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| Born | March 25, 1963 |
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| Residence | Princeton, New Jersey |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | Computer Science public affairs |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology University of Washington |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward D. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Princeton Township New Jersey, Borough of Princeton New Jersey Princeton Borough New Jersey Princeton Township New Jersey this The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Lazowska and John Zahorjan |
| Known for | Secure Digital Music Initiative |
| Notable awards | EFF Pioneer Award |
Edward William Felten (born March 25, 1963) is a professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University. Secure Digital Music Initiative ( SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, composed of more than 200 IT consumer electronics security technology ISP and recording The EFF Pioneer Award is an annual Prize for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey.
Felten has done a variety of computer security research, including groundbreaking work on proof-carrying authentication and work on security related to the Java programming language, but he is perhaps best known for his paper on the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) challenge. This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering Secure Digital Music Initiative ( SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, composed of more than 200 IT consumer electronics security technology ISP and recording
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Biography
Felten attended the California Institute of Technology and graduated with a degree in Physics in 1985. The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. He worked as a staff programmer at Caltech from 1986 to 1989 on a parallel supercomputer project at Caltech. He then enrolled as a graduate student in Computer Science at the University of Washington. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University He was awarded an M.S. degree in 1991 and a Ph.D in 1993. A Master of Science ( Latin: Magister Scientiæ; abbreviated MSc, M "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. His Ph. D. thesis was on developing an automated protocol for communication between parallel processors.
In 1993, he joined the faculty of Princeton University in the Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1999 and to Professor in 2003. In 2006, he joined the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, though computer science remains his home department. The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in In 2005, he became the Director of the Center for Information and Technology Policy at Princeton. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He has served as a consultant to law firms, corporations, private foundations, and government agencies. His research involves computer security, and technology policy. [1]
He lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his family. See also Princeton Township New Jersey, Borough of Princeton New Jersey Princeton Borough New Jersey Princeton Township New Jersey this Since 2006, he has been a member of the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated In 2007 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational Computing society
US v. Microsoft
Felten was a witness for the United States government in United States v. Microsoft, where the software company was charged with committing a variety of antitrust crimes. United States v Microsoft There were many civil actions taking place in May 18 1998 During the trial, Microsoft's attorneys denied that it was possible to remove the Internet Explorer web browser from a Windows 98 equipped computer without significantly impairing the operation of Windows. Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95
Citing research he had undertaken with Christian Hicks and Peter Creath, two of his former students,[2] Felten testified that it was possible to remove Internet Explorer functionality from Windows without causing problems with the operating system. He demonstrated his team's tool in court, showing nineteen ways in which it is normally possible to access the web browser from the Windows platform that his team's tool rendered inaccessible.
Microsoft argued that Felten's changes did not truly remove Internet Explorer, but only made its functionality inaccessible to the end user by removing icons, shortcuts and the iexplore. exe executable file, and making changes to the system registry. This led to a debate as to what exactly constitutes the "web browser," since much of the core functionality of Internet Explorer is stored in shared DLLs, accessible to any program running under Windows.
Microsoft also argued that Felten's tool did not even completely remove web-browsing capability from the system, since it was still possible to access the web through other Windows executables besides iexplore. exe, such as the Windows help system.
The SDMI challenge
As part of a contest in 2000, SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) invited researchers and others to try to break the digital audio watermark technologies that they had devised. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Secure Digital Music Initiative ( SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, composed of more than 200 IT consumer electronics security technology ISP and recording Digital audio uses Digital signals for Sound reproduction. This includes analog-to-digital conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, storage Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message In a series of individual challenges, the participants were given a sample audio piece, with one of the watermarks embedded. If the participants sent back the sample with the watermark removed (and with less than an acceptable amount of signal loss, though this condition was not stated by SDMI), they would win that particular challenge.
Felten was an initial participant of the contest. He chose to opt out of confidentiality agreements that would make his team eligible for the cash prize. Despite being given very little or no information about the watermarking technologies other than the audio samples, and having only three weeks to work with them, Felten and his team managed to modify the files sufficiently that SDMI's automated judging system declared the watermark removed.
SDMI did not accept that Felten had successfully broken the watermark according to the rules of the contest, noting that there was a requirement that the files lose no sound quality. They claimed that the automated judging result was inconclusive as a submission which simply wiped all the sounds off the file would have successfully removed the watermark, but would not meet the quality requirement.
