US-Japan Security Alliance Adrift?

The Changing US-Japan Security Alliance

Kerberos Security with Clocks Adrift

We show that the Kerberos Authentication System can relax its requirement for synchronized clocks with only a minor change which is consistent with the current protocol Synchronization has been an important limitation of Kerberos it imposes political costs and technical ones Further Kerberos reliance on synchronization obstructs the secure initialization of clocks at bootstrap Perhaps most impo...

Kerberos Security With Clocks Adrift: History, Protocols, and Implementation

We show that the Kerberos Authentication System can relax its requirement for synchronized clocks, with only a minor change which is consistent with the current protocol. Synchronization has been an important limitation of Kerberos; it imposes political costs and technical ones. Further, Kerberos' reliance on synchronization obstructs the secure initialization of clocks at bootstrap. Perhaps mo...

The Security Dilemma in Alliance Politics

persian gulf oil and us national security

vital importance of the energy in national and international economic development has made oil as a crucial and attractive factor for great powers. these powers have had permanent competition for establishing an oil system for securing their national interests. the persian gulf has been focal point of these competitions. after september 11, 2001, the role of oil has considered as one of the mos...