I230 Analytical Foundations of Security
Fall 2015


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Class Schedule

This schedule is tentative, and subject to change.

Date Zeller Date
Kapadia
Topic Readings
Aug 27 Aug 24 I. Security Concepts

Introduction and Administrivia
Aug 26 Threat Analysis and Assurance GT Ch. 1.1
Sep 3 Aug 31 Secure Design Principles GT Ch. 1.1
Sep 2 Access Control Models
Lab 1 Assigned
GT Ch. 1.2
n/a Sep 7 No class, Labor Day
Labor Day Weekend Activities in Bloomington
Sep 10 Sep 9 II. Cryptography

Cryptography Overview
GT Ch. 1.3.1, 1.3.2
Sep 17 Sep 14 Attacks on Cryptosystems GT Ch. 1.3.3
Sep 16 Hash Functions and Certificates
Lab 2 Assigned
GT Ch. 1.3.4, 1.3.5
Sep 24 Sep 21 III. Operating Systems Security

Operating Systems Concepts
GT Ch. 3.1.1, 3.1.2
Sep 23 Process Security and the Filesystem GT Ch. 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.2
Oct 1 Sep 27 Password-Based Authentication Stallings handout
Sep 30 Access Control and Advanced File Permissions
Lab 3 Assigned
GT Ch. 3.3.3
Oct 8 Oct 5 IV. Attacks and Malware

Program Execution and the Stack
GT Ch. 3.1.4, 3.4.1–3.4.3
Oct 7 Buffer Overflow Attacks and Defenses GT Ch. 3.1.4, 3.4.1–3.4.3
Oct 15 Oct 12 Direct and Physical Attacks GT Ch. 2.4, 2.6
Oct 14 Special topics lecture Assiged via OnCourse Announcement
Oct 22 Oct 19 Malware I GT Ch. 4.1, 4.2
Oct 21 Malware II
Lab 4 Assigned
GT Ch. 4.3–4.5
Oct 29 Oct 26 V. Network Security

Network Security Concepts, Link and Network Layers I
GT Ch. 5.1–5.3
Oct 28 Network Security Concepts, Link and Network Layers II GT Ch. 5.1–5.3
Nov 5 Nov 2 Network and Transport Layers GT Ch. 5.3, 5.4
Nov 4 Transport Layer and DoS
Lab 5 Assigned
GT Ch. 5.4, 5.5
Nov 12 Nov 9 Firewalls GT Ch. 6.2
Nov 11 Firewall Lab Tutorial
Nov 19 Nov 16 DNS, Tunneling, IPSec, and VPNs GT Ch. 6.1, 6.3
Nov 18 Intrusion Detection
Lab 6 Assigned
GT Ch. 6.4
Nov 26 Nov 23 No class, Thanksgiving Break
Nov 25 No class, Thanksgiving Break
Dec 3 Nov 30 VI. Web Security

Wireless Networking, The World Wide Web
GT Ch. 6.5, 7.1
Dec 2 Guest lecture: Tom Zeller: Wireless Networking at IU
Dec 10 Dec 7 Attacks on Clients GT Ch. 7.2
Dec 9 Final Review Session
Final Closed-book, Comprehensive Final Exam
Covers Entire Syllabus (all readings and labs)
Kapadia: 12:30–2:30pm, Mon, December 14, Ballantine Hall 204
Zeller: 12:30–2:30pm, Thu, December 17, Informatics East 150