Stephen A. Weis

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Biography

Steve Weis is a co-founder of PrivateCore, an early-stage startup focused on protecting data in the cloud. Previously, Steve was a technical director at AppDirect and a member of the applied security group at Google. He received a PhD in computer science from MIT where he was advised by Ron Rivest. Steve's interests include cryptography, security, theoretical computer science, pervasive computing, and economics.

Content

blog.saweis.net: Writing about software, cryptography, security, startups, etc.
Bibliography: Papers, thesis, articles, and book chapters
Crypto Mini-Course: Includes videos, slides, readings, and exercises.
HB+ Authentication: A low-cost authentication protocol based on the LPN problem

Projects

Google Authenticator: Mobile one-time passcode app
Keyczar: An open source cryptographic toolkit designed to make it easier and safer for developers to use cryptography in their applications.
PsuedoID: Enhancing privacy in federated login.
Threshsig: A Java implementation of Victor Shoup's "Practical Threshold Signatures"
Step2: An OpenID consumer that supports the OAuth Extension
OpenId4Java: An OpenID consumer and provider implementation in Java