The topics that will be covered in this class include:
Cryptography (symmetric/asymmetric cryptography, cryptographic hash, digital signatures);
User and Machine-to-Machine Authentication (textual and graphical passwords, crypto-graphic authentication);
Access control models (DAC, MAC, RBAC, ABAC);
OS Security (CPU modes, System call, Filesystem permissions);
Software Vulnerabilities (Buffer overflow, Format string attack, Integer overflow);
Automatic software vulnerability detection (static analysis, symbolic execution, concolic execution, fuzzing-based testing)
Web and Network Security (SQL injection, Cross-site scripting, DNS security)
Advanced topics (Mobile security, taint analysis/tracking, cryptocurrency, recent attacks)
The following will contribute to the final grade of this class.
Homework assignments, including written and programming assignments, will contribute to the \(\mathbf{40\%}\) of the course grade.
Midterm examination 1 will contribute to the \(\mathbf{15\%}\) of the course grade.
Midterm examination 2 will contribute to the \(\mathbf{15\%}\) of the course grade.
Term project will contribute to the \(\mathbf{30\%}\) of the course grade.
There is no final exam for this course
| Date | Topics | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2018 | Introduction, administrative announcements, motivation | |
| Jan 18, 2018 | Introduction to Cryptography | Historical Ciphers, |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Introduction to Cryptography (contd.); Security of Cryptosystem | Random OTP, IND-CPA, Perfect Secrecy; Homework 1 out |
| Jan 25, 2018 | Security of Cryptosystem; Stream and Block Ciphers; Cipher Modes | RC4, DES, 3DES, AES, AES+ECB, AES+CBC, AES+CTR |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Security Proof of Random OTP satisfies Perfect Secrecy; Computational Security; IND-CPA; Cryptographic Hash Functions | Probabilistic Encryption, IND-CPA, Cryptographic Hash Functions and its properties |
| Feb 1st, 2018 | Cryptographic Hash Functions; Merkle Hash Tree; Merkle–Damgård construction; MAC | Cryptographic Hash Functions and its properties; Message Authentication Code; Homework 1 due |