CS 161 Spring 2022
CS 161: Computer Security
Announcements:
- None for now!
Instructor: Nicholas Weaver
Lecture: T/Th, 12:30--2:00 PM PT in Dwinelle 155
| Date | Lecture | Readings | Discussion | HW | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 01/18 |
1. Introduction and Security Principles (Recording) | No discussion | HW1 | ||
| Thu 01/20 |
2. Security Principles (continued) and x86 Assembly (Recording) | ||||
| Tue 01/25 |
3. Memory Safety Vulnerabilities | Security Principles and x86 | Project 1 Checkpoint | ||
| Thu 01/27 |
4. Mitigating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities | ||||
| Tue 02/01 |
5. Intro to Cryptography | Memory Safety | HW2 | ||
| Thu 02/03 |
6. Block Ciphers and Modes of Operation | ||||
| Tue 02/08 |
7. Cryptography Hashes and MACs | Symmetric Cryptography | Project 1 | ||
| Thu 02/10 |
8. PRNGs and Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange | ||||
| Tue 02/15 |
9. Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signatures | Integrity and Authenticity | HW3 | ||
| Thu 02/17 |
10. Certificates, Passwords, and Case Studies | ||||
| Tue 02/22 |
11. Bitcoin | Asymmetric Cryptography + Midterm Review | |||
| Thu 02/24 |
12. Intro to Web | ||||
| Fri 02/25 |
Midterm | ||||
| Tue 03/01 |
13. Cookies and CSRF | Cookies and CSRF | HW4 | Project 2 Design | |
| Thu 03/03 |
14. XSS and UI Attacks | ||||
| Tue 03/08 |
15. SQL Injection and CAPTCHAs | SQL Injection and XSS | |||
| Thu 03/10 |
16. Intro to Networking | ||||
| Tue 03/15 |
17. Low-Level Network Attacks | ARP, DHCP, WPA, TCP | HW5 | Project 2 | |
| Thu 03/17 |
18. BGP, TCP, and UDP | ||||
| Tue 03/22 |
Spring Break | No discussion | |||
| Thu 03/24 |
Spring Break | ||||
| Tue 03/29 |
19. TLS | TCP and TLS | |||
| Thu 03/31 |
20. DNS | ||||
| Tue 04/05 |
21. DNSSEC | DNS | HW6 | Project 3 | |
| Thu 04/07 |
22. Denial of Service and Firewalls | ||||
| Tue 04/12 |
23. Intrusion Detection | DNSSEC | |||
| Thu 04/14 |
24. Malware | ||||
| Tue 04/19 |
25. Tor | Intrusion Detection | HW7 | ||
| Thu 04/21 |
26. Optional Special Topics | ||||
| Tue 04/26 |
27. Optional Special Topics | Tor and Special Topics | |||
| Thu 04/28 |
28. Optional Special Topics | ||||
| Tue 05/03 |
RRR week | Final Review | |||
| Thu 05/05 |
RRR week | ||||
| Thu 05/12 |
Final Exam | ||||