Douglas Stebila
About me
I'm an Associate Professor of cryptography in the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My research focuses on improving the security of Internet cryptography protocols such as SSL/TLS and SSH, and developing practical quantum-resistant cryptosystems.
Research
My research interests include:
- Applied cryptography: key exchange protocols; post-quantum cryptography; digital signatures; public key encryption; client puzzles / proofs of work; elliptic curve cryptography; quantum cryptography
- Internet security: network security protocols (SSL/TLS, SSH, Tor, …); public key infrastructure (PKI); authentication
My full list of publications and presentations are available online. My most recent papers are:
F. Günther, D. Stebila, S. Veitch. In ACM CCS 2024.
C. Aguilar-Melchor, T. Bailleux, J. Goertzen, A. Guinet, D. Joseph, D. Stebila. In ESORICS 2024.
K. Kwiatkowski, P. Kampanakis, B. Westerbaan, D. Stebila. Internet-Draft, August 2024.
P. Kampanakis, D. Stebila, T. Hansen. Internet-Draft, August 2024.
Pictures
I'm fortunate to be able to travel a lot. I take lots of pictures on my trips. The best of my photos are posted in my galleries. My most recent galleres are:
Blog
I have a blog. I have not been very good at updating it lately, but here are my most recent posts:
- 2024-02-21: Security analysis of Apple's iMessage PQ3 protocol
- 2024-02-06: Launch of the Linux Foundation's Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance
- 2023-10-22: New York Times article on post-quantum cryptography
- 2020-04-20: Joint Statement on Contact Tracing
- 2019-01-30: NIST Post-Quantum Crypto Standardization project round 2