Address: Microsoft Research Ltd, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FB, United Kingdom.

Telephone: +44 1223 479708; +44 7929 848 823; Fax: +44 1223 479 999.

Email: tuomaura@microsoft.com

About me

I have worked at Microsoft Research, UK, since the beginning of 2001. Before that, I was at Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory for Theoretical Computer Science. I received my Master's degree there in 1996 and doctoral degree in 2000.

Current research interests

In general, I am interesting in all aspects of security protocol engineering from threat analysis, design and specification to implementation and testing. In addition to addressing the right threats and providing an acceptable level of security at acceptable cost, the main goal is simple and understandable protocol design that is easy to code correctly and to analyze. I believe that prudent engineering can achieve more in this respect than overly complex cryptography or idealistic pursuit of some undefined goal of perfect security and privacy.

My recent focus has been on the security of mobility protocols and wireless and ad-hoc networks:

• Security of transport-layer mobility and multihoming
• Privacy of a mobile wireless user
• Mobile IPv6 Security
• Secure Neighbor Discovery
• Cryptographically Generated Addresses

Here is a link to other security research in the MSR Cambridge lab. I work closely with Michael Roe, Greg O'Shea, Dieter Gollmann and Alf Zugenmaier.

Most of my publications are available online (with abstracts).

Last updated: 1 Aug 2003