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Reading, in textbook |
Outside references |
Example projects, assigned work, class discussion topics |
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01/15/08 |
Introduction Threats, vulnerabilities, controls; risk; Terminology, concepts |
Chap. 1 |
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Each student to bring in one computer security incident from the news of the previous week; class discussion of incidents. |
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01/17 |
Cryptography Basic cryptography terms, symmetric and asymmetric ciphers Cryptographic protocols: digital signatures, key exchange, certificates, cryptographic hash functions |
Chap. 2 |
Schneier, Bruce, “Why Cryptography is Harder than It Looks”
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01/22 |
Cryptography (Symmetric Key Operation) | Chap. 19 | ||
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01/24 |
Cryptography (Public key operation) | Chap. 20 | ||
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03/18 |
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05/01 |
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Final exam |
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