ForewordfromtheProgramChairs These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the 9th - ropean Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), held during September 13 15, 2004 in Sophia Antipolis, France. In response to the call for papers 159 papers were submitted to the conference. These papers were evaluated on the basis of their signi?cance, novelty, and te- nicalquality. Eachpaper wasreviewedby at leastthree members of the program committee. The program committee meeting was held electronically; there was an intensive discussion over a period of two weeks. Of the...

Preface Formal Aspects of Security (FASec) was held at Royal Holloway, University of London, 18 20 December 2002. The occasion celebrated a Jubilee, namely the 25thanniversaryoftheestablishmentofBCS-FACS, theFormalAspectsofC- puting Science specialist group of the British Computer Society. FASec is one of a series of events organized by BCS-FACS to highlight the use of formal me- ods, emphasize their relevance to modern computing, and promote their wider application. As the architecture model of information systems evolves from - connected PCs, throughintranet (LAN) and internet (WAN), to...