CS 161
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CS 161: Computer Security
Announcements:
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Instructors: Peyrin Kao and Nicholas Ngai
Lecture: MTWTh, 3:30 PM–5:00 PM PT
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| Mon 06/21 |
Project 1 released |
No discussion | HW1 | |
| Mon 06/21 |
Introduction and Security Principles | |||
| Tue 06/22 |
x86 Assembly and Call Stack | |||
| Wed 06/23 |
Memory Safety Vulnerabilities | 61C Review, Security Principles | ||
| Thu 06/24 |
Mitigating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities | |||
| Mon 06/28 |
Introduction to Cryptography | Memory Safety | HW2 | |
| Tue 06/29 |
Optional Lab 1 released |
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| Tue 06/29 |
Block Ciphers and Modes of Operation | |||
| Wed 06/30 |
Cryptographic Hashes and MACs | Symmetric-Key Cryptography | ||
| Thu 07/01 |
PRNGs and Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange | |||
| Mon 07/05 |
Holiday (No Lecture) | Asymmetric Cryptography | HW3 | |
| Tue 07/06 |
Project 1 due |
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| Tue 07/06 |
Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signatures | |||
| Wed 07/07 |
Certificates, Passwords, and Case Studies | Public Key Cryptography | ||
| Thu 07/08 |
Bitcoin | |||
| Mon 07/12 |
Signal | TBD |
Midterm Review | HW4 |
| Tue 07/13 |
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| Tue 07/13 |
Midterm (No Lecture) | |||
| Wed 07/14 |
Project 2 released |
SQL Injection and Cookies | ||
| Wed 07/14 |
Introduction to Web | |||
| Thu 07/15 |
Cookies and CSRF | |||
| Mon 07/19 |
XSS and UI Attacks | CSRF and XSS | HW5 | |
| Tue 07/20 |
Optional Lab 1 due |
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| Tue 07/20 |
Optional Lab 2 released |
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| Tue 07/20 |
Project 2 design doc draft due |
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| Tue 07/20 |
SQL Injection and CAPTCHAs | |||
| Wed 07/21 |
Introduction to Networking | UI Based Attacks and Privacy | ||
| Thu 07/22 |
Low-Level Network Attacks | |||
| Mon 07/26 |
IP, BGP, and TCP | TLS and TCP | HW6 | |
| Tue 07/27 |
Project 2 due |
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| Tue 07/27 |
TLS | |||
| Wed 07/28 |
Project 3 released |
DNS | ||
| Wed 07/28 |
DNS | |||
| Thu 07/29 |
DNSSEC | |||
| Mon 08/02 |
Denial of Service and Firewalls | TBD |
Intrusion Detection | HW7 |
| Tue 08/03 |
Intrusion Detection | |||
| Wed 08/04 |
Malware and Malcode | TBD |
Web Security and Special Topics | |
| Thu 08/05 |
Tor | TBD |
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| Mon 08/09 |
(Optional) Special Topics | Final Review | ||
| Tue 08/10 |
Project 3 due |
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| Tue 08/10 |
Optional Lab 2 due 11:59pm PT |
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| Tue 08/10 |
(Optional) Special Topics | |||
| Wed 08/11 |
(Optional) Special Topics | |||
| Thu 08/12 |
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| Thu 08/12 |
Final Exam (No Lecture) | |||