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CS 378 - Network Security and Privacy (54315)

Spring 2009

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1. Course logistics and introduction.   [PDF]
2. Cryptographic hash functions.   [PDF]
3. Authentication: passwords, biometrics, challenge-response.   [PDF]
4. Web security: cookies and authentication.   [PDF]
5. Web security: applications and browsers.   [PDF]
6. Symmetric encryption.   [PDF]
7. Kerberos.   [PDF]
8. Stream ciphers. Attacks on CSS and WEP.   [PDF]
9. Attacks on TCP/IP, BGP, DNS. Denial of service.   [PDF]
10. Buffer overflow and other memory exploits.   [PDF]
11. Firewalls.   [PDF]
12. Malware: rootkits and viruses.   [PDF]
13. Malware: worms and botnets.   [PDF]
14. Spam.   [PDF]
15. Phishing.   [PDF]
16. Intrusion detection.   [PDF]
17. Public-key cryptography.   [PDF]
18. Public-key infrastructure. Certificates. Public-key authentication.   [PDF]
19. IPsec and IKE.   [PDF]
20. Web security: TLS.   [PDF]
21. Anonymity networks.   [PDF]
22. Side-channel attacks: acoustics and reflections.   [PDF]