ECE 6612  Schedule and Textbook Reading Assignments
Spring 2012


Date Day Topic Reading Assignment
1/9 Mon. Introduction Chapter 1
1/11 Wed. Security Services "
1/13 Fri.   Attacks and Defenses
"
1/16 Mon. MLK Holiday Chapter 2
1/18 Wed.   Symmetric Encryption "
1/20 Fri.   Cipher-Block Modes "
1/23 Mon.   Key Distribution
1/25
Wed. Public-Key Cryptography  Chapter 3
1/27 Fri.   Secure Hash Functions "
1/30 Mon.   Digital Signatures "
2/1 Wed. Authentication Chapter 4
2/3 Fri. Kerberos, X.509 "
2/5 Mon. Review "
2/8 Wed. Guest Lecturer -
2/10 Fri. Quiz 1
Quiz-1
2/13 Mon. Email Security Chapter 5
2/15 Wed.   "
"
2/17 Fri.   PGP S/MIME (Drop day) "
2/20 Mon. IP Networks, IPsec (6)
Chapter 6
2/22
Wed. Domain Name System  (6a)
"
2/24 Fri. Web Security, SSL
Chapter 7
2/26
Mon.   TLS and SET
"
2/29
Wed. Intruders, Detection and Protection Chapter 9a,b,c
3/2
Fri. Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, BotNets   Drop Day
3/5
Mon.   " Chapter 10
3/7 Wed.   Review
3/9 Fri.  QUIZ-2  Quiz-2
3/12 Mon.  Firewalls, Design Principles (slides 10a) Chapter 10
3/14 Wed.  Trusted Systems (slides 10b)     "
3/16 Fri.  TCP-IP, beyond the RFCs Slides 11
3/19-23 Mon.-Fri. SPRING BREAK  
3/26 Mon.  Overview of Network Security Exercise
  Slides 17
3/28 Wed.  Network Security Organizations, Utilities   Slides 13
3/30
Fri.  Book "Hacking, the Art of Exploitation"  Book (tbd)
4/2
Mon.    Buffer Overflow, Shellcode Insertion"
    (tbd)
4/4 Wed.    Guest - Shane Garrett, IBM X-Force
    (tbd)
4/6 Fri.  Team Meetings - lab and various locations
   
4/9 Mon.   Wireless Network Security  Slides 14
4/11 Wed.   Safe Computing, Voting Machines  Slides 16, video
4/13 Fri.   Hidden Data, Q&A for Lab
 Slides 15
4/16 Mon.   Security Lab Exercise, Klaus 2446  
4/18 Wed.   Security Lab Exercise, Klaus 2446
4/20
Fri.  Team Meetings - Prepare Presentations   
4/23
Mon.   Oral Reports, Teams 1-3
 
4/25
Wed.   Oral Reports, Teams 4-7  
4/27
Fri.   Oral Reports, Teams 8-10, Review for Exam    Slides 20
4/30             Mon,             EARLY EXAM*  11:30 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. in Klaus 1116E
5/4                Fri.               FINAL EXAM   
8:00-10:50 a.m. in Van Leer W200 (Aud.)
                                           * for those who made travel plans based on erroneous schedule.
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Last Updated on 4/9//2012
By John Copeland