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Weekly Calendar for Computer Security

[Week 1] [Week 2] [Week 3] [Week 4] [Week 5]
[Week 6] [Week 7] [Week 8] [Week 9] [Week 10]
[Week 11] [Week 12] [Week 13] [Week 14] [Week 15]

Assignment code

E - Exercise (do not need to turn in).
H - Homework (need to turn in hardcopy).
P - Programming projects.
D - Specified assignments are due in class today.
M - Midterm exam.

Week 1

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Class Organizations General Introduction	General Introduction	Chapter 1	Syllabus ( PDF Format)
Thursday	Classic ciphers Stream ciphers	Classic ciphers Stream ciphers	Chapter 2, 3.2 6.3 (Not required for exams)			H: homework #1 (Word Doc Format) (Due 9/11/2012)

Week 2

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers/Examples	Assignments
Wednesday	Stream ciphers (continued) Block ciphers	Block ciphers	3.3.1, 6.4.4, 6.4.5 (not required for exams), 6.4.6 (not required for exams), 6.4.7		"Breaking WEP Under 60 Seconds" (not required for exams) TDES
Thursday	Block ciphers (continued)		3.3.2 - 3.3.7, 3.4, 3.5			H: homework #2 (Word Doc Format) (Due 9/18/2011) P: Term Project Guideline (Word Doc Format) (Brief proposal due: 11/15/2012; final report due: 5:00pm, 12/14/2012)

Week 3

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Block ciphers (continued)	Same as last time
Thursday	Public Key Crypto	Public Key Crypto	4.1-4.4 6.5 (not required for exams) 6.6			H: homework #3 (Word Doc Format) (Due ~~9/27/2012~~ 10/2/2012) rec2.ps rauth2.ps

Week 4

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Public Key Crypto (Continued)		4.5-4.8
Thursday	Hash Functions	Hash Functions	5.1-5.6

Week 5

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Hash Functions (Continued) Local Authentication	Local Authentication	5.7-5.9 7.1-7.3
Thursday	Authentication (Continued)		7.4-7.7			H: homework #4 (Word Doc Format) (Due ~~10/4/2012~~ 10/9/2012)

Week 6

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Authorization	Authorization Part I	8.1-8.4
Thursday	Authorization (Continued) Insider Threat (not required for exams)	Insider Threat	8.5-8.7			H: homework #5 (Word Doc Format) (Due 10/18/2012)

Week 7

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Simple Authentication Protocols	Simple Authentication	9.1-9.3
Thursday	Simple Authentication Protocols (Continued)	(Same as last time)	9.3-9.5

Week 8

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Midterm Exam Review	Midterm Exam Review
Thursday	Midterm Exam Review (Continued if needed) Real-world Security Protocols	Real-World Security	10.1-10.3

Week 9

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Real-World Security Protocols (Continued)		10.4-10.5
Thursday	Questions and answers Real-World Security Protocols (Continued)		10.6-10.8

Week 10

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday (Oct. 30)	Midterm Exam
Thursday	Real-World Security Protocols (Continued)		10.6-10.8

Week 11

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Real-World Security Protocols (Continued)					H: homework #6 (Word Doc Format) (Due 11/20/2012) homework #8 (Word Doc Format) (Due 12/4/2012)
Thursday	Real-World Security Protocols (Continued)

Week 12

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Software Flaws and Malware	Software Flaws and Malware	11.1-11.3, 11.5			H: homework #7 (Word Doc Format) (Due 11/29/2012)
Thursday	Software Flaws and Malware (Continued) SRE and DRM	SRE and DRM	11.3-11.6 12.2-12.3

Week 13

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	SRE and DRM (Continued) Secure Software Development	Secure Software Development	12.4
Thursday	Thanksgiving	No class

Week 14

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Operating System Security	Operating System Security SELinux and Windows Case Studies Android Security	Chapter 13
Thursday	Review for the final exam	Review for Final Exam

Week 15

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Tuesday	Review for the final exam (Continued) Questions and answers Case studies of real world security vulnerabilities	Stuxnet
Thursday	DDOS and Defenses Advanced Topics and Summary (Information Flow, Tempest, and So on) (Not on the final exam)	DDOS Tempest HiStar Dhaval Presentation on Certifications

Final Exam Week

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Handout	Papers	Assignments
Thursday	December 13, 3:00 - 5:00PM					Final Exam (Cumulative)

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