Course Information
| Lectures |
11:15–12:05pm, Mon/Wed
Informatics West 130
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| Labs |
10:10–11:00am or 11:15am–12:05pm Thursdays
Luddy Hall Security Lab (Luddy 3115)
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| Instructor |
Apu Kapadia
Email alias: kapadia
Office: Luddy Hall 3028
Office Hours: 10–10:45am Mondays, or by appointment
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| Associate Instructors (AI) |
Tousif Ahmed and Imtiaz Ahmad
Email alias: touahmed, imtahmad
Office: TBD
Office Hours: TBD or by appointment
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| Textbooks |
- SB (Required): Computer Security:
Principles and Practice (3rd or 4th Edition), by William Stallings
and Lawrie Brown
- SDL (Required, free eBook): The
Security Development Lifecycle, Michael Howard and Steve Lipner
- Other assigned readings
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| Prerequisites |
Required
INFO-I 230, I 231 and (I 211 or CSCI-C 212)
Some programming background is necessary. A specific language is
not required, but it is assumed you can pick up new languages
where needed for this course.
One lab for the CSCI section will be related to buffer overflows in C.
This course also assumes you are savvy with the Linux command
line, or have the willingness to put in the extra effort needed to become proficient.
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Course Description
From the course catalog: This course is an extensive survey of network security. The course materials cover threats to information confidentiality, integrity, and availability in different Internet layers, and defense mechanisms that control these threats. The course also provides a necessary foundation on network security, such as cryptographic, primitives/protocols, authentication, authorization and access control technologies; and hands-on experiences through programming assignments and course projects.
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