Attack Surface Description Language
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Computer Science—the theory, representation, processing, communication and use of information—is fundamentally transforming every aspect of human endeavor. The Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University advances computational and information sciences through; 1. educational and research programs within and beyond the university; 2. active engagement to help define national and international research, and 3. educational agendas, and sustained commitment to graduating leaders for academia, industry and government.
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The Computer Science Department was officially established in 1969, with Robert Stewart serving as the founding Department Chair. Faculty were composed of joint appointments with Mathematics, Statistics, and Electrical Engineering. In 1969, the building which now houses the Computer Science department, then simply called the Computer Science building, was completed. Later it was named Atanasoff Hall. Throughout the 1980s to present, the department expanded and developed its teaching and research agendas to cover many areas of computing.
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1969-present
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)
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Documenting and describing attack surfaces is a common tactic in parts of the industry for various reasons. Some for open design, and others for penetration testing. Either way, there is no standardized methods for documenting attack surfaces. This paper presents an Attack Surface Description Language (ASDL), a way to describe and present a device’s attack surfaces. These surfaces can be documented as known or unknown in a way that allows Blackbox testers to use ASDL as well. Complex structures can also be represented with dependencies on lower-level structures. Ease of use and flexibility was also taken into account in the design of ASDL to make it more efficient and less tedious to use.