Fraunhofer FKIE GI Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. University of Bonn
  In technical co-operation with
IEEE
IEEE
Technical Committee on Security and Privacy 		 

Seventh Conference on
Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment

DIMVA 2010

July 8-9th, 2010
Bonn, Germany
DIMVA 2009 Conference of SIG SIDAR
of the German Informatics Society (GI). 		in conjunction with SPRING5
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Conference Location

The conference will be held at the Wissenschaftszentrum (Centre of Sciences) in Bonn, Germany. Bonn can be easily reached by train from several international airports (see below). The Wissenschaftszentrum is located in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, not far from the River Rhine, and it is co-located with the headquarter of the German informatics society (GI). The address is:

Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn
Ahrstr. 45
53175 Bonn
Germany

For hotels in the area, please see below.

How to get there

The conference location can easily be reached by public transport. For all trains and trams, traintables are available here. Please enter the accorting departure and arrival locations and the time you wish to travel.

From Cologne/Bonn International Airport to Tram Station "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn"

  • Airport Bus SB60 from "Cologne/Bonn Airport" to "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station), approx. 30 min.
  • Tram Lines 16 or 63 from "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station) direction to "Bad Godesberg", stop at "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn", approx. 15 min.

From Frankfurt International Airport to Tram Station "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn"

  • High Speed Train (ICE) from "Frankfurt Airport" to "Siegburg/Bonn", approx. 40 min.
  • Tram Line 66 from "Siegburg/Bonn" direction to "Bad Honnef", stop at "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station), approx. 30 min.
  • Tram Lines 16 or 63 from "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station) direction to "Bad Godesberg", stop at "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn", approx. 15 min.
or
  • Regular Trains (IC,RE) from "Frankfurt Airport" to "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station), approx. 1:45 hrs.
  • Tram Lines 16 or 63 from "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station) direction to "Bad Godesberg", stop at "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn", approx. 15 min.

From Düsseldorf International Airport to Tram Station "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn"

  • Regular Trains (IC,RE) from "Düsseldorf Airport" to "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station), approx. 60-90 min.
  • Tram Lines 16 or 63 from "Bonn Hauptbahnhof" (Central Station) direction to "Bad Godesberg", stop at "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn", approx. 15 min.

From Tram Station "Hochkreuz/Deutsches Museum Bonn" to Wissenschaftszentrum

  • Short walk, approx. 10 min.
    • Turn in opposite side of the tram driving direction (NW). Your location is at the "Godesberger Allee/B9"
    • Head towards "Kennedyallee"
    • Turn right to "Kennedyallee" and walk for approx. 700m
    • Turn right to "Ahrstrasse" and walk for approx. 50m
    • The conference centre is on your right.

Hotels

The following table provides an overview of different hotels in the area. All ratings and prices are taken from HRS (Hotel Reservation System). Please note that there is no implied warranty of correctness of the information, and it is subject to change without notice.
Hotel name Rating Address Distance from conference Cheapest room rate EUR (incl. breakfast and tax)
Villa Flora Garni ** Viktoriastr.16, 53173 Bonn - Bad Godesberg 1.0 km 78.00
Sebastianushof *** Waldburgstr. 34, 53177 Bonn 2.1 km 79.00
Die Insel *** Theaterplatz 5-7, 53177 Bonn - Bad Godesberg 1.8 km 95.00
Rheinhotel Dreesen **** Rheinstr. 45 - 49, 53179 Bonn - Bad Godesberg 2.4 km 95.00
Maritim Bonn **** Godesberger Allee, 53175 Bonn - Bad Godesberg 1.4 km 132.00
Dorint Hotel Venusberg **** An der Casselsruhe 1, 53127 Bonn - Venusberg 3.9 km 124.00
Kameha Grand ***** Am Bonner Bogen 1, 53227 Bonn 2.0 km 184.00

Country Information

Quick Facts

Full Country Name: Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany)
Area: 357,000 square kilometers
Population: approx. 81 mio.
Capital City: Berlin (pop. 3,5 mio.)
Currency: Euro (EUR), 1 EUR is approx. 1.36 US-$ or 0.91 UK-£
General Taxes: Prices are generally indicated including all taxes

Traffic

In Germany, the cars drive on the right-hand side of the road. Traffic on roads coming from the right hand side have the right of way if not indicated otherwise. Additional hints:
  • In some sections of the German Autobahn (motorways), there are no speed limits. Please drive carefully!
  • Outside city areas, cars are required to use the rightmost lane of a road or motorway. Left lanes are only for overtaking; overtaking on the right lane is not allowed.
  • When waiting at crossroads due to red lights, please wait directly in front of the lights, where a big white line is drawn on the street.

