Dan Boneh
Encyclopedia
Dan Boneh is a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at
Stanford University
. He is a well-known researcher in the areas of applied cryptography
and computer security
.
in 1969, Boneh obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University
in 1996 (under the supervision of Richard J. Lipton
).
from the Weil Pairing, along with Dr. Matt Franklin of the University of California at Davis.
and Rajeev Chawla.
In 2002, Boneh co-founded Voltage Security.
Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He is a well-known researcher in the areas of applied cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...
and computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
.
Education
Born in IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in 1969, Boneh obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1996 (under the supervision of Richard J. Lipton
Richard J. Lipton
Richard Jay "Dick" Lipton is an American computer scientist who has worked in computer science theory, cryptography, and DNA computing. Lipton is presently Associate Dean of Research, Professor, and the Frederick G...
).
Research
Boneh is one of the principal contributors to the development of pairing-based cryptographyPairing-based cryptography
Pairing-based cryptography is the use of a pairing between elements of two cryptographic groups to a third group to construct cryptographic systems. If the same group is used for the first two groups, the pairing is called symmetric and is a mapping from two elements of one group to an element from...
from the Weil Pairing, along with Dr. Matt Franklin of the University of California at Davis.
Cryptography
Some of his notable achievements in cryptography include:- 2010 He was involved in designing tcpcryptTcpcryptIn computer networking, tcpcrypt is a transport layer communication encryption protocol. Unlike prior protocols like TLS , tcpcrypt is implemented as a TCP extension. It was designed by a team of six security and networking experts: Andrea Bittau, Mike Hamburg, Mark Handley, David Mazières, Dan...
, TCP extensions for transport-level security - 2005 The first broadcast encryption system with full collusion resistance (with Craig Gentry and Brent Waters)
- 2003 A timing attack on OpenSSLOpenSSLOpenSSL is an open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols. The core library implements the basic cryptographic functions and provides various utility functions...
(with David BrumleyDavid BrumleyDavid Brumley is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a well-known researcher in software security, network security, and applied cryptography. Prof...
) - 2001 An efficient identity-based encryption system (with Matt Franklin) based on the Weil pairingWeil pairingIn mathematics, the Weil pairing is a construction of roots of unity by means of functions on an elliptic curve E, in such a way as to constitute a pairing on the torsion subgroup of E...
. - 1999 Cryptanalysis of RSA when the private key is less than N0.292 (with Glenn Durfee)
- 1997 Fault-based cryptanalysis of public-key systems (with Richard J. LiptonRichard J. LiptonRichard Jay "Dick" Lipton is an American computer scientist who has worked in computer science theory, cryptography, and DNA computing. Lipton is presently Associate Dean of Research, Professor, and the Frederick G...
and Richard DeMilloRichard DeMilloRichard Allan DeMillo is an American computer scientist, educator and executive. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Computing and Professor of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In June 2008, he announced his intention to step down as the John P...
) - 1995 Collusion resistant fingerprinting codes for digital data (with James Shaw)
- 1995 Cryptanalysis using a DNA computer (with Christopher Dunworth and Richard J. LiptonRichard J. LiptonRichard Jay "Dick" Lipton is an American computer scientist who has worked in computer science theory, cryptography, and DNA computing. Lipton is presently Associate Dean of Research, Professor, and the Frederick G...
)
Computer Security
Some of his notable contributions in computer security include:- 2007 Exposing private information by timing web applications.
- 2005 PwdHash a browser extension that transparently produces a different password for each site
Awards
Boneh has received a number of awards, including the following:- The Packard Award
- The Alfred P. Sloan Award
- the Terman Award
- The RSA Award
Industry
In 2000, Boneh co-founded Ingrian Networks with Roy Thiele-SardiñaRoy Thiele-Sardiña
Roy Thiele-Sardiña is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.-As Entrepreneur:Sardiña holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.B.A...
and Rajeev Chawla.
In 2002, Boneh co-founded Voltage Security.