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Publications (complete list at Google Scholar)

Jacobson, V.; Smetters, D. K.; Thornton, J. D.; Plass, M. F.; Briggs, N.; Braynard, R. (2009) Networking named content. Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2009)

Jacobson, V.; Smetters, D. K.; Briggs, N.; Plass, M. F.; Stewart, P.; Thornton, J. D.; Braynard, R. (2009) VoCCN: voice over content-centric networks. Proceedings of the 2009 Workshop on Re-architecting the Internet (ReArch 2009).

Smetters, D. K.; Jacobson, V. (2009) Securing network content. PARC technical report TR-06-11; October 2009. 

Smetters, D. K.; Good, N. (2009) How users use access control. Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2009). 

Smetters, Diana. (2008) Cyber Security Technology Usability and Management. In Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security (2008).

Dalal, B.; Nelson, L.; Smetters, D. K.; Good, N.; Elliott, A. (2008) Ad hoc guesting: when exceptions are the rule. Workshop on Usability, Psychology and Security (UPSEC 2008).

Nelson, L.; Smetters, D. K.; Churchill, E. F. (2008) Keyholes: selective sharing in close collaboration. CHI 2008 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 

Smetters, D. K. (2008) Building secure mashups. Workshop on Web 2.0 Security and Privacy 2008.

Smetters, D. K.; Stewart, P. (2008) Breaking out of the browser to defend against phishing attacks. Fifth Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS 2008).

Smetters, D. K.; Dalal, B.; Nelson, L.; Good, N.; Elliott, A.(2008) Ad-hoc guesting: when exceptions are the rule. ;login: the USENIX Magazine. 2008 August; 33 (4).

Smetters, D. K. (2007) Usable security: oxymoron or challenge?. National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium; 2007 September 24-26; Seattle; WA; USA.

Durfee, G. E.; Smetters, D. K.; Balfanz, D. (2006)  Posture-based data protection. Palo Alto Research Center Technical Report. 2006.

Whalen, T.; Smetters, D. K.; Churchill, E. F. (2006) User experiences with sharing and access control. Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2006). 

Smetters, D. K.; Balfanz, D.; Durfee, G. E.; Smith, T.; Lee, K. (2006)  Instant matchmaking: simple, secure virtual extensions to ubiquitous computing environments. Ubicomp 2006.

Balfanz, D.; Durfee, G. E.; Smetters, D. K. (2005) Making the impossible easy: usable PKI. In "Security and Usability: Designing Secure Systems that People Can Use", Cranor, L. F. and Garfinkel, S., eds., O’Reilly.

Waters, B.; Balfanz, D.; Durfee, G. E.; Smetters, D. K. (2004) Building an encrypted and searchable audit log. 11th Annual Network and Distributed Security Symposium (NDSS 2004).

Balfanz, D.; Durfee, G. E.; Grinter, R. E.; Smetters, D. K.; Stewart, P. (2004) Network-in-a-box: how to set up a secure wireless network in under a minute. Proceedings of 13th USENIX Security Symposium; 2004.

Balfanz, D.; Durfee, G. E.; Smetters, D. K.; Grinter, R. E. (2004) In search of usable security - five lessons from the field. IEEE Security & Privacy. 2004 September/October; 2 (5).

Balfanz, D.; Oprea, A.; Durfee, G. E.; Smetters, D. K. (2004) Securing a remote terminal application with a mobile trusted device. 20th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2004).

Balfanz, D.; Durfee, G. E.; Shankar, N.; Smetters, D. K.; Staddon, J.; Wong, H. C. (2003) Secret handshakes from pairing-based key agreements. Proceedings of 2003 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy.

Smetters, D. K.; Grinter, R. E. (2003) Three challenges for embedding security into applications. CHI 2003 Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Security Systems.

Smetters, D. K.; Durfee, G. E. (2003) Domain-based administration of identity-based cryptosystems for secure email and IPSEC. 12th Usenix Security Symposium; 2003.