SDMI Lawsuits
Felten's team developed a scientific paper explaining the methods used by his team in defeating the SDMI watermarks. Planning to present the paper at the Fourth International Information Hiding Workshop of 2001 in Pittsburgh, Felten was threatened with legal action by SDMI,[3] the Recording Industry Association of America, and Verance Corporation, under the terms of the DMCA, on the argument that one of the technologies his team had broken was currently in use in the market. In Computer science, the principle of information hiding is the hiding of design decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change thus protecting Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA is a United States Copyright Law which implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Felten withdrew the presentation from the workshop, reading a brief statement about the threats instead. SDMI and other copyright holders denied that they had ever threatened to sue Felten. However, SDMI appears to have threatened legal action when spokesman Matthew Jan Oppenheim warned Felten in a letter that "any disclosure of information gained from participating in the Public Challenge. . . . could subject you and your research team to actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ". [4]
Felten (with help from the Electronic Frontier Foundation) sued the groups, requesting a declaratory judgement ruling that their publication of the paper would be legal. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated A declaratory judgment is a Judgment of a Court in a Civil case which declares the rights duties or obligations of each party in a Dispute. The case was dismissed for a lack of standing [5]
Felten presented his paper at the USENIX security conference in 2001. For other senses of this word see Standing (disambiguation. In the Common law, and under many Statutes standing or The USENIX Association is the Advanced Computing Technical Association Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Justice Department has offered Felten and other researchers assurances that the DMCA does not threaten their work, and stated that the legal threats against them were invalid. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department
Diebold analysis
On September 13, 2006, Felten and two graduate students were able to hack into a Diebold Election Systems (now Premier Election Solutions) voting machine. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold Election Systems Inc Their findings claimed, "Malicious software running on a single voting machine can steal votes with little if any risk of detection. The malicious software can modify all of the records, audit logs, and counters kept by the voting machine, so that even careful forensic examination of these records will find nothing amiss. "[6]
Current activities
Today, Felten is an active voice in the area of technology policy, having started the Freedom to Tinker weblog and testifying before Congress on copyright issues. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for
The 2005 Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal started when it was discovered on October 31, 2005 that Sony's XCP copy protection software on the CD Get Right With The Man by Van Zant contained hidden files that could damage the operating system, install spyware and make the user's computer vulnerable to attack when the CD was played on a Microsoft Windows-based PC. The Sony BMG CD copy prevention scandal concerns the Copy prevention measures included by Sony BMG on Compact discs in 2005 Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. XCP redirects here For other uses see XCP (disambiguation. Extended Copy Protection (XCP is a software package Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy prevention, or copy restriction, is a technology for preventing the unauthorised reproduction Van Zant is an American musical duo composed of brothers Donnie and Johnny Van Zant. Such content will be deleted Specific software is to be mentioned in this article only Sony then released a software patch to remove XCP. On November 15, 2005, it was discovered that Sony's method for removing XCP copy protection software from the computer makes it more vulnerable to attack, as it essentially installed a rootkit in the form of an Active X control used by the uninstaller, left on the user's machine and set so as to allow any web page to execute arbitrary code without any need to authenticate to the machine or request the user's permission. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A rootkit is a computer virus which consists of a program (or combination of several programs designed to take fundamental control (in Unix terms "root" ActiveX is a Component object model (COM developed by Microsoft for Windows. Authentication (from Greek αυθεντικός real or genuine from authentes author is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone as Felten and graduate student Alex Halderman, who explored the removal program, said
The consequences of the flaw are severe, it allows any Web page you visit to download, install, and run any code it likes on your computer. Any Web page can seize control of your computer; then it can do anything it likes. That's about as serious as a security flaw can get. [7]
In February 2008, Felten was involved in research into the cold boot attack. In Cryptography, a cold boot attack, platform reset attack, cold ghosting attack or iceman attack is a type of Side channel attack [8]
See also
References
- ^ Felten, Edward. Secure Digital Music Initiative ( SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, composed of more than 200 IT consumer electronics security technology ISP and recording The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA is a United States Copyright Law which implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Edward Felten's Curriculum Vitae. Retrieved on 2008-05-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and
- ^ Wasserman, Elizabeth (April 26, 2001). Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Security Code-Cracking Professor Pulls 'How-To' Paper. The Industry Standard. The Industry Standard was a weekly Magazine based in San Francisco which began publication in the spring of 1998 Retrieved on 2007-05-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses
- ^ Oppenheim, Matthew J. (April 9, 2001). Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. RIAA/SDMI Legal Threat Letter. Electronic Frontier Foundation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated Retrieved on 2007-05-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses
- ^ Greene, Thomas C. (April 23, 2001). Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. SDMI cracks revealed. Security. The Register. The Register (" El Reg " to its staff and readers is a British technology news and opinion website Retrieved on 2007-05-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses
- ^ Final Hearing Transcript, Felten v. RIAA. Electronic Frontier Foundation (November 28, 2001). The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-05-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses
- ^ Ariel J. Feldman, Alex Halderman, and Edward W. Felten (September 13, 2006). Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine" (PDF). . Princeton University Retrieved on 2007-05-07. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses
- ^ Felten, Edward; Alex Halderman (November 15, 2005). Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sony’s Web-Based Uninstaller Opens a Big Security Hole; Sony to Recall Discs. Freedom to Tinker. Retrieved on 2007-05-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses
- ^ J. Alex Halderman, Seth D. Schoen, Nadia Heninger, William Clarkson, William Paul, Joseph A. Seth David Schoen (born September 27, 1979) is staff Technologist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a technology civil rights organisation Calandrino, Ariel J. Feldman, Jacob Appelbaum, and Edward W. Jacob Appelbaum is a resident of San Francisco California and both a Photographer and independent Computer security hacker. Felten (February 21, 2008). "Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys". . Princeton University Retrieved on 2008-02-22. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne
External links
- Edward W. Felten homepage
- Freedom to Tinker weblog
- Felten, et al v. RIAA case archive (EFF)
- Verance Corporation
- Harvard Law School's collection of documents relating to Microsoft antitrust lawsuit
- Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode, by J. Alex Halderman and Edward W. Felten
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