8th CCS 2001

Message from the Program Chair 

These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the
8th ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, held
November 5-8, 2001, in Philadelphia, PA (USA).

In response to the call for papers, 153 papers were submitted to the
conference. These papers were evaluated on the basis of their
significance, novelty, and technical quality. As in previous years,
reviewing was "double-blind": the identities of reviewers were not
revealed to the authors of the papers and author identities were not
revealed to the reviewers. The program committee met on June 10th at
the Information Technology Department of University of Milan, in Crema
(CR), Italy. Of the papers submitted, 27 were selected for
presentation at the conference. The conference program also includes
an invited talk and a panel.

In addition to the main conference program, the conference comprises
of two tutorials and two workshops. Workshops, introduced last year
represent a successful forum to discuss specialized and emerging
areas.

The increasing number of submitted papers, the presence of
organizations offering financial support, and the inclusion in the
program of tutorials and workshops confirms a positive trends that
reflects the increasing vitality and importance both of the field and
of the conference itself.

A conference like this just does not happen; it depends on the
volunteer efforts of a host of individuals. There is a long list of
people who volunteered their time and energy to put together the
conference and who deserve special thanks. Thanks to all the members
of the program committee, and the external reviewers, for all their
hard work in the paper evaluation. Committee members were asked a
considerable effort given the large number of submissions. I am also
very grateful to all those who gave their assistance and contributed
in forming this year conference program: Brian Snow, for the invited
talk; Mike Reiter for organizing the panel and Allan Adler and Fred
von Lohmann for their participation in it; Matt Franklin for choosing
the tutorials; Prem Devanbu, Vem Paxson, Stuart Staniford, Stuart
Stubblebine for giving the tutorials; Sushil Jajodia, Daniel Barbara,
and Tomas Sander for organizing the workshops; the ACM CCS Steering
Committee members for their support and suggestions; and the
organizations that offered financial support. I am also grateful to
those people whose work ensured a smooth organization process: Mike
Reiter, who served as General Chair and took care of all the
organizational aspects, Ari Juels for publicity, and Sabrina De
Capitani di Vimercati for maintaining the Web pages and for helping in
the review process.

Last but certainly not least my thanks go to all the authors who
submitted papers and all the attendees. I hope you find the program
stimulating.

PIERANGELA SAMARATI
Program Chair