Detailed Schedule

The following calendar shows topics covered, handouts given, and assignments that have been given and when they are due. Items with yellow background are tentative (either because the date is in the future or because I haven't gotten around to updating it). All items with a white background are final.

In all cases, "Reading" assignments are to be done before the next class meeting.

 

Week 1
Tues, January 9	Thurs, January 11
Topics: Introductions Class/syllabus review High-level security overview   Handouts: Syllabus Research in Computer Science   Reading: Research handout	Topics: [ Slides ] Research in Computer Science Styles of research Conferences and journals Structure of a research paper Getting started in research   Handouts: Project Information Collaborative Projects CS-Specific Projects   Reading: Textbook, Chapter 1
Week 2
Tues, January 16	Thurs, January 18
Special Class Joint meeting with ISM 324 Location: SULV 201   [ Slides ]	Class canceled (snow)
Week 3
Tues, January 23	Thurs, January 25
Topics: [ Slides ] Security mindset and terminlogy Secure Design Principles System / Security Modeling Attack Trees   Reading: Textbook, Sections 2.1-2.3	Topics: [Slides] Basic Math for Crypto: Divisibility Greatest Common Divisor Modular Arithmetic   Handouts: Ungraded Homework 1 Large Numbers
Week 4
Tues, January 30	Thurs, February 1
Topics: HW Solution Discussion Project Team Discussion Number sizes and estimates Time for project teams to meet   Reading:   Sections 3.1, 3.2 (skip Hill cipher), 3.5	Topics: [Slides] Quiz (based on HW 1) Encryption basics / models Types of attacks Classical encryption techniques One-time pad XOR and working with binary data Steganography   Handouts: Ungraded Homework 2 Graded Homework 1 AES Handout   Reading: Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 AES Handout
Week 5
Tues, February 6	Thurs, February 8
Due: Project Proposal   Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion Feistel Networks DES   Reading: Sections 7.1-7.6	Topics: Quiz (based on HW 2) Block cipher security Strength of DES AES   Handout: Ungraded Homework 3   Reading: Section 7.7
Week 6
Tues, February 13	Thurs, February 15
Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion Multiple encryption and 3DES Block cipher modes – idea Modes: ECB, CBC, CFB, and CTR	Due: Graded Homework 1   Topics: [Slides] Quiz (based on HW 3) Storage encryption: XTS-AES mode Programming with Crypto Basic concepts A look at Nextcloud source   Handout: Ungraded Homework 4   Reading: Sections 8.1-8.3
Week 7
Tues, February 20	Thurs, February 22
Due: Project Plan   Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion (Pseudo)random numbers – issues Entropy Pseudorandom generators   Handouts: Formal security models Ungraded Homework 5   Reading: Security models handout	No class Project work time
Week 8
Tues, February 27	Thurs, March 1
Topics: HW Solution Discussion Security models – concepts Security games IND-CPA security   Reading: Sections 9.1, 2.4-2.6	Topics: Quiz (based on HWs 4 and 5) IND-CCA security Practice with security proofs   Handout: Graded Homework 2
Week 9
Tues, March 6	Thurs, March 8
No class - Spring Break!	No class - Spring Break!
Week 10
Tues, March 13	Thurs, March 15
Topics: [Slides] Public-key crypto idea Math for RSA Fermat's Little Theorem Primality testing (Miller-Rabin) Euler's Totient Function Euler's Theorem   Handout: Grad Student Project Info   Reading: Section 9.2	Topics: [Slides] Demo of some research tools RSA Encryption Breaking RSA and factoring Factoring algorithms Comparable key sizes across ciphers   Handout: Ungraded Homework 6   Reading: Section 2.8, 10.1-10.2
Week 11
Tues, March 20	Thurs, March 22
Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion Discrete logarithms Diffie-Hellman Key Establishment Elliptic curve ideas Security and key sizes   Reading: Chapter 11 (skip SHA-512 logic and SHA3 iteration function)	Due: Graded Homework 2 (Grad students) Project topic selection   Topics: [Slides] Quiz (based on HW 6) Hash functions – ideas Hash function requirements Hash function applications   Handout: Ungraded Homework 7
Week 12
Tues, March 27	Thurs, March 29
Topics: (continued from last time) HW Solution Discussion More hash function applications Widely-used hash functions Current status of various hash algorithms Merkle-Damgard Construction SHA3   Reading: Sections 12.1-12.6	Topics: [Slides] Quiz (based on HW 7) Message Authentication Codes (MACs) MAC requirements / security model Initial attempts at a MAC HMAC MACs from block ciphers   Handout: Ungraded Homework 8   Reading: Sections 12.7-12.9
Week 13
Tues, April 3	Thurs, April 5
Due: Project Progress Report   Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion Authenticated encryption Key wrapping PRNGs from hash functions and MACs   Reading: Sections 13.1, 13.2, 13.4, 13.6	Topics: [Slides] Quiz (based on HW 8) Digital Signatures – ideas El Gamal signatures DSA (and EC-DSA idea) RSA-PSS signatures   Handouts: Ungraded Homework 9 Graded Homework 3   Reading: Sections 14.2-14.5
Week 14
Tues, April 10	Thurs, April 12
Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion Key management Certificates	Topics: [Slides] Quiz (based on HW 9) Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) Needham-Schroeder[-Lowe] Kerberos   Handout: Ungraded Homework 10   Reading: Chapter 17
Week 15
Tues, April 17	Thurs, April 19
Due: Project Final Report   Topics: [Slides] HW Solution Discussion Protocols - Goals Ciphersuites and handshakes SSL and TLS SSH	Due: (Grad students) Progress Report   Topics: Quiz (based on HW 10) Student choice topic!
Week 16
Tues, April 24
Due: Graded Homework 3   Topics: Class Review
Final Exam: Thursday, May 3, 3:30-6:30