Summer school gives researchers opportunity to explore intrusion techniques Security experts seeking to hone their skills are invited to attend the “Summer School of Applied IT Security” at one of Germany’s top technical universities in September.For the second time, the RWTH Aachen University is staging its late-summer hackers’ camp from Sept. 19 to Sept. 30 on its campus, the university said Friday.The summer school is designed to give researchers in the field of security the opportunity to explore intrusion techniques for themselves and acquire hands-on experience in understanding how security systems can fail, according to the university. The program is in English and will consist of two lectures per day, running for around three hours, and at least six hours of lab work.Topics will include programming errors such as buffer overflows and format string attacks, network-based attacks such as sniffing and spoofing and attacks on Web applications, as well as network reconnaissance, wireless security, malware and forensics.Short break-out sessions will cover social, legal and economic issues associated with IT security. Participants should be either post-doctorate, post-graduate or graduate students involved in security research. They must have a solid understanding of operating systems and networking, and be able to read and write C, Perl and Python code.In addition, students will be required to prepare one of the lab sessions in advance by obtaining an overview of the required tools and techniques, testing them and creating a Web page summarizing their findings. They will also be expected to write a scientific paper extending a topic covered at the summer school later in the year.The program is free but participants must pay for their own transportation and accommodation — and attend all 12 days. Many of last year’s attendees camped during their stay in Aachen. The deadline for applications is June 30. Applications can be filed online at: http://lufgi4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/forms/show/1.For additional information, contact Maximillian Dornseif at dornseif@informatik.rwth-aachen.de SecurityIntrusion Detection Software