Research
Biography
I am a PhD student under the supervision of Kenny Paterson at the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom. The studentship is supported by EPSRC and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Bristol through a CASE award. I am in my final year and (by definition?) am due to submit my thesis later this year.
Before studying at Royal Holloway, I graduated from Imperial College (London) with an MEng degree in Computing. During the undergraduate studies I worked for six months as a placement student at a cryptography research group within Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Bristol.
Research Topics and Interests
- Crypotographic and security standards and protocols
- Side-channel attacks
- Modes of operation for block ciphers
- Study of the gap between cryptography in theory and practice
- Real-world network and host security
- Anonymity and privacy
- Political issues surrouding cryptography, the Internet and digital freedom
- I also maintain a list of IPsec resources
Publications
- K.G. Paterson and A. Yau, Padding Oracle Attacks on the ISO CBC Mode Encryption Standard. In T. Okamoto (ed.), Proc. CT-RSA 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 2964, pp. 305-323, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
Paper [pdf], Presentation [pdf] - A.K.L. Yau, K.G. Paterson and C. J. Mitchell, Padding Oracle Attacks on CBC-mode Encryption with Random and Secret IVs. In H. Gilbert, Helena Handschuh (eds.) Proc. FSE 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3557, pp. 308-329, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Paper [pdf], Presentation [pdf] - K.G. Paterson and A.K.L. Yau, Cryptography in Theory in Practice: The Case of Encryption in IPsec, In S. Vaudenay (ed.), Eurocrypt 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 4004, pp. 12-29, Springer-Verlag, 2006.
Paper (full) [pdf] [Updated Apr 2006] - K.G. Paterson and A.K.L. Yau, Lost in Translation: Theory and Practice in Cryptography, IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 4, no. 3, May/June 2006, pp. 69-72.
Article [online]
Contact
Analogue Mail
Arnold K L Yau
Information Security Group
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
Surrey TW20 0EX
United Kingdom
Electronic Mail
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