Marcel Selhorst
  
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About Me
Development
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Patents
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  About me

    My name is Marcel Selhorst (32) and I am a Dipl.-Ing. (cf. to M.Sc.) for IT-Security. I studied IT-Security at the Ruhr-University Bochum focussing on operating system security, network security, cryptography and Trusted Computing (TC) platforms.

    Please find my contact details below.
  
  Development

  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Linux Device Drivers:
    Infineon TPM SLD 9630 TT 1.1 (LPC) and Infineon TPM SLB 9635 TT 1.2 (LPC).
    Read here or here (older) for further information.
  • Linux Kernel Maintainer:
    Maintainer of the Linux Kernel TPM Device Drivers.
  • TPM Compliance Tests:
    Development of a TPM Specification Compliance Test Suite.
  • Trusted GRUB:
    Development, maintenance and support of the Trusted GRUB Project. The project page is hosted at Sourceforge.
  • European Multilaterally Secure Computing Base:
    Development of a trustworthy computing platform. More: EMSCB Project.
  • PERSEUS:
    Research and development within the PERSEUS Project.
  • Keyrona:
    Development of a unified key management solution for hard disk and file encryption systems called Keyrona.
  • Browser in the Box:
    Development of an open source secure virtual surf environment for authorities, industry and private users called BitBox.

  
  Publications

     
    2011

  • Dennis Gessner, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Realising a trustworthy sensor node with the idea of virtualisation.
    Accepted for: 6th Future Security Conference, September 2011.

  • Specification of a dependable and secure OS system.
    Deliverable D02.7 for the WSAN4CIP-project, August 2011.

  • Implementation of a dependable and secure OS system.
    Deliverable D02.8 for the WSAN4CIP-project, August 2011.

  • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Florian Feldmann, Utz Gnaida:
    MoTrust.Embedded - Eine vertrauenswürdige Sicherheitsplattform für Smartphones.
    Accepted for: 12. Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress, May 2011.

  • Christoph Goericke, Norbert Schirmer, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Browser in the Box (BITB) - Eine virtuelle Surfumgebung für Behörden, Unternehmen und Privatanwender.
    Accepted for: 12. Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress, May 2011.

  • Specification of secure code update protocol.
    Deliverable D02.3 for the WSAN4CIP-project, April 2011.

  • Report on system integration.
    Deliverable D05.1 for the WSAN4CIP-project, April 2011.

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    2010

  • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Florian Feldmann, Utz Gnaida:
    Towards A Trusted Mobile Desktop.
    Accepted for the Trust 2010 - 3rd International Conference on Trust and Trustworthy Computing, June 2010.

  • Sabine Kaess, Marcel Selhorst:
    Embedded Security Layer.
    Deliverable D03.7 for the TECOM-project, June 2010.

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    2009

  • Christian Forler, Sabine Kaess, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Security Services for Trusted Embedded Computing.
    Deliverable D03.6 for the TECOM-project, November 2009.

  • Christian Forler, Sabine Kaess, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Embedded Security Management Framework.
    Deliverable D03.2 for the TECOM-project, Oktober 2009.

  • Christoph Goericke, Ulrich Kuehn, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Keyrona - Extending the key management of existing encryption software with hardware support , September 2009.

  • Marcel Selhorst:
    Secure Storage Mechanisms For The Turaya Security Software Layer.
    Diploma thesis for acquiring the degree Dipl.-Ing. for IT-Security, April 2009.

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    2008

  • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Felix Teerkorn:
    TSS Study: Introduction and Analysis of the Open Source TCG Software Stack TrouSerS and Tools in its Environment.
    The study is written on behalf of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

  • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Felix Teerkorn:
    TSS-Studie: Einfuehrung und Analyse des quelloffenen TCG Software Stack TrouSerS und Werkzeuge in dessen Umfeld.
    Eine Studie im Auftrag des Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI).

