TC: Medium: Collaborative Research: WHISPER - Wireless, Handheld, Infrastructureless, Secure Communication System for the Prevention of Eavesdropping and Reprisal

这个项目的重点是设计一个基础设施通信系统，使没有计算机安全专业知识的人可以轻松地与朋友和家人安全通信，而不会受到第三方监视、审查、宣传或报复。这项工作的主要目标是(1)进一步开放对人们需要自我教育的信息的访问，以及(2)使信息更容易共享。特别注意设计不依赖于容易受到攻击的集中控制点的协议。人们正在研究人类行为模式对通信系统性能、能源效率和安全性的影响，并将研究结果用于指导更好的、用户感知的通信协议的开发。通信协议的设计和分析；对便携式通信设备的旁路攻击的防御；分布式系统架构；以及高能效的软件系统在工作中发挥着核心作用。

This project focuses on the design of an infrastructurelesscommunication system that makes it easy for people without expertisein computer security to safely communicate with friends and familymembers without being subjected to third-party surveillance,censorship, propaganda, or reprisal. The primary goals of this workare to (1) further open access to information people require toeducate themselves and (2) make sharing information easier.Particular attention is paid to designing protocols that do not relyon centralized control points, which are subject to attack. Theinfluence of patterns in human behavior on communication systemperformance, energy efficiency, and security are being studied, andthe findings used to guide the development of better, user-aware,communication protocols. Design and analysis of communicationprotocols; defenses against side-channel attacks on portablecommunication devices; distributed system architecture; andenergy-efficient software systems play central roles in the work.