Room 1127 Mudd
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Readings
Texts:- The Craft of System Security, Sean Smith and John Marchesini, Addison-Wesley, 2007, ISBN 0-321-43483-8, 978-0-321-43483-8.
- Thinking Security: Stopping Next Year's Hackers, Steven M. Bellovin, Addison-Wesley, 2016, ISBN 0-13-427754-6, 0-13-427754-6.
- Some readings will be from primary sources.
IAs
John Koh | koh@cs... | Tuesday 1:30pm–2:30pm |
Prateek Gupta | pg2512@... | Sunday 11am–12pm |
Haoxiang Xu | hx2185@... | Friday 2pm–3pm |
Prerequisites
You must be able to program in C or C++. If you can't, you should seriously consider dropping this class.
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.
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 | 48% |
Midterm | 21% |
Final | 31% |
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 19.
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.