There was a nice talk at 28c3 called "time is on my side" by Sebastian Schinzel, specifically about timing attacks over the net; it is pleasingly practical in i

There was a nice talk at 28c3 called "time is on my side" by Sebastian Schinzel, specifically about timing attacks over the net; it is pleasingly practical in its approach. He attacks the popular typo3 CMS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykNt8pSQFZQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykNt8pSQFZQ It's very modern, as you describe, with all the fancy maths and all that.