COS 432: Information SecurityFall 2002 |
General information
Schedule Homework |
Schedule is subject to change. Please re-check this page periodically.
| Date | Lecture topic | Homework Due |
| Thu 12 Sep | How to Think About Security | |
| Tue 17 Sep | Storing data securely on insecure media: integrity | |
| Thu 19 Sep | Authenticating people | Assignment 0: Warmup |
| Tue 24 Sep | Message authentication codes and random numbers | |
| Thu 26 Sep | Stream ciphers | |
| Tue 1 Oct | Block ciphers | Assignment 1: ATM Card Authentication |
| Thu 3 Oct | TBD (probably guest lecture) | |
| Tue 8 Oct | Public-key crypto | |
| Thu 10 Oct | Key exchange and key management | Assignment 2: Teller Login |
| Tue 15 Oct | Putting it together: The SSH protocol | |
| Thu 17 Oct | Protecting Hosts from Malicious Programs | |
| Tue 22 Oct | Buggy programs and security | Assignment 3: Design Review for Teller Login |
| Thu 24 Oct | Midterm exam | |
| Tue 5 Nov | Access control | |
| Thu 7 Nov | Information Flow and Multi-Level Security | Assignment 4: Communications Security |
| Tue 12 Nov | Network Security: Protecting the Infrastructure | |
| Thu 14 Nov | Firewalls and Virtual Private Networks | Assignment 5: Design Review for Communications Security |
| Tue 19 Nov | Privacy and anonymity | |
| Thu 21 Nov | E-commerce security | |
| Tue 26 Apr | E-Commerce Security: Off-line systems | |
| Tue 3 Dec | Formal methods | Assignment 6: Lottery Security Design |
| Thu 5 Dec | Protecting programs against hosts | |
| Tue 10 Dec | Intellectual property and copy protection | |
| Thu 12 Dec | TBD | Assignment 7: Design Review for Lottery Security |
| TBD | Final Exam |