ECE 424 / CS 463: Computer Security

Fall 2007

Basic Course Details

Instructor: Yih-Chun Hu, 464 CSL.
Course Web Page: http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~yihchun/424/
Course Discussion: http://matrii.com/ ece424/ (remove the space)
Course syllabus

Class times: TTh 2:00pm-3:15pm 1103SC
9/27 class rescheduled for the Allerton conference.
Midterm #1: Tuesday 10/16 In Class (2:00pm-3:15pm 1103SC)
Midterm #2: Thursday 12/6 In Class (2:00pm-3:15pm 1103SC)
Final: Take home, available, due 12/15.

Assignments

Project: assignment
Homework 1 (Assigned 9/20, Due 10/2): assignment | Solution to last problem
Homework 2 (Assigned 10/30, Due 11/6): assignment
Project Abstract (3-4 sentances) Due 11/13

Slides

8/23: intro
8/28 and 8/30: Identity
9/ 4: Access Control Models (1/2)
9/ 6: Access Control Models (2/2)
9/11 and 9/13: Access Control Mechanisms
9/18: Basic Cryptography
9/20: Network Security
9/25: Network Security: Modern Practice
10/ 2: Key Management
10/ 4: Key Management
10/ 9: Non-Interference and Information Flow (cmsy10 required font)
10/11: Midterm Review
10/16: Midterm
10/18: Confinement
10/23: Confinement
10/25: Project Review. Sign up on the forums.
10/30: Assurance (CC 3.1)
11/1: Assurance Continued
11/6: Intrusion Detection
11/8: Intrusion Detection Coontinued
11/13: Formal Methods
11/15: Formal Methods Continued
11/27: Project Presentations — Van Ruitenbeek, King, Montgomery, Houmansadr
11/29: Project Presentations — Sun, Nguyen & Zheng, Thomas & Albrecht, Xenophontos
12/4: Review Session
12/6: Midterm #2