attacks: see this, this, and follow-ups.
9. Constrained PRFs and applications, see this and follow-ups.
10. Blockchains: principle and attacks. See this and follow-ups.
11. Passwords: Real world attacks. Do strong passwords achieve anything?
12. Implementing any of the schemes we saw in class (or related to it).
13. Studying voting protocols (see here for a reference) 14. Denial of service attacks, see this and follow-ups.