Fall 2006 schedule: Tues., 7:10 - 9:40 pm, Rome 204
Text: Computer Security: Art and Science by Matt Bishop. Please check errata for your printing on the website.
Instructor: Poorvi Vora Office: 706 Philips. Office Hours: Tues: 1:30-4:30 pm; Thurs: 10:30 am-noon, 1-2:30 pm.
Grader: Yu-An (Meredith) Sun, email ysun Office: 720 G Office Hours: Wed 4-7:30pm and Tuesday 4:30pm to 7pm.
Homeworks are due by 6 pm on due date. Submit them in Blackboard. No other methods of submission will be accepted. Late HWs are not allowed.
283 and 172 will be graded separately. If you are an undergrad, please consult your adviser before choosing to take 283; graduate credit for 283 is not automatic for undergrads, but all those enrolled in 283 will be graded together.
Slides and notes on this website are not in final form till one week after the lecture covering the material. I often update notes and slides during and after the lecture
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Week I, 5 Sept. 2006
Course
Outline, Introduction,
Classical Ciphers,
Stream Ciphers.
Chapters 1, 9.1, 9.2.1, 9.2.2 (no index of coincidence or Kasiski attack), 11.2
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Week II, 12 Sept. 2006
Introduction (complete),
Classical Ciphers (complete),
Chapters 1, 9.1, 9.2.1, 9.2.2 (no index of coincidence or Kasiski attack) Quiz 1 |
Week III, 19 Sept. 2006
Block Ciphers (slightly modified, Sept. 20),
Public Key Cryptography
Chapters 9.2.3, 9.3, 9.4, 11.2.2 Quiz 2 |
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Week IV, 26 Sept. 2006
Chapter 10, except 10.2.2, 10.3 and 10.5
HW 1 assigned. Due October 11, 6 pm ON BLACKBOARD Quiz 3 |
Week V, 3 Oct. 2006
Access Control Matrix,
Access Control Lists,
Access Control: Capabilities,
Access Control: Locks-Keys and Rings
Chapter 1, 15 upto page 398 (inclusive) excluding section 15.2.4
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Week VI, 10 Oct. 2006
Complete Access Control: Locks-Keys and Rings
Complete Public Key Infrastructure.
Avoiding Replay Attacks and Revision of Birthday Attack.
Begin Security Policy
Chapter 15 excluding section 15.2.4. Chapter 4 excluding 4.5. Read 4.6 on your own.
Quiz 5
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Week VII, 17 Oct. 2006
Test 1 on material covered in Lectures I-V |
Week VIII, 24 Oct. 2006
Security Policy,
Schneier Attack Trees Chapter 4 (except 4.5 and 4.6) from text |
Week IX, 31 Oct. 2006
Security Policy Complete,
Confidentiality Policy,
Integrity Policy
HW 2 assigned. Due November 9 (typo on hard copy of HW), 6 pm ON BLACKBOARD Quiz 6
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Week X, 7 Nov. 2006
Chapters 14 (upto 14.5 only), 12.
HW 3 assigned. Due November 27, 6 pm ON BLACKBOARD |
Week XI, 14 Nov. 2006
Quiz 8
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Week XII, 21 Nov. 2006
Covert Channels, Malware,
part of Privacy (upto and including slide no 10)
Quiz 9
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Week XIII, 28 Nov. 2006
Privacy, Design Principles and Trusted OS, Risk Analysis,and Special Topics
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Week XIV, 5 Dec. 2006 Test 2 on Lectures: VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII |