18-630 / 19-631 / 95-830 Syllabus (Fall 2007) 

Date

Topic

Homeworks

Readings

Aug 27

Introduction to policy (Dave Farber)



Aug 29

Wiretapping laws (Dave Farber)


(no critique) read CALEA info page,
read some articles on EPIC wiretapping page

Sep 3

Labor Day, no class

 

 

Sep 5

Basic security intro



Sep 10

Basic security properties

 

HAC Chapter 1 (Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 (other sections are optional))

Sep 12

Cryptography basics (public key)

HW1 out

HAC Chapter 1 (Sections 1.3, 1.5, 1.8 to 1.11, no reading critique needed), PGP intro, [optional reading available on blackboard, no critique needed: TW-number-theory (pp. 63-75 in TW), TW-modular-exponentiation (pp. 78-84 in TW), and TW-RSA (pp. 164-176 in TW)]

Sep 17

Cryptography basics (secret key)

 

TW-classical-cryptosystems (pp. 12-30 in TW), TW-block-ciphers (pp. 34-43 in TW), both are available on blackboard

Sep 19

Cryptography basics (AES, modes)

 

TW-DES-and-modes-of-operation (pp. 123-143 in TW), TW-AES (pp. 151-161 in TW), both are available on blackboard

Sep 24

Crypto basics (remainder)

 


Sep 26

Security protocols 1

HW1 due

Abadi-Needham

Oct 1

Security protocols 2

HW2 out

Anderson-Needham, Borisov 

Oct 3

OS basics, buffer overruns 1

 

Aleph One, Cowan - I

Oct 8

Buffer overruns 2

 

Wilander (critique needed), Cowan - II (optional reading, no critique needed)

Oct 10

TCG (Arvind Seshadri)

HW2 due

Sailer

Oct 15

Midterm review (Ahren Studer)

 

(no reading)

Oct 17

Midterm exam

 

 

Oct 22

Case study: 802.11 WEP insecurities

 

Borisov (optional reading, no critique due)

Oct 24

Networking basics, IP vulnerabilities


Bellovin  

Oct 29

Worms and viruses (Ahren Studer)

 

Staniford, Nachenberg  

Oct 31

Legal aspects of security (Dave Farber)

HW3 out

(no reading, no critique)

Nov 5

SSL / TLS


Reading on Blackboard (Stallings Chap 17)

Nov 7

Human factors and security (Cynthia Kuo)


Whitten (critique needed), Dourish (optional reading, no critique needed)

Nov 12

PKI basics / naming


Reading on Blackboard (KPS Chap 15), (optional reading, no critique needed Ellison)

Nov 14

DDoS attacks and defenses 1

HW 3 due, HW4 out

Savage 

Nov 19

DDoS attacks and defenses 2

 

Yaar

Nov 21

Thanksgiving Holiday, no class

 


Nov 26

Secure password protocols, key establishment

 

Bellovin-Merritt 

Nov 28

Broadcast authentication

HW4 due

TESLA 

Dec 3

Review Lecture 1

 

(no reading)

Dec 5

Review lecture 2

 

(no reading)

TBA

 Final exam