Electrical Power Supply

The electrical power supply is 230V/50Hz. You can use standard type C (CEE 7/16) or type F (CEE 7/4) plugs.

Smoking

Smoking is prohibited in public buildings, as well as in airports and in many train stations. Also in pubs, bars and restaurants, smoking is generally forbidden, but there are many local exception from this rule.

Beer

The most common alcoholic drink in Germany is beer. It is known for its long history, great variety and the legislative regulations for its quality (Reinheitsgebot, Purity Law). Drinking Beer is only allowed for persons older than 16; stronger alcoholic drinks are strictly forbidden for minors.

City Information: Bonn

Bonn is a medium-size city (pop. approx. 320k) in the western part of Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1990, Bonn was the capital of West Germany. With its long-established university and the university of applied science as well as several research establishments located in the area, Bonn remains a centre of education, sciences, politics and administration.

Weather

The average temperature in Bonn in July is around 24 (day) and 13 (night) degree Celsius. But during the last five years, several high-temperature peaks (higher than 30 deg.) have been recorded in July. Information about the current weather can be found here.

Sightseeing

There are a lot of interesting places in and around the city. A fairly good overview in English can be found here. The interesting places within the urban district include

Relaxing

To relax in the evenings or at the weekends, you can
  • visit Bonn city centre, walk around or do shopping,
  • visit one of the restaurants and pubs in Bonn city centre, Bonn old town or in Bad Godesberg
  • walk through the Rheinaue green park (with lots of sports facilities),
  • enjoy a glass of German beer in one of the countless beer gardens in the city centre or at the river Rhine, or
  • just make a walk at the river Rhine.

Other places around

A couple of other interesting places can be reached using public transport within reasonable time:
  • Siebengebirge (densely wooded hill area with different castles). The view from the legendary Drachenfels mountain is fascinating.
  • Ahr-Tal (Ahr Valley, famous for its winegrower's villages and its health resort with casino). The local wines are mostly red, and the specialities are Frühburgunder (Pinot Noir Precoce) and Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir).
  • Köln (Cologne, a 2000 years old Roman city with many attractions and historical buildings). The local beer speciality is called Kölsch (same as in Bonn).
  • Düsseldorf (A modern metropolis, famous for its shopping areas). The local beer speciality is called Altbier (Old Beer).

Encyclopedia

Bonn was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999. Starting in 1998, many national government institutions were moved from Bonn to Berlin. Both houses of the German national parliament, the Bundestag as well as the Bundesrat, were moved along with the Chancellery and the residence of German head of state, the Bundespräsident. Bonn remains a centre of politics and administration, however. Roughly half of all government jobs were retained as many government departments remained in Bonn and numerous sub-ministerial level government agencies relocated to the former capital from Berlin and other parts of Germany. In recognition of this, the former capital now holds the title of Federal City ("Bundesstadt"). Bonn has developed into a hub of international cooperation in particular in the area of environment and sustainable development. In addition to a number of other international organizations and institutions, such as, for instance, the IUCN Environmental Law Center (IUCN ELC) the city currently hosts 17 United Nations institutions. Among these are two of the so-called Rio Conventions, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The number of UN agencies in Bonn, most of which are based at the newly established United Nations Campus in the city's former parliamentary quarter on the banks of the Rhine, continues to grow. The youngest agency started 2007 in Bonn as the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER). Bonn is the seat of some of Germany's largest corporate players, chiefly in the areas of telecommunications and logistics. Simultaneously, Bonn is establishing itself as an important national and international centre of meetings, conventions and conferences, many of which are directly related to the work of the United Nations. A new conference centre capable of hosting thousands of participants is currently under construction in the immediate vicinity of the UN Campus. From 1597 to 1794, it was the residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne, and is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven (born 1770).
Source: AbsoluteAstronomy.