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    2007

  • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Ulrich Kuehn:
    Realizing Property-based Attestation and Sealing with Commonly Available Hard- and Software.
    Accepted for The Second ACM Workshop on Scalable Trusted Computing (STC'07), November 2007.

  • Marcel Selhorst:
    Design and Implementation of a Compliance Test Suite for Trusted Platform Modules.
    Student Research Project
    Summer Semester 2007.

  • EMSCB - Milestone No. I:
    Turaya.Crypt - Secure Linux Hard-Disk Encryption.
    Design Specification     , May 2007.

    		• Philipp Alexander Tschirbs: Das Klo im Kino; LIT-Verlag Berlin, 296 S., broschiert. http://www.daskloimkino.de
     
    Read online version at Google books.

     
    2006

  • Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Christian Wachsmann and Marcel Winandy:
    TCG Inside? - A Note on TPM Specification Compliance.
    Accepted for The First ACM Workshop on Scalable Trusted Computing (STC'06), November 2006.

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    2005

  • Michael Scheibel, Marcel Selhorst, Oskar Senft, Christian Stueble, Marcel Winandy and Marko Wolf:
    Design and Implementation of a Device Encryption Architecture for High Security Requirements.
    EMSCB Technical Report, November 2005.

  • Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Oskar Senft, Christian Stueble and Marcel Winandy:
    New Aspects on Trusted Computing - New and Advanced Possibilities to Improve Security and Privacy.
    Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (DuD), September 2005.

  • Ammar Alkassar, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Towards Secure Computing Platforms with Open-Source and Trusted Computing.
    Accepted for 9th German IT security Congress, Federal Office for Information Security (Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress des BSI), May 2005.

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    2004

  • Oliver Altmeyer, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Enhancing Security of Computing Platforms with TC-Technology.
    In Sachar Paulus, Norbert Pohlmann, Helmut Reimer (ed.): Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE 2004), Vieweg Verlag, pp. 346-361., 2004.

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    2003

  • Benedikt Gierlichs and Marcel Selhorst: IPSec; seminar paper WS02/03, [slides] (German).

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    2002

  • Marcel Selhorst: Die Geldkarte - Eine "sichere" elektronische Geldboerse?! seminar paper SS2002, [slides] (German).

  
  Patents

  • Ulrich Kuehn, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
    Vorrichtung und Methode zur Erkennung von Manipulationen an Computersystemen.
    German Patent Application, filed October 31, 2007.
     
  
  Lectures

  • 09/2007: TPM Laboratory at 2nd European Trusted Infrastructure Summer School, Ruhr-University Bochum [slides] (English)
      i) Accessing the TPM: functions, commands and structures
      ii) TPM Open Source Software: Availablity and Usage
     iii) The Chain of Trust    .
     
  • 09/2006: The Chain of Trust, lectured at The First European Summer School on Trusted Infrastructure Technologies, University of Oxford, UK.
     
  • 2005 - 2006: eHealth: Datensicherheit im Gesundheitswesen, lectured for International School of IT Security.
     
  • 2003: Sicherheit von File- und eMailservern unter Linux, lectured for Siemens Business Services GmbH.
     
  
  Awards and Interviews

  
  Other Activities and Hobbies

  • Cinematography
  • Coaxial Helicopters
  • Music:
    • drums
    • guitar
  • Gentoo
  • Politics
  • Snooker
  • XBox 360
    Although it's not an open platform, it is still a great gaming console ;)
  
  Public Keys (PGP & S/MIME)

    PGP Key ID: 0x052DE813

    PGP Fingerprint:

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    PGP Public Key:

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    S/MIME Issuer: TC TrustCenter GmbH

    S/MIME Serial: 0xCDE3000100022A778D147211D4C7

    S/MIME Fingerprint (SHA1):

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  Contact Information / Imprint
 
  • Personal (in terms of § 5 Tele Media Act):
    Florastr. 15
    D-12163 Berlin
    E-Mail: marcel [at] selhorst.net
  
 
Last Updated: December 29th, 2011