Class Schedule

Date	Lecture Topic	Reading
9/2	Introduction	1, Class Notes
9/9	Symmetric Key Cryptography	9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 11.2, Class Notes
9/16	Rosh Hashanah, No Class
9/23	Asymmetric Key Cryptography. Authentication. Digital Signatures. Cryptographic Hash functions.	9.3, 9.4, 10.6, Class Notes
9/30	Key Management Issues and Protocols. Digital Certificates. PKI.	10.1 to 10.5
10/7	Identity and Authentication	12 and 14
10/14	Access Control	2.1, 2.2, and 15
10/21	Midterm
10/28	Security Policies and Design Principles	13 and Selected Parts of 5, 6 and 7
11/4	Writing Secure Code; Malicious Logic	29 and Class Notes
11/11	Vulnerability Analysis, Covert Channels, Information Flow	23, 16 and 17
11/18	Assurance and Building Systems with Assurance	18, 19
11/25	Thanksgiving Holiday. No Class
12/2	Evaluating Secure Systems	21
12/9	Auditing	24
12/17	Final

Homework Schedule

HW Post	HW Due	Description	Lab	Difficulty
9/2	9/13	Intro to C	Lab 0	Intermediate
	9/15	Holiday
9/9	9/22	Private Key Cryptography	Lab 1	Easy
9/23	9/29	Public Key Cryptography	Lab 2	Intermediate
9/30	10/6	Hash Algorithms	Lab 3	Easy
10/7	10/13	Authentication	Lab 4	Hard
10/14	10/20	Midterm
10/7	10/27	Access Control & Reference Monitor
10/7	11/3	FEAU - Due	Lab 5	Hard
11/4	11/10	Identify Design Problems	Lab 6	Hard
11/11	11/17	Identify Implementation Problems	Lab 7	Intermediate
11/18	11/24	Code Auditing	Lab 8	Easy
11/25	12/1	Password Auditing	Lab 9	Intermediate
12/2	12/8	Final FEAU Due	Lab 10	Easy