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Matt Bishop Office: 2209 Watershed Sciences Phone: +1 (530) 752-8060 Email: mabishop@ucdavis.edu |
Version of November 25, 2021 at 10:16PM
This syllabus is tentative and will undoubtedly continue to change as the quarter progresses. If there is a topic you’re interested in but not shown, please let me know; I may well change things to cover it. All readings are from the text unless otherwise indicated.
| Week 1: | Dates: Sep 22, Sep 24 |
| Lec 1–2 | Topics: Introduction, principles of secure design, threats and policies |
| Reading: text, §1, 14 | |
| Week 2: | Dates: Sep 27, Sep 29, Oct 1 |
| Lec 3–5 | Topics: Basic policy models: Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Clark-Wilson |
| Reading: text, §5.2.1–5.2.2, 5.3, 6.2, 6.4 | |
| Week 3: | Dates: Oct 4, Oct 6, Oct 8 |
| Lec 6–8 | Topics: Symmetric and public key cryptography |
| Reading: text, §10 | |
| Due: Oct 6: homework 1; Oct 8: project selection | |
| Week 4: | Dates: Oct 11, Oct 13, Oct 15 |
| Lec 9–11 | Topics: Protocols, authentication, reference monitor |
| Reading: text, §12.3, 12.5, 13, 20.1.2.2 | |
| Week 5: | Dates: Oct 18, Oct 20, Oct 22 |
| Lec 12–14 | Topics: Access control mechanisms, confinement problem, vulnerabilities |
| Reading: text, §16.1–16.3, 18.1–18.2, 24.3–24.5 | |
| Due: Oct 20: homework 2 | |
| Week 6: | Dates: Oct 25, Oct 27, Oct 29 [No class on Oct 29] |
| Lec 15–16 | Topics: Confinement problem, vulnerabilities |
| Reading: text, §18.2, 24.3–23.41 | |
| Week 7: | Dates: Nov 1, Nov 3, Nov 5 |
| Lec 17–19 | Topics: Penetration testing, malware |
| Reading: text, §24.1–24.2, 23.1–23.6.1 | |
| Due: Nov 5: homework 3 | |
| Week 8: | Dates: Nov 8, Nov 10, Nov 12 |
| Lec 20–22 | Topics: Malware, network security, firewalls, intrusion detection, Spectre |
| Reading: text, §23.6.2–23.7, 23.9, 26.1–26.3, 28.1, 28.3 | |
| Due: Nov 8: progress report | |
| Week 9: | Dates: Nov 15, Nov 17, Nov 19 |
| Lec 23–25 | Topics: Malware, entropy, information flow |
| Reading: §23.9.7, C, 17.1, 17.3–17.6 | |
| Week 10: | Dates: Nov 22, Nov 24, Nov 26 [Note: Nov 26 is Thanksgiving (a university holiday)] |
| Lec 26–15 | Topics: Identity |
| Reading: §15 | |
| Due: Nov 22: homework 4 | |
| Week 11: | Dates: Nov 30, Dec 1, Dec 3 [Note: Dec 3 is the last class] |
| Lec 28–30 | Topics: Anonymity, onion routing, elections, other topics |
| Reading: § 15 | |
| Due: Dec 3: homework 5 | |
| Dec 7: | Due: Completed project due at 3:00pm |
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ECS 235A, Computer and Information Security Version of November 25, 2021 at 10:16PM
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