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GET THIS NEWS & MOREON THE WEB @ WWW.PINGZINE.COMCOMODO CRYPTOGRAPHY EXPERTTO DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECH AT4TH ITNG CONFERENCEDr. Colin Walter’s speech will focus on how solutions to sidechannel attacks are ineffective in real-world implementation.Comodo, a leading provider of Identity and Trust AssuranceManagement Solutions, is pleased to announce that Dr.Colin Walter, Head of Cryptography at Comodo’s Digital TrustResearch Lab, will present the opening key note address at the4th International Conference on Information Technology: NewGenerations (ITNG), 2- 4 April at the Orleans’ Hotel, Las Vegas,Nevada (www.itng.info).Dr. Walter’s speech, Counter Intelligence against SideChannel Attacks, focuses on inadequacies in existing countermeasures to side channel attacks and emphasizes the needfor extreme care and expertise when designing hardwarefor containing secret cryptographic keys. In the fi eld ofcryptography, side channel attacks are the exploitation ofweaknesses in physical devices used to deploy cryptographicsystems allowing the attacker to decrypt sensitive data, such asprivate keys. For example, minute variations in timing, power,and electromagnetic radiation can be used to reconstruct thesecret keys used by a smartcard or cryptographic token whenperforming authentication.The speech will show how “conventional wisdom” in themathematical world about the security of counter measuressuch as data whitening, longer key lengths, and key blindingcan be insuffi cient when deployed onto real-world hardware.Dr. Colin Walter is the Head of Cryptography at ComodoCA and Chairman of Peripherals Working Group - TrustedComputing Group and Co-chair - Cryptographic Hardware andEmbedded Systems. He has achieved internationalrecognition in the design of hardware andalgorithms for the implementation of RSAcryptography. A senior member of the IEEE,Colin is most well-known to the internationalcommunity for his long term researchinto Montgomery modularmultiplication. Aselection ofhis papers areavailable on theComodo websiteat http://www.comodo.com/research/crypto/publications.htmlFull conferencedetails and anitinerary can befound at the ITNGwebsite (http://www.itng.info)HOSTINGCON 2007 KICKS OFFPLANNING IN CHICAGOBy Derek VaughanTechPad Agency (www.techpadagency.com)HostingCon 2007, the premier event for web hosting servicesprofessionals, will be held from July 23 – 25 at Navy Pier inChicago, Illinois.The HostingCon Advisory Board recently gathered inChicago to discuss this year’s HostingCon agenda, and tostrategize on how to add the most value for both attendees andexhibitors. The advisory board is composed of the organizersof HostingCon - Interjuncture, representatives from two of theHostingCon Platinum Sponsors – Microsoft and FastServers.Net., hosting industry luminary - Isabel Wang, and web hostingadvertising agency and publisher – TechPad Agency.The mood was optimistic and upbeat – with the participantsoften clamoring to get their ideas out and their points across.While the exact details of the discussions are confi dential, I canreport (as a HostingCon Advisory Board member myself) thatthe Theme and Tracks for this year’s HostingCon are:Theme – The Future of Hosted ServicesThe Tracks – Marketing, Technology, Growth, and LeadersI hope to see all of you at this year’s HostingCon event. Theorganizers are putting a huge amount of effort into ensuring thatHostingCon 2007 will help your business grow, give you greatideas to put into use throughout the coming year, and put youin contact with the best and brightest in the hosted servicesindustry.Here are some comments gathered from some of the otherHostingCon Advisers and a popular speaker from last year’sevent.”We’re very excited about HostingCon 2007. Navy Pier isan excellent venue... The exhibit hall, conference rooms andkeynote room are all wonderful!We’re looking forward to putting on an excellent conferenceprogram this year, covering extremely relevant and timelytopics. We’ll have some really good keynotes and panels thisyear, too. There will be a lot of great networking opportunitiesthis year, including the opening night reception and a reallygreat barbecue with fi reworks on Wednesday night.If you register for HostingCon 2007 and book a room at theW Hotel or the Sheraton by May 1st, you’ll get entered into adrawing to win some great prizes like free hotel stays and freeconference registrations.” – George A. Roberts IV, Presidentand CEO, Interjuncture Corp.”The direction of HostingCon 2007 is very exciting for us.Not only have we had a great opportunity to provide feedbackto the convention - the overall location and returning attendeesmake this an exciting opportunity for us to reconnect withfriends, vendors, and potential new clients. During the recentHostingCon Advisory Board meeting we had a great opportunityto mingle with today’s Hosting Industry Leaders and exchange