| Homepage | Syllabus | Schedule | Homework |
| Date | Topics | Homework |
| Week 1 | ||
| 01/18 | TAMU Holiday - No Class | |
| 01/20 | Introduction, Course Organization, Syllabus | |
| 01/22 |
First Principles of Security
Privacy and Anonymity Tools |
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| Week 2 | ||
| 01/25 | An Overview of Computer Security [Bishop] Ch. 1 | |
| 01/27 | Access Control Matrix [Bishop] Ch. 2 | |
| 01/29 | The Safety Question and Decidabilty [Bishop] Ch. 3.1-3.2 | |
| Week 3 | ||
| 02/01 | Clasical (Symmetric) Cryptosystems [Bishop] Ch. 9.1-9.2 | |
| 02/03 |
Attacks on Classical Cryptosystems
[Bishop] Ch. 9.2 |
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| 02/05 | Simplified Data Encryption Standard | |
| Week 4 | ||
| 02/08 |
The Data Encryption Standard (DES)
[Bishop] Ch. 9.2.3, [Anderson] Ch. 5.4.3.2 |
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| 02/10 |
The Advanced Encryption Standard
Stick Figure Guide to AES |
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| 02/12 |
Cipher Modes
[Anderson] Ch. 5.5 |
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| Week 5 | ||
| 02/15 |
Public Key (Asymmetric) Cryptography
[Bishop] Ch. 9.3-9.4 |
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| 02/17 |
Public Key Infrastructure
[Bishop] Ch. 10.4-10.5 |
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| 02/19 | Discussion: Apple vs. FBI (iPhone access control) | HW 1 Due |
| Week 6 | ||
| 02/22 |
TLS/SSL
[Bishop] Ch. 11 |
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| 02/24 |
Authentication
[Bishop] Ch. 12 |
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| 02/26 |
Authentication II
[Bishop] Ch. 12 |
Apple vs. FBI Opinion Due |
| Week 7 | ||
| 02/29 |
Design Principles
[Bishop] Ch. 13 |
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| 03/02 | Guest Lecture: Dr. Daniel "Rags" Ragsdale | |
| 03/04 | Guest Lecture: Dr. Robert "Trez" Jones | |
| Week 8 | ||
| 03/07 | Midterm Exam | |
| 03/09 | Steganography in Tic-Tac-Toe | |
| 03/11 | HW 2 In Class Workday | HW 2 Due |
| Week 9 | ||
| 03/14 | Spring Break - No Class | |
| 03/16 | Spring Break - No Class | |
| 03/18 | Spring Break - No Class | |
| Week 10 | ||
| 03/21 | Buffer Overflow I | |
| 03/23 | Buffer Overflow II | |
| 03/25 | Reading Day - No Class | |
| Week 11 | ||
| 03/28 | Buffer Overflow III | |
| 03/30 | Security Policy | |
| 04/01 | Guest Lecture: Dr. Robert "Trez" Jones | |
| Week 12 | ||
| 04/04 | Integrity Policy | |
| 04/06 | Hybrid Policy | |
| 04/08 | Hack This Site | |
| Week 13 | ||
| 04/11 | Confinement Problem | |
| 04/13 | Covert Channel Detection | |
| 04/15 | Covert Channel Analysis | |
| Week 14 | ||
| 04/18 | Web Security | |
| 04/20 | demo.testfire.net | |
| 04/22 | No Lecture (Work on your HW) | |
| Week 15 | ||
| 04/25 | Guest Lecture: Dr. Daniel "Rags" Ragsdale | |
| 04/27 | NOVALabs Cybersecurity Game | |
| 04/29 | Final Exam Prep | |
| Week 16 | ||
| 05/02 | Firewalls | |
| 05/03 |
Redefined: Tuesday → Friday Course Summary |
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| 05/04 | Reading Day - No Class | |
| Final Exam | ||
| 05/09 | Final Exam: 8:00am - 10:00am, ETB 1020 | |