Lecture 2: April 1, 2026

Reading: text, §15.1–15.5
Assignments: Homework 1, due April 10, 2026

  1. Greetings and felicitations!

  2. Identity
    1. Principal and identity
    2. Role of authentication

  3. Files and objects
    1. Path names
    2. File descriptors
    3. Objects on networked, distributed systems

  4. Users
    1. Names
    2. UIDs and all that
    3. Groups and roles

  5. Certificates
    1. What are they
    2. Distinguished Names
    3. Certification authorities (CAs)
    4. Registration authorities (RAs)
    5. Persona certificates
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ECS 153A, Computer & Information Security & Privacy I
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