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