The general area for my research is computer security and cryptography. Specifically, I looked at how to improve the integrity of the bootstrap process used by a computer system by building a prototype, AEGIS, for the IBM personal computer architecture. I've authored or co-authored several papers describing this research (along with some tangents) which you can find below:
 

Title	Conference / Tech Report	Electronic Copy
"A Secure and Reliable Bootstrap Architecture"	MS-CIS-96-35 A newer version of this paper appeared in the proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Security and Privacy Conference, pages 65 - 71.	abstract, html, postscript
"Automated Recovery in a Secure Bootstrap Process"	MS-CIS-97-13 A newer version of this paper appeared in the proceedings of the Internet Society 1998 Symposium on Network and Distributed System Security (SNDSS), pages 155 - 167.	abstract, postscript, Conference Version
"A Secure Active Network Environment Architecture"	MS-CIS-97-17 An updated version of this  paper appeared in the IEEE Network Special Issue on Active Networks, May/June 1998, pages 29 -36.	abstract, postscript, Slides
"The Switchware Active Network Environment Architecture"	This paper appeared in the IEEE Network Special Issue on Active Networks, May/June 1998, pages 37 - 45.	Gzip'd postscript
DHCP Continuation Option Code	IETF DHC Working Group, work in progress.	draft-ietf-dhc-options-cont-01.txt
"DHCP++: Applying an Efficient Implementation Method for Fail-Stop Cryptographic Protocols"	Appeared in the proceedings of Global Internet, GlobeComm '98, pages 59 - 65. Also as Penn tech report MS-CIS-98-01	Gzip'd postscript
"Security for Virtual Private Intranets"	IEEE Computer Special Issue on Network Security, pages 48 - 55, September 1998.	Reprinted on www.intraware.com
"Secure Quality of Service Handling (SQoSH)"	Submitted to IEEE JSAC special issue.
"Safety and Security of Programmable Network Infrastructures"	IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 36, no. 10, pages 84 - 92.	Gzip'd postscript
"Authentication for DHCP Messages"	IETF Network Working Group, work in progress. NOTE: Please see the IETF web page for the latest version of this draft.	draft-dhc-authentication-08.txt
"Security in Active Networks"	Invited submission to Secure Internet Programming: Issues in Distributed and Mobile Object Systems, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science State-of-the-Art series.	Not available yet

Here's a link to my advisor's (Jonathan M. Smith) home page. You can find out more about Active Networks and such from his home page.

Eventually, you can send me email from here