Syllabus
Date |
Topic |
|---|---|
| Apr 3 | Intro |
Apr 5 |
Basic Cryptography I |
Apr 10 |
Basic Cryptography II |
Apr 12 |
Basic Cryptography III |
Apr 17 |
Class Cancelled |
Apr 19 |
User Authentication |
Apr 24 |
Side channels |
Apr 26 |
Covert channels |
May 1 |
Software Security I |
May 3 |
Software Security II |
May 8 |
Software Security III |
May 10 |
Midterm. (NOTE: no book/note/cheatsheet). Here is a sample with solutions. It is only a sample (i.e. the actual midterm will have a similar form, but may have very different questions. The midterm covers up to (and including) format string vulnerabilities.) |
May 15 |
Malicious Code I |
May 17 |
Malicious Code II: Viruses |
May 22 |
Malicious Code III: Worms |
May 24 |
Midterm returned. Mean was 69.54 percent, median 68.42, stddev 17.34. |
May 29 |
Botnets, spyware, rootkits, firewalls |
May 31 |
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June 5 |
Class cancelled |
June 7 |
Intrusion Detection & Denial of service |