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Date |
Topic |
Homeworks |
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Aug 27 |
Introduction to policy (Dave Farber) |
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Aug 29 |
Wiretapping laws (Dave Farber) |
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(no
critique) read CALEA
info page, |
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Sep 3 |
Labor Day, no class |
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Sep 5 |
Basic security intro |
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Sep 10 |
Basic security properties |
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HAC Chapter 1 (Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 (other sections are optional)) |
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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)] |
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Sep 17 |
Cryptography basics (secret key) |
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TW-classical-cryptosystems (pp. 12-30 in TW), TW-block-ciphers (pp. 34-43 in TW), both are available on blackboard |
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Sep 19 |
Cryptography basics (AES, modes) |
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TW-DES-and-modes-of-operation (pp. 123-143 in TW), TW-AES (pp. 151-161 in TW), both are available on blackboard |
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Sep 24 |
Crypto basics (remainder) |
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Sep 26 |
Security protocols 1 |
HW1 due |
Abadi-Needham |
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Oct 1 |
Security protocols 2 |
HW2 out |
Anderson-Needham, Borisov |
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Oct 3 |
OS basics, buffer overruns 1 |
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Aleph One, Cowan - I |
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Oct 8 |
Buffer overruns 2 |
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Wilander (critique needed), Cowan - II (optional reading, no critique needed) |
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Oct 10 |
TCG (Arvind Seshadri) |
HW2 due |
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Oct 15 |
Midterm review (Ahren Studer) |
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Oct 17 |
Midterm exam |
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Oct 22 |
Case
study: 802.11 WEP insecurities |
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Borisov
(optional reading, no critique due) |
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Oct 24 |
Networking basics, IP vulnerabilities |
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Bellovin |
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Oct 29 |
Worms and viruses (Ahren Studer) |
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Staniford, Nachenberg |
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Oct 31 |
Legal aspects of security (Dave Farber) |
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(no reading, no critique) |
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Nov 5 |
SSL / TLS |
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Reading on Blackboard (Stallings Chap 17) |
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Nov 7 |
Human factors and security (Cynthia Kuo) |
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Whitten (critique needed), Dourish (optional reading, no critique needed) |
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Nov 12 |
PKI basics / naming |
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Reading on Blackboard (KPS Chap 15), (optional reading, no critique needed Ellison) |
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Nov 14 |
DDoS attacks and defenses 1 |
HW 3 due, HW4 out |
Savage |
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Nov 19 |
DDoS attacks and defenses 2 |
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Yaar |
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Nov 21 |
Thanksgiving Holiday, no class |
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Nov 26 |
Secure password protocols, key establishment |
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Bellovin-Merritt |
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Nov 28 |
Broadcast authentication |
HW4 due |
TESLA |
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Dec 3 |
Review Lecture 1 |
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(no reading) |
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Dec 5 |
Review lecture 2 |
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(no reading) |
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TBA |
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