| Date |
Topic |
Readings |
| Aug 26 |
Module 1: Introduction
Introduction and Administrivia |
Course policies, Plagiarism
|
| Aug 28 |
What is Security? |
SB Ch 1
|
| Lab |
|
| Sep 2 |
Labor Day, no class |
| Sep 4 |
Concepts in security design |
SB Ch 1
|
| Lab |
Lab 1: Linux installation
|
| Sep 9 |
What is Privacy? |
SB Ch 1
|
| Sep 11 |
Internet Protocol Suite Review |
Internet
protocol suite (Wikipedia)
|
| Lab |
|
| Sep 16 |
Internet Protocol Suite Review |
Internet
protocol suite (Wikipedia)
|
| Sep 18 |
Module 2: Firewalls
Firewalls: Intro |
SB Ch 9
|
| Lab |
Lab 2: Firewall Lab
|
| Sep 23 |
Firewalls: Deep Packet Inspection |
SB Ch 9
|
| Sep 25 |
Firewalls: Application-Layer Gateways |
SB Ch 9
|
| Lab |
|
| Sep 30 |
Module 3: Intrusion Detection
Intrusion Detection: Anomaly vs. Signature Based |
SB Ch 8
|
| Oct 2 |
Intrusion Detection: Evaluation (TPR, FPR) |
SB Ch 8
|
|
Paper Proposal Due
|
| Lab |
|
| Oct 7 |
Intrusion Detection: Base Rate Fallacy |
SB Ch 8
|
| Oct 9 |
Intrusion Detection: ROC Curves |
SB Ch 8, ROC Curves
|
| Lab |
Lab 3: Snort Lab
|
| Oct 14 |
No Class - Review Video + Top Hat Module |
|
| Oct 16 |
Hour Exam I (Covers Modules 1–3) |
|
| Lab |
|
| Oct 21 |
Intrusion Detection: Coda |
SB Ch 7
|
| Oct 23 |
Module 4: DoS
Denial-of-Service Attacks: TCP 3-Way Handshake |
SB Ch 7
|
| Lab |
|
| Oct 28 |
Denial-of-Service Attacks: SYN Cookies |
SB Ch 7
|
| Oct 30 |
Denial-of-Service Attacks: SYN Cookies |
SB Ch 7
|
| Lab |
Lab 4: DoS Lab
|
| Nov 4 |
Module 5: Crypto + TLS
Symmetric Cryptography - Semantic Security |
SB Ch. 2
|
| Nov 6 |
Symmetric Cryptography - Key Size |
SB Ch. 2
|
| Lab |
|
| Nov 11 |
Symmetric Cryptography - Block Modes |
SB Ch. 2, 20.5
|
| Nov 13 |
Cryptography review - Asymmetric, PKI |
SB Ch. 2, 23.2, 23.3
|
| Lab |
Lab 5: PKI
|
| Nov 18 |
Digital Signatures and Certificates |
SB Ch. 2
|
| Nov 20 |
PKI and Key Management |
SB Ch. 2, 23.2, 23.3
|
| Lab |
|
| Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving Break, no class |
| Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving Break, no class |
| Lab |
Thanksgiving Break, no class |
| Dec 2 |
TLS |
SB Ch. 22.3, 22.4, 23.2, 23.3
|
| Dec 4 |
Hour Exam II (Covers Modules 4–5) |
|
| Lab |
|
| Dec 6 |
Final Paper Due
|
| Dec 9 |
Project Presentations |
|
| Dec 11 |
Project Presentations |
|