Computer and Network Security

EECS 588 — Winter 2009

Overview | Schedule | Readings | Attack Presentation | Course Project

Week Topic / Slides Date Attack
Presentations
Course Project
Deadlines
Week 1 Welcome and Intro 1/8/09
Week 2 Essential Crypto
Part I, Part II
1/13/09
1/15/09
Week 3 Crypto Attacks 1/20/09
1/22/09
Week 4 Attacking Software 1/27/09
1/29/09
Week 5 Defending Software 2/3/09
2/5/09 Trojan Compiler
Week 6 DRM / Mobile Devices 2/10/09 Kernel Rootkit
2/12/09 Privilege Escalation Project proposal due 1:30pm
due Monday 2/16 5pm
Week 7 Human Factors 2/17/09
2/19/09 CAPTCHA Cracking
“Spring” Break
Week 8 Web Security 3/3/09 XSS Worm
3/5/09 DNS Rebinding
Week 9 Secure Systems 3/10/09
3/12/09
Week 10 Network Security I 3/17/09 DNS Spoofing
3/19/09 Return-Oriented Programming
Week 11 Network Security II 3/24/09 WEP Key Recovery Project checkpoint due 1:30pm
3/26/09 Rogue Access Point
Week 12 Privacy and Anonymity 3/31/09 VoIP Side Channels
4/2/09
Week 13 Hardware Security 4/7/09 Cold-Boot Attack
4/9/09
Week 14 Project Presentations 4/14/09 Presentation slots 1–5
4/16/09 Presentation slots 6–10
Week 15 Special Topics and Wrapup 4/21/09 Final report due 1:30pm
due Friday 4/24 11:59pm