CSE 127: Computer Security

Syllabus

Date
Topic
Jan 10 Class administration
Jan 12
Introduction and Basic Cryptography
Jan 17
Computationally-secure Crypto
Jan 19
Cancelled
Jan 24
Integrity and Authenticity
Jan 26
Key Distribution
Jan 31
User authentication
Feb 2
Side channels and Covert channels
Feb 7
Buffer Overflows
Feb 9
Sick (ugh)
Feb 14
Format strings, TOCTOU vulnerabilities
Feb 16
Midterm (topics include everything up to and including Feb 7th) Also, there are some sample questions here (note that this class doesn't provide sufficient background to solve 2a)
Feb 21
Malcode I
Feb 23
Malcode II
Feb 28
 
Mar 2
Malcode III: Worms
Mar 7
Malcode III continued
Mar 9
Network Security I: Firewalls and NATs
Mar 14
Network Security II: Intrusion Detection and DoS
Mar 16
Network Security III: Protocol Vulnerabilities