Room 535 Mudd
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Readings
The text is The Craft of System Security, Sean Smith and John Marchesini, Addison-Wesley, 2007, ISBN 0-321-43483-8. Some readings will be from primary sources.TAs
Hang Zhao, zhao@cs...463 CSB
Office Hours: Thursdays 2-4pm
Kripa KS, kk2735@columbia...
You should have a decent knowledge of computer architecture. Operating
Systems (W4118) and Introduction to Cryptography (W4261) are helpful
but not required.
(Note: the official bulletin says that W4118 is a prerequisite. Ignore that...)
Unless otherwise instructed, all homeworks must be written in
C or C++. Java is not acceptable; don't bother asking.
Late assignments are subject to increasing penalties. There are no
grace days or "free lates". See the slides from the first class for
details.
Mudd 122A
Office Hours: Tuesdays 4:30-6:30
Prerequisites
You must be able to program in C or C++.
If you can't, you should seriously consider dropping this class.
Homework Policy
There will be four or five homework assignments, each consisting of
a written part (30%) and a programming part (70%).
Three or four of the homeworks will be part of a single, large project.
Grading
Homeworks | 50% |
Midterm | 20% |
Final | 30% |
All exams are open book. This means that there won't be any "define Foo" questions. Most questions will ask you to think and to integrate material from different lectures.
Final grades are curved.
The tentative date for the midterm is Wednesday, October 20.
The final exam will be at the date and time scheduled for this class by
the registrar.
Courseworks
Unless there is significant sentiment to the contrary, I will not use
Courseworks except for the gradebook and the discussion list. All lectures
and homework assignments will be posted on this web site.