Syllabus
Date |
Topic |
|---|---|
| Sept 27 | Intro and Overview |
Oct 2 |
Security Principals Go watch Johnny Long's No Tech Hacking talk. |
Oct 4 |
Basic Cryptography I
Read Anderson's Security Engineering chapter on cryptogrpahy. Finish by next Tuesday. |
Oct 9 |
No class |
Oct 10 (discussion section) |
Discussion slides |
Oct 11 |
Asymmetric Crypto |
Oct 15 (discussion section) |
Discussion slides |
Oct 16 |
Authenticaion and key distribution |
Oct 18 |
Class cancelled |
Oct 23 |
User authentication |
Oct 25 |
Side Channels |
OCt 30 |
Software Security I
Start reading Erlingsson et al's "Low-level Software Security by Example" Optional, Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit by Aleph One. |
Nov 1 |
Software Security II |
Nov 5 (discussion section) |
Discussion slides |
Nov 6 |
Web Security I: SQL injection |
Nov 8 |
Midterm today (sample midterm with solutions) Midterm solutions here |
Nov 13 |
Web Security II: XSS, CSRF |
Nov 15 |
Physical Security
Read Anderson's Security Engineering v2 chapter on Physical Protection. |
Nov 19 (discussion section) |
Discussion slides |
Nov 20 |
Malware I: Viruses |
Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving Holiday. No class |
Nov 26 (discussion section) |
Discussion slides |
Nov 27 |
Guest expert lecture on Voting Machines (Hovav Shacham) |
Nov 29 |
Malware II: Worms and Botnets |
Nov 3 (discussion section) |
Discussion slides |
Dec 4 |
Network security |
Dec 6 |
Botnets and Internet criminology |
Dec 14 |
Final (sample final with solutions) |