CSE 127: Computer Security

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
June 5
Class cancelled
June 7
Intrusion Detection & Denial of service