Earlier History

The history of the city dates back to Roman times. In about 11 BC, the Roman Army appears to have stationed a small unit in what is presently the historical centre of the town. Even earlier, the Army had resettled members of a Germanic tribal group allied with Rome, the Ubii, in Bonn. The Latin name for that settlement, "Bonna", may stem from the original population of this and many other settlements in the area, the Eburoni. The Eburoni were members of a large tribal coalition effectively wiped out during the final phase of Caesar's War in Gaul. After several decades, the Army gave up the small camp linked to the Ubii-settlement. During the 1st century AD, the Army then chose a site to the North of the emerging town in what is now the section of Bonn-Castell to build a large military installation dubbed Castra Bonnensis, i.e., literally, "Fort Bonn". Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone. With additions, changes and new construction, the fort remained in use by the Army into the waning days of the Western Roman Empire, possibly the mid-5th century AD. The structures themselves remained standing well into the Middle Ages, when they were called the Bonnburg. They were used by Frankish kings until they fell in disuse. Eventually, much of the building materials seem to have been reused in the construction of Bonn's 13th century city wall. The Sterntor (star gate) in the center of town is a reconstruction using the last remnants of the medieval city wall.
To date, Bonn's Roman fort remains the largest fort of its type known from the ancient world, i.e. a fort built for one full-size Imperial Legion and its auxiliaries. The fort covered an area of approximately 250,000 square meters. Between its walls it contained a dense grid of streets and a multitude of buildings, ranging from spacious headquarters and large officers' houses to barracks, stables and a military jail. Among the legions stationed in Bonn, the "1st", i.e. the Prima Legio Minervia, seems to have served here the longest. Units of the Bonn legion were deployed to theaters of wars ranging from modern-day Algeria to what is now the Russian republic of Chechnya.
The chief Roman road linking the provincial capitals of Cologne and Mainz cut right through the fort where it joined the fort's main road (now, Römerstraße). Once past the South Gate, the Cologne-Mainz road continued along what are now streets named Belderberg, Adenauerallee et al. To both sides of the road, the local settlement, Bonna, grew into a sizeable Roman town.
In late antiquity, much of the town seems to have been destroyed by marauding invaders. The remaining civilian population then holed up inside the fort along with the remnants of the troops stationed here. During the final decades of imperial rule, the troops were supplied by Germanic chieftains employed by the Roman administration. When the end came, these troops simply shifted their allegiances to the new barbarian rulers. From the fort, the Bonnburg, as well as from a new, medieval settlement to the South centred around what later became the minster, grew the medieval city of Bonn.
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the Romanesque style Bonn Minster was built, and in 1597 Bonn became the seat of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The town gained more influence and grew considerably. The elector Clemens August (ruled 1723-1761) ordered the construction of a series of Baroque buildings which still give the city its character. Another memorable ruler was Max Franz (ruled 1784-1794), who founded the university and the spa quarter of Bad Godesberg. In addition he was a patron of the young Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn in 1770; the elector financed the composer's first journey to Vienna.
In 1794, the town was seized by French troops, becoming a part of the First French Empire. In 1815 following the Napoleonic Wars, Bonn became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. Administered within the Prussian Rhine Province, the town became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany. Bonn was of little relevance in these years.
Source: AbsoluteAstronomy.

Modern History

During World War II, Bonn had some military significance due to its population.
Following World War II, Bonn was in the British zone of occupation, and in 1949 became the capital of West Germany. The choice of Bonn was made mainly due to the advocacy of Konrad Adenauer, a former Cologne Mayor and Chancellor of West Germany after World War II, who came from that area, despite the fact that Frankfurt already had most of the required facilities and using Bonn was estimated to be 95 Mill DM more expensive than using Frankfurt.
German reunification in 1990 made Berlin the nominal capital of Germany again. This decision did not mandate that the republic's political institutions would also move. There was heated debate about whether the capital of the newly reconstituted Germany should be in Berlin, Bonn, or another city. Berlin's history as Germany's capital was strongly connected with Imperial Germany, and more ominously with Nazi Germany. It was felt that a new peacefully united Germany shouldn't be governed from a city connected to such overtones of war. The debate was concluded by the Bundestag (Germany's parliament) only on 20 June 1991, concluding that Berlin should be the capital city of the reunified republic. While the government and parliament moved, as a compromise, some of the ministries largely remained in Bonn, with only the top officials in Berlin. There was no plan to move these departments, and so Bonn remained a second, unofficial capital with the new title "Federal City" (Bundesstadt). Because of the necessary construction work, the move took until 1999 to complete.
At present, the private sector plays a major role in Bonn's economy. With 5 stock listed companies, Bonn has the 4th highest market capitalisation amongst German towns. With headquarters of DHL, T-Mobile and other renowned companies, managers have replaced the public sector.
Source: AbsoluteAstronomy.

Proceedings available from Springer Verlag in the LNCS series Springer LNCS

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