| Date |
Topic |
Readings |
| Aug 20 |
I. Security Concepts
Introduction and Administrivia |
|
| Aug 22 |
Threat Analysis and Assurance
|
GT Ch. 1.1
|
| Aug 27 |
Secure Design Principles
|
GT Ch. 1.1
|
| Aug 29 |
Access Control Models
HW 1 Assigned
|
GT Ch. 1.2
|
| Sep 3 |
No class, Labor Day
Labor
Day Weekend Activities in Bloomington
|
|
| Sep 5 |
II. Cryptography
Cryptography Overview
|
GT Ch. 1.3.1, 1.3.2
|
| Sep 10 |
Attacks on Cryptosystems
|
GT Ch. 1.3.3
|
| Sep 12 |
Hash Functions and Certificates
HW 2 Assigned
|
GT Ch. 1.3.4, 1.3.5
|
| Sep 17 |
III. Operating Systems Security
Operating Systems Concepts
|
GT Ch. 3.1.1, 3.1.2
|
| Sep 19 |
Process Security and the Filesystem
|
GT Ch. 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.2
|
| Sep 24 |
Password-Based Authentication
|
Stallings handout
|
| Sep 26 |
Access Control and Advanced File Permissions
HW 3 Assigned
|
GT Ch. 3.3.3
|
| Oct 1 |
IV. Attacks and Malware
Buffer Overflow Attacks and Defenses
|
GT Ch. 3.1.4, 3.4.1–3.4.3
|
| Oct 3 |
Direct and Physical Attacks
|
GT Ch. 2.4, 2.6
|
| Oct 8 |
Midterm Review Session
|
|
| Oct 10 |
Closed-book Midterm Exam
Covers all topics assigned through Sep 26th
In class, usual time: 2:30–3:45pm, Swain Hall 218
|
|
| Oct 15 |
Guest Lecture: Malware I (Rob Templeman)
|
GT Ch. 4.1, 4.2
|
| Oct 17 |
Guest Lecture: Malware II (Prof. Steve Myers)
HW 4 Assigned
|
GT Ch. 4.3–4.5
|
| Oct 22 |
V. Network Security
Network Security Concepts, Link and Network Layers
|
GT Ch. 5.1–5.3
|
| Oct 24 |
Network and Transport Layers
|
GT Ch. 5.3, 5.4
|
| Oct 29 |
Transport Layer and DoS
|
GT Ch. 5.4, 5.5
|
| Oct 31 |
Firewalls
HW 5 Assigned
|
GT Ch. 6.2
|
| Nov 5 |
DNS
|
GT Ch. 6.1
|
| Nov 7 |
Tunneling, IPSec, and VPNs
|
GT Ch. 6.3
|
| Nov 12 |
Wireless Networking
|
GT Ch. 6.5
|
| Nov 14 |
Intrusion Detection
HW 6 Assigned
|
GT Ch. 6.4
|
| Nov 19 |
No class, Thanksgiving Break
|
|
| Nov 21 |
No class, Thanksgiving Break
|
|
| Nov 26 |
VI. Web Security
The World Wide Web
|
GT Ch. 7.1
|
| Nov 28 |
No class, complete assigned reading and response
|
|
| Dec 3 |
Attacks on Clients
|
GT Ch. 7.2
|
| Dec 5 |
Final Review Session
|
|
| Dec 10 |
No class, Finals Week
|
|
| Dec 12 |
No class, Finals Week
|
|
| Dec 14 |
Closed-book, Comprehensive Final Exam
Covers Entire Syllabus (all readings and labs)
Friday 2:45–4:45pm, Swain West 218
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