Note: Dates in the future are tentative and subject to slight changes (e.g., as guest lectures are scheduled). Please check back often.
Also note: Research reading deadlines for CSE M 584 students are not listed on this calendar. You can find them here.
| Date | Topic and Slides | Readings | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/28/2016 | Course overview [slides] | None | |
| 03/30/2016 | Introduction to security [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 1 | |
| 04/01/2016 | Software security: Buffer overflows [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 6 | |
| 04/04/2016 | Software security: Buffer overflows continued [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 6 Recommended: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit and Exploiting Format String Vulnerabilities and Once Upon a free() |
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| 04/06/2016 | Software security: Miscellaneous [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 3 | Sign the Ethics Form by 5pm! |
| 04/08/2016 | Guest lecture: David Aucsmith | None | Homework #1 due (8pm) [details] |
| 04/11/2016 | Software security: Principles; Cryptography: Intro [slides] |
None | |
| 04/13/2016 | Cryptography: Symmetric encryption (start) [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 12 | |
| 04/15/2016 | Cryptography: Symmetric encryption (finish) [slides] | None | |
| 04/18/2016 | Cryptography: Hash functions and MACs (start) [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 15 | Lab #1 checkpoint due (8pm) [details] |
| 04/20/2016 | Cryptography: Hash functions and MACs (finish); Asymmetric key crypto (start) [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 13 | |
| 04/22/2016 | Guest lecture: Karl Koscher, UCSD | None | |
| 04/25/2016 | Cryptography: Asymmetric key crypto (finish) [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 14 | |
| 04/27/2016 | Crypto meets Web Security: Certificates and SSL/TLS [slides] | None | |
| 04/29/2016 | Web Security: Basic web security model [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 7 | Lab #1 due (8pm) [details] |
| 05/02/2016 | Web Security: Basic web security model (finish) [slides] | None | |
| 05/04/2016 | Web Security: Web application security (CSRF, XSS) [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 10 | |
| 05/06/2016 | Guest lecture: Yoshi Kohno | None | Homework #2 due (8pm) [details] |
| 05/09/2016 | Web Security: Web application security (SQL injection, session management) [slides] | Daswani, Chapters 8 and 10 Recommended: Advanced SQL Injection, XSS Cheat Sheet |
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| 05/11/2016 | Web privacy: Third-party tracking [slides] | None | |
| 05/13/2016 | Guest lecture: Emily McReynolds, UW Tech Policy Lab | None | Final Project Deadline #1 (8pm) [details] |
| 05/16/2016 | Authentication and passwords [slides] | Daswani, Chapter 9 Recommended (funny!): James Mickens on passwords |
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| 05/18/2016 | Mobile Platform Security (start) [slides] | Understanding Android Security | |
| 05/20/2016 | Guest lecture: Charlie Reis, Google Chrome Security | None | Lab #2 Due [details] |
| 05/23/2016 | Mobile Platform Security (finish) [slides] | None | |
| 05/25/2016 | Usable Security [slides] | None | |
| 05/27/2016 | Usable Security (finish), Physical Security [slides] |
None | Homework #3 due [details] |
| 05/30/2016 | No class (holiday) | None | |
| 06/01/2016 | Anonymity [slides] | None | Final Project Deadline #2 (8pm) [details] |
| 06/03/2016 | Loose Ends: Anonymity (finish), Side Channels, Emerging Technologies [slides] | None | Lab #3 due [details] |
| 06/06/2016 | (No class: finals week, projects due) | Final Projects Due (8pm) [details] |