COS 432: Information SecurityFall 2006 |
General information
Schedule Homework |
The schedule is subject to change. Please re-check this page periodically.
| Date | Lecture topic | Homework Due |
| Mon 18 Sep | Message integrity and pseudorandom functions | |
| Wed 20 Sep | Message authentication codes and random numbers | |
| Mon 25 Sep | Stream ciphers | |
| Wed 27 Sep | Block ciphers | |
| Mon 2 Oct | Authenticating users | |
| Wed 4 Oct | Public-key crypto | Assignment 1: Storing Votes Securely |
| Mon 9 Oct | Key exchange and key management | |
| Wed 11 Oct | Putting it together: The SSH protocol | |
| Mon 16 Oct | Protecting hosts from malicious programs | Assignment 2: Authenticating Voters |
| Wed 18 Oct | Memory safety | |
| Mon 23 Oct | Access control | |
| Wed 25 Oct | Guest lecture (Prof. Andrew Appel) | Assignment 3: Design Review for Authenticating Voters |
| Mon 6 Nov | E-Voting | |
| Wed 8 Nov | Information flow and multi-level security | |
| Mon 13 Nov | Spam | Assignment 4: Toll transponder system design |
| Wed 15 Nov | Network security: protecting the infrastructure | |
| Mon 20 Nov | Firewalls and virtual private networks | Assignment 5: Design Review for toll transponder system |
| Wed 22 Nov | Coping with network denial of service attacks | |
| Mon 27 Nov | Privacy and anonymity | |
| Wed 29 Nov | E-commerce security: on-line systems | |
| Mon 4 Dec | E-Commerce Security: off-line systems | Assignment 6: Lottery Security Design |
| Wed 6 Dec | Programming language methods | |
| Mon 11 Dec | Protecting programs against hosts | |
| Wed 13 Dec | Intellectual property and copy protection | Assignment 7: Design Review for Lottery Security |
| Tue 23 Jan, 9:00-noon, in A01 McDonnell | Final Exam [sample final, sample midterm] |