Course Syllabus

Week 1: Mar 27 - Mar 31

Lab 1 - Installing Nessus

Week 2: Apr 3 - Apr 7

Lab 2 - Running Nessus

Improved Cryptanalysis of Rijndael N. Ferguson, J. Kelsey, S. Lucks, B. Schneier, M. Stay, D. Wagner, and D. Whiting.
This is the paper we went over in class detailing some cryptanalysis of AES.

Week 3: Apr 10 - Apr 14

Lab 3 - Vulnerability Analysis, Updating Nessus

Homework 1- Due Mon. Apr. 24, 2006 before midnight.
Homework 1 Solution

Week 4: Apr 17 - Apr 21

Lab 4 - Project Topic Selection

How to 0wn the Internet in Your Spare Time Stuart Staniford, Vern Paxson and Nicholas Weaver. Proceedings of the 11th USENIX Security Symposium (Security '02)
An analysis of some theoretical and actual spread rates for worms on the Internet. It includes the Warhol worm and flash worm.

Week 5: Apr 24 - Apr 28

Lab 5 - Access Control

The midterm will be on Friday Apr 28. There will be a review session Wednesday.

Week 6: May 1 - May 5

Lab 6 - Midterm Solutions and User Authentication

Homework 2 - Due Fri. May 12, 2006 before midnight
Homework 2 Solutions

Week 7: May 8 - May 12

Lab 7 - Discussion on Securing Operating Systems

Week 8: May 15 - May 19

Lab 8 - Evaluation Criteria

Week 9: May 22 - May 26

Lab 9 - Firewalls and Nessus

Homework 3 - Due Wed. May 31, 2006 before midnight
Homework 3 Solutions

Week 10: May 29 - Jun 2

Lab 10 - Project Presentations