18-630 / 19-631 / 95-830 Syllabus (Fall 2004)


Date
Topic
Homeworks
Readings
Aug 31
Dave Farber and Adrian Perrig traveling
HW 0 available

Sep 2
Dave Farber and Adrian Perrig traveling

Sep 7
Introduction (F&P)

Anderson
Sep 9
Basic security properties (P)
HW 0 due
HAC Chapter 1 (Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7 (other sections are optional))
Sep 14
Basic policy overview (F)

Anderson chapter 21, available on blackboard
Sep 16
Legal aspects of security (F)

Crypto law survey
Sep 21
Cryptography basics: public-key algorithms (Asad Samar)

HAC Chapter 1 (Sections 1.3, 1.5, 1.8 to 1.11, no reading critique needed), PGP intro (submit reading critique for this)
Sep 23
Cryptography basics: secret-key algorithms (P)

Again HAC Chapter 1, Lamport
Sep 28
Security protocols 1 (P)
HW1 out (on blackboard)
Abadi-Needham, (optional: Kaufman-Perlman-Speciner 2.3-2.6, 3.1-3.3, 5.1-5.2, 5.5-5.7, 6.1-6.4)
Sep 30
Security protocols 2 (P)

Anderson-Needham
Oct 5
OS protection mechanisms and confinement (Scott Garriss)
Lampson-Abadi-Burrows-Wobber (Sections 1, 2, 3, 5.1, 5.3, and 7)
Oct 7
Cryptography laws (F) HW1 due Browse through several pages at the Center for Democracy and Technology web site (no reading critique required)
Oct 12
OS Basics, buffer overruns 1 (P)
Aleph One, Cowan - I
Oct 14
Midterm review (F&P) HW1 graded Bring questions to the class, no reading critique required
Oct 19
Midterm exam

Oct 21
Buffer overruns 2 (P)
Wilander, Cowan - II
Oct 26
HIPAA equivalent (F)
Weil, HIPAA Security FAQ, HIPAA Privacy FAQ
Oct 28
Design for privacy (Elaine Newton)
Reading available on blackboard
Nov 2
Wireless security (Jesse Walker)
Cam-Winget-Housley-Wagner-Walker, RFC 2284
Nov 4
Networking introduction / IP vulnerabilities (P)

Bellovin
Nov 9
PKI / naming (P)
HW3 out
Reading on Blackboard (KPS Chap 15), Ellison
Nov 11 DRM policy (F)

Lohmann
Nov 16
SSL/TLS (P)
Reading on Blackboard (Stallings Chap 17)
Nov 18
Secure password protocols, key establishment (P)
HW3 due, HW4 out
Bellovin-Merritt
Nov 23
DDoS attacks and defenses (P)

Savage-Wetherall-Karlin-Anderson, Yaar-Perrig-Song
Nov 25
Thanksgiving Holiday, no class


Nov 30
TCG / NGSCB (Leendert van Doorn)
HW4 due
England-Lampson-Manferdelli-Peinado-Willman, (optional) Sailer-Zhang-Jaeger-Doorn
Dec 2
DDoS attacks and defenses 2 (P)
 
Dec 7
Final review (F&P)


Dec 9
Final exam