CSE 484 / CSE M 584: Computer Security (Spring 2017)

Class Schedule

Notes:

• Dates in the future are tentative and subject to slight changes (e.g., as guest lectures are scheduled). Please check back often.
• Research reading deadlines for CSE M 584 students are not listed on this calendar. You can find them here.
• I will try to post slides before class. If I don't, or if you'd just like to look ahead, the previous year's slides will likely be similar.



Date	Topic and Slides	Readings	Assignments
Week 1
03/27/2017	Course overview [slides]	None
03/29/2017	Introduction to security [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 1
03/31/2017	Software security: Buffer overflows [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 6
Week 2
04/03/2017	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()	Sign the Ethics Form by 11:59pm!
04/05/2017	Software security: Miscellaneous [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 3
04/07/2017	Guest lecture: Karl Koscher, UW CSE	None	Homework #1 due (11:59pm) [details]
Week 3
04/10/2017	Software security: Misc, Principles [slides]	None
04/12/2017	Cryptography: Intro [slides]	None
04/14/2017	Cryptography: Symmetric Encryption [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 12	Lab #1 checkpoint due (11:59pm) [details]
Week 4
04/17/2017	Cryptography: Hash functions and MACs [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 15
04/19/2017	Guest lecture: Shrirang Mare, UW CSE, on authentication and passwords [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 9
04/21/2017	Cryptography: Asymmetric key crypto (start) [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 13
Week 5
04/24/2017	Cryptography: Asymmetric key crypto (finish) [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 14
04/26/2017	Guest lecture: Emily McReynolds, UW Tech Policy Lab	None
04/28/2017	Guest lecture: Xi Wang, UW CSE	None	Lab #1 due (11:59pm) [details]
Week 6
05/01/2017	Crypto meets Web Security: Certificates and SSL/TLS [slides]	None
05/03/2017	Web Security: SSL/TLS and Browser Security Model [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 7
05/05/2017	Web Security: Web application security (XSS) [slides]	Daswani, Chapter 8 and 10	Homework #2 due (5pm) [details]
Week 7
05/08/2017	Guest lecture: Jared Moore on web application security [slides]	None
05/10/2017	Web Security: Web application security (SQL injection, CSRF, session management) [slides]	Daswani, Chapters 8 and 10 Recommended: Advanced SQL Injection, XSS Cheat Sheet
05/12/2017	Web Security: Loose Ends [slides]	None	Final Project Deadline #1 (11:59pm) [details]
Week 8
05/15/2017	Web Privacy: Third-party tracking [slides]	None
05/17/2017	Mobile Platform Security (start) [slides]	Understanding Android Security
05/19/2017	Guest lecture: Jon McClintock, Principal Security Engineer at Amazon	None	Lab #2 Due (8pm) [details]
Week 9
05/22/2017	Guest lecture: David Aucsmith	None
05/24/2017	Mobile Platform Security (finish) [slides]	None
05/26/2017	Usable Security (start) [slides]	None
Week 10
05/29/2017	No class (holiday)	None
05/31/2017	Usable Security (finish), Anonymity [slides]	None	Final Project Deadline #2 (11:59pm) [details]
06/02/2017	Loose Ends [slides]	None	Lab #3 due (8pm) [details]
Finals Week
06/05/2017	(No class, finals week)
06/07/2017	(No class, finals week)		Final Projects Due (11:59pm) [details]