CS 161 Fall 2024
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Instructor: David Wagner / Lecture: 9:30-11AM Tu & Th, Hearst Annex A1 [Zoom, Playlist]
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | HW | Vitamin | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu Aug 29 | 1. Introduction and Security Principles Slides / Recording / Ch. 1 | 0. 61C Review Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW1 (due 09/06) | Vitamin 1 (due 09/02) | Project 1 Checkpoint (due 09/13) |
| 2 | Tue Sep 03 | 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 |
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| Thu Sep 05 | 3. Memory Safety Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 3 | Vitamin 2 (due 09/09) | ||||
| 3 | Tue Sep 10 | 4. Memory Safety Vulnerabilities 2 Slides / Recording / Ch. 3 | 2. Memory Safety Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW2 (due 09/20) | ||
| Thu Sep 12 | 5. Mitigating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 4 | Vitamin 3 (due 09/16) | ||||
| 4 | Tue Sep 17 | 6. Intro to Cryptography Slides / Recording / Ch. 5 | 3. Memory Safety Mitigations Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 1 (due 09/20) | ||
| Thu Sep 19 | 7. One-Time Pads and Block Ciphers Modes of Operation Slides / Recording / Ch. 6 | Vitamin 4 (due 09/23) | ||||
| 5 | Tue Sep 24 | 8. Block Cipher Modes of Operation Slides / Recording / Ch. 6 | 4. Symmetric Cryptography Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW3 (due 10/04) | Project 2 Spec Quiz (due 09/27) | |
| Thu Sep 26 | 9. Cryptographic Hashes and MACs Slides / Recording / Ch. 7 / Ch. 8 | Vitamin 5 (due 09/30) | ||||
| 6 | Tue Oct 01 | 10. PRNGs and Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Slides / Recording / Ch. 9 / Ch. 10 | 5. Integrity and Authenticity Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 2 Design Checkpoint (due 10/08) | ||
| Thu Oct 03 | 11. Public-Key Encryption and Digital Signatures Slides / Recording / Ch. 11 / Ch. 12 | Vitamin 6 (due 10/07) | ||||
| 7 | Tue Oct 08 | 12. Certificates, Passwords, and Case Studies Slides / Recording / Ch. 13 / Ch. 14 | 6. Asymmetric Cryptography Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW4 (due 10/11) | ||
| Thu Oct 10 | 13. Introduction to Web Slides / Recording / Ch. 18 / Ch. 19 | Vitamin 7 (due 10/23) | Project 2 Testing Checkpoint (due 10/23) | |||
| 8 | Mon Oct 14 | Midterm (7-9pm PT) | 7. Cookies and CSRF Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW5 (due 10/25) | ||
| Tue Oct 15 | 14. Cookies and CSRF Slides / Recording / Ch. 20 / Ch. 21 | |||||
| Thu Oct 17 | 15. XSS and UI Attacks Slides / Recording / Ch. 22 / Ch. 23 | |||||
| 9 | Tue Oct 22 | 16. SQL Injection and CAPTCHAs Slides / Recording / Ch. 17 / Ch. 24 | 8. SQL Injection and XSS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Vitamin 8 (due 10/28) | ||
| Thu Oct 24 | 17. Intro to Networking Slides / Recording / Ch. 25 | Project 2 (due 11/01) | ||||
| 10 | Tue Oct 29 | 18. Low-Level Network Attacks Slides / Recording / Ch. 26 / Ch. 27 / Ch. 28 | 9. ARP, DHCP, WPA Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW6 (due 11/08) | Vitamin 9 (due 11/04) | |
| Thu Oct 31 | 19. BGP, TCP, and UDP Slides / Recording / Ch. 29 / Ch. 30 | |||||
| 11 | Tue Nov 05 | 20. TLS Slides / Recording / Ch. 31 | 10. TCP and TLS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Vitamin 10 (due 11/12) | Project 3 (due 11/15) | |
| Thu Nov 07 | 21. DNS Slides / Recording / Ch. 32 | |||||
| 12 | Tue Nov 12 | 22. DNSSEC Slides / Recording / Ch. 33 | 11. DNS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW7 (due 11/22) | Vitamin 11 (due 11/18) | |
| Thu Nov 14 | 23. Denial of Service and Firewalls Slides / Recording / Ch. 34 / Ch. 35 | |||||
| 13 | Tue Nov 19 | 24. Intrusion Detection Slides / Recording / Ch. 36 | 12. Intrusion Detection Worksheet Exam Prep |
Vitamin 12 (due 11/25) | ||
| Thu Nov 21 | 25. Bitcoin Ch. 16 / Bitcoin Whitepaper | |||||
| 14 | Tue Nov 26 | 26. Malware Ch. 38 | No Discussion (Thanksgiving) | Vitamin 13 (due 12/02) | ||
| Thu Nov 28 | No Lecture (Thanksgiving) | |||||
| 15 | Tue Dec 03 | 27. Tor Ch. 38 | 13. Tor and Firewalls | Vitamin 14 (due 12/09) | ||
| Thu Dec 05 | 28. TBA | |||||
| 16 | Tue Dec 10 | No Lecture (RRR Week) | Topical Review Sessions | |||
| Thu Dec 12 | No Lecture (RRR Week) | |||||
| 17 | Tue Dec 17 | Final Exam (3–6pm PT) |