CMPS 122, Winter 2005

Schedule

This is the schedule for CMPS 122. It's subject to change, based on class progress and other factors.

Some material may be restricted; this page (available from the ucsc.edu domain) explains how to access the material from off-campus.

Date	Topic	Readings	Slides	Assigned	Due
4 Jan	Introduction Historical perspective	Ch 1	Intro
6 Jan	Introduction to cryptography Simple historical ciphers	Ch 2	Encryption
11 Jan	Block ciphers	Ch 3	Block ciphers	HW #1
13 Jan	Block ciphers Public key encryption	Ch 6 Ch 8.1–8.4, 10.2
18 Jan	Public key encryption	Ch 9	Public key encryption		HW #1
20 Jan	Hashing Authentication & passwords	Ch 11, 12.1–12.2,	Hashing & authentication	HW #2
25 Jan	Authentication protocols Kerberos	Ch 13, 18.3, 14.1
27 Jan	PGP SSL SSH	Ch 15.1, 17.2	Real-world protocols	HW #3	HW #2
1 Feb	IP-level security Intruders	Ch 16, 18
3 Feb	Dealing with intrusion Firewalls	Ch 20	Intruders		HW #3 Project checkpoint
8 Feb	MIDTERM (in class)
10 Feb	Honeypots & countermeasures
15 Feb	Malcode: viruses, trojan horses, and more	Ch 19	Malcode
17 Feb	Malcode: bugs & how to exploit them				Project checkpoint
22 Feb	Malcode: dealing with insecure software			HW #4
24 Feb	Malcode: real world examples
1 Mar	Security in operating systems Levels of trust	SELinux paper	Secure operating systems	HW #5	HW #4
3 Mar	Secure file systems
8 Mar	Planning and administering security Understanding risk		Security planning
10 Mar	Privacy & ethics		Privacy & ethics		HW #5 Final paper (March 14th)
18 Mar	FINAL EXAM (Friday, March 18th at 8 AM in the usual room)