Smart Phone and Next Generation Mobile Computing

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Mobile Security and Privacy

The phenomenal growth of the Internet has given rise to a variety

of network applications and services that are pervading our daily life

at a staggering pace. This trend is being boosted by myriad mobile

devices that essentially make it possible to access network resource

anywhere, anytime. In parallel, security and privacy issues have sur-

faced in almost every aspect of the mobile computing paradigm,

from wireless communication security to network denial of service

(DoS) attacks, to secure network protocols, and to mobile privacy.

Furthermore, the inherent characteristics of mobile computing have

imposed greater challenges on mobile security and privacy solutions

than on general wired network security approaches.

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