Course Schedule Fall 2014
This schedule is subject to change. Please check back frequently.
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Sep. 29 The security mindset Homework 1 out
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Oct. 1 Message integrity |
Oct. 3 Hash functions and pseudorandomness |
MD5 Considered Harmful Today. Sotirov, Stevens, Appelbaum, Lenstra, Molnar, Osvik, and Weger. CCC 2008. |
Oct. 6 Confidentiality Homework 1 due 6pm
Project 1 out
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Oct. 8 Block ciphers Homework 2 out
Grad. paper response 1 due 6pm
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Oct. 10 Public key cryptography |
Cryptanalysis of the Windows Random Number Generator. Dorrendorf, Gutterman, Pinkas. CCS 2007. [*closed access] |
Oct. 13 RSA |
Oct. 15 Digital signatures Homework 2 due 6pm
Grad. paper response 2 due 6pm
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Oct. 17 Key exchange and key management |
New Directions in Cryptography. Diffie, Hellman. IEEE Trans. on Information Theory. 1976. |
Oct. 20 TLS and HTTPS Project 1 due 6pm
Project 2 out
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Oct. 22 Web architecture Grad. paper response 3 due 6pm
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Oct. 24 Web attacks and defenses |
Robust Defenses for Cross-Site Request Forgery. Barth, Jackson, Mitchell. CCS 2008. |
Oct. 27 Authenticating people |
Oct. 29 Authentication (cont.) and access control Homework 3 out
Project 2 due 6pm
Project 3 out
Grad. paper response 4 due 6pm
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Oct. 31 Networking basics |
The Tangled Web of Password Reuse. Das, Bonneau, Caesar, Borisov, Wang. NDSS 2014. |
Nov. 3 Network attacks |
Nov. 5 Network attacks (cont.) Grad. paper response 5 due 6pm
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Nov. 7 Network defenses Project 3 due 6pm
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A Look Back at "Security Problems in the TCP/IP Protocol Suite". Bellovin. ACSAC 2004. |
Nov. 10 Memory safety Homework 3 due 6pm
Homework 4 out
Project 4 out
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Nov. 12 Memory safety (cont.) Grad. paper response 6 due 6pm
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Nov. 14 Isolation |
The Geometry of Innocent Flesh on the Bone: Return-into-libc without Function Calls (on the x86). Shacham. CCS 2007. [*closed access] |
Nov. 17 Trusted computing and side channels |
Nov. 19 Anonymity Homework 4 due 6pm
Grad. paper response 7 due 6pm
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Nov. 21 Web privacy Project 4 due 6pm
Project 5 out
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Tor: The Second-Generation Onion Router. Dingledine, Mathewson, Syverson. Usenix Security 2004. |
Nov. 24 The underground economy Homework 5 out
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Nov. 26 Security ethics and economics Grad. paper response 8 due 6pm
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Nov. 28 Thanksgiving break – No lecture |
Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion. Kanich et al. CCS 2008. |
Dec. 1 Advanced threats |
Dec. 3 Human factors Grad. paper response 9 due 6pm
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Dec. 5 Exam review Homework 5 due 6pm
Project 5 due 6pm
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Final Exam: Friday, December 12, 10:30am–12:30pm in Ry 276
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