Balfanz, D.; Smetters, D. K.; Stewart, P.; Wong, H. C. (2006) Talking to strangers: authentication in ad-hoc wireless networks. 9th Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS 2002).

Edwards, W. K.; Newman, M.; Sedivy, J.; Smith, T.; Balfanz, D.; Smetters, D. K.; Wong, H. C.; Izadi, S. (2002) Using Speakeasy for ad hoc peer-to-peer collaboration. ACM 2002 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2002).

Smetters, D. K.; Grinter, R. E. (2002) Moving from the design of usable security technologies to the design of useful secure applications. ACM New Security Paradigms Workshop (NSPW 2002).

Berson, T. A.; Smetters, D. K.; Dean, D.; Franklin, M. K.; Spreitzer, M. J. (2001) Cryptography as a network service. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium; (NDSS 2001).

Patents (up-to-date list here)

1. 10104041 Controlling the spread of interests and content in a content centric network

2. 9456054 Controlling the spread of interests and content in a content centric network

3. 8966362 Method and system for in-document markup in support of information sharing

4. 8848215 Method and system for printing documents from a portable device

5. 8612845 Method and apparatus for facilitating directed reading of document portions based on information-sharing relevance

6. 8576425 Method and system for printing documents from a portable device

7. 8570546 Method and system for printing documents from a portable device to any printer based on information contained in optical code

8. 8555054 Apparatus and methods for protecting network resources

9. 8515389 Method, apparatus, and program product for provisioning secure wireless sensors

10. 8387124 Wormhole devices for usable secure access to remote resource

11. 8375436 Session migration over content-centric networks

12. 8345871 Fast authentication over slow channels

13. 8244881 Service virtualization over content-centric networks

14. 8165118 Voice over content centric networks

15. 8156337 Systems and methods for authenticating communications in a network medium

16. 8131762 Method and system for metadata-driven document management and access control

17. 8023654 Securing multimedia network communication

18. 7937752 Systems and methods for authenticating communications in a network medium

19. 7937089 Method, apparatus, and program product for provisioning secure wireless sensors

20. 7933889 Method and system for metadata-driven document management and access control

21. 7916861 System and method for establishing secondary channels

22. 7904720 System and method for providing secure resource management

23. 7873983 Method and apparatus for controlling an experiential data stream in a social space

24. 7822863 Personal domain controller

25. 7818770 Methods, apparatus, and program products to support a shared viewing experience from remote locations

26. 7793110 Posture-based data protection

27. 7757076 Method and apparatus for using a secure credential infrastructure to access vehicle components

28. 7725928 System and method for establishing temporary and permanent credentials for secure online commerce

29. 7581096 Method, apparatus, and program product for automatically provisioning secure network elements

30. 7552322 Using a portable security token to facilitate public key certification for devices in a network

31. 7549047 Method and system for securely sharing files

32. 7454619 Method, apparatus, and program product for securely presenting situation information

33. 7426271 System and method for establishing secondary channels

34. 7425899 Electromagnetic tags

35. 7421583 System, method and article of manufacture for determining a price of cryptographic services based on a computational burden thereof

36. 7392387 Apparatus and methods for providing secured communication

37. 7376834 System and method for securely controlling communications

38. 7363508 System and method for dynamically enabling components to implement data transfer security mechanisms

39. 7275156 Method and apparatus for establishing and using a secure credential infrastructure

40. 7185199 Apparatus and methods for providing secured communication

41. 7130998 Using a portable security token to facilitate cross-certification between certification authorities

42. 7051199 System, method and article of manufacture for providing cryptographic services utilizing a network

43. 6990468 System, method and article of manufacture for cryptoserver-based auction

44. 6971017 Ad hoc secure access to documents and services

45. 6938154 System, method and article of manufacture for a cryptographic key infrastructure for networked devices

46. 6754821 System, method and article of manufacture for transition state-based cryptography