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CS 161 Fall 2023
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | HW | Project |
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| 1 | Wed Aug 23 | 1. Introduction and Security Principles Slides / Recording / Ch. 1 | No discussion | HW1 (due Sunday 09/01) | |
| 2 | Mon Aug 28 | 2. x86 Assembly and Call Stack Slides / Recording / Ch. 2 / x86/GDB Cheat Sheet | 1. Security Principles and x86 Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 1 Checkpoint (due Sunday 09/15) | |
| Wed Aug 30 | 3. Memory Safety Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 3 | ||||
| 3 | Mon Sep 04 | No Lecture (Labor Day) | 2. Memory Safety Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Sep 06 | 4. Memory Safety Vulnerabilities II Slides / Recording / Ch. 3 | HW2 (due Sunday 09/22) | |||
| 4 | Mon Sep 11 | 5. Mitigating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 4 | 3. Memory Safety Mitigations Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Sep 13 | 6. Intro to Cryptography Slides / Recording / Ch. 5 | ||||
| 5 | Mon Sep 18 | 7. One-Time Pads and Block Ciphers Slides / Recording / Ch. 6 | 4. Symmetric Cryptography Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Sep 20 | 8. Block Cipher Modes of Operation Slides / Recording / Ch. 6 | HW3 (due Sunday 09/29) | Project 1 (due Sunday 09/29) | ||
| 6 | Mon Sep 25 | 9. Cryptographic Hashes and MACs Slides / Recording / Ch. 7 / Ch. 8 | 5. Integrity and Authenticity Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Sep 27 | 10. PRNGs and Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Slides / Recording / Ch. 9 / Ch. 10 | ||||
| 7 | Mon Oct 02 | 11. Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signatures Slides / Recording / Ch. 11 / Ch. 12 | 6. Asymmetric Cryptography / Midterm Review Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Oct 04 | 12. Certificates, Passwords, and Case Studies Slides / Recording / Ch. 13 / Ch. 14 | HW4 (due Sunday 10/13) | Project 2 Design (due Sunday 10/20) | ||
| Fri Oct 06 | Midterm (7–9pm PT) | ||||
| 8 | Mon Oct 09 | 13. Intro to Web Slides / Recording / Ch. 18 / Ch. 19 | 7. Cookies and CSRF Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Oct 11 | 14. Cookies and CSRF Slides / Recording / Ch. 20 / Ch. 21 | ||||
| 9 | Mon Oct 16 | 15. XSS and UI Attacks Slides / Recording / Ch. 22 / Ch. 23 | 8. No Discussion | HW5 (due Sunday 10/27) | |
| Wed Oct 18 | 16. SQL Injection and CAPTCHAs Slides / Recording / Ch. 17 / Ch. 24 | ||||
| 10 | Mon Oct 23 | 17. Intro to Networking Slides / Recording / Ch. 25 | 9. SQL Injection and XSS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 2 (due Sunday 11/03) | |
| Wed Oct 25 | 18. Low-Level Network Attacks Slides / Recording / Ch. 26 / Ch. 27 / Ch. 28 | ||||
| 11 | Mon Oct 30 | 19. Transport Layer: TCP and UDP Slides / Recording / Ch. 29 / Ch. 30 | 10. ARP, DHCP, WPA, TCP Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW6 (due Sunday 11/10) | |
| Wed Nov 01 | 20. TLS Slides / Recording / Ch. 31 | ||||
| 12 | Mon Nov 06 | 21. DNS Slides / Recording / Ch. 32 | 11. TCP and TLS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 3 (due Sunday 11/17) | |
| Wed Nov 08 | 22. DNSSEC Slides / Recording / Ch. 33 | ||||
| 13 | Mon Nov 13 | 23. Denial of Service and Firewalls Slides / Recording / Ch. 34 / Ch. 35 | 12. DNS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW7 (due Sunday 12/01) | |
| Wed Nov 15 | 24. Intrusion Detection Slides / Recording / Ch. 36 | ||||
| 14 | Mon Nov 20 | 25. Malware and Hardware Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 38 | 13. Intrusion Detection Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Nov 22 | No Lecture (Thanksgiving) | ||||
| 15 | Mon Nov 27 | 26. Tor Slides / Recording / Ch. 39 | 14. Tor and Firewalls Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Nov 29 | 27. Bitcoin Slides / Recording / Ch. 16 | ||||
| 16 | Mon Dec 04 | RRR Week | 15. Final Review | ||
| Wed Dec 06 | RRR Week | ||||
| 17 | Fri Dec 15 | Final Exam (3–6pm PT) |