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CS 161 Spring 2024
Course Calendar
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | HW | Project |
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| 1 | Wed Jan 17 | 1. Introduction and Security Principles Slides / Recording / Ch. 1 | 0. 61C Review Worksheet / Solutions / Video |
HW1 (due Friday 01/26) | |
| 2 | Mon Jan 22 | 2. x86 Assembly and Call Stack Slides / Recording / Ch. 2 / x86/GDB Cheat Sheet | 1. Security Principles and x86 Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 1 Checkpoint (due Friday 02/02) | |
| Wed Jan 24 | 3. Memory Safety Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 3 | ||||
| 3 | Mon Jan 29 | 4. Mitigating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities Slides / Recording / Ch. 4 | 2. Memory Safety Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW2 (due Friday 02/09) | |
| Wed Jan 31 | 5. Intro to Cryptography Slides / Recording / Ch. 5 | ||||
| 4 | Mon Feb 05 | 6. One-Time Pads and Block Ciphers Slides / Recording / Ch. 6 | 3. Memory Safety Mitigations Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 1 (due Friday 02/09) | |
| Wed Feb 07 | 7. Block Cipher Chaining Modes & Cryptographic Hashes Slides / Recording / Ch. 6 | ||||
| 5 | Mon Feb 12 | 8. MACs, PRNGs and Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Slides / Recording / Ch. 7 / Ch. 8 / Ch. 9 | 4. Symmetric Cryptography Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW3 (due Friday 02/16) | Project 2 Spec Quiz (due Friday 02/16) |
| Wed Feb 14 | 9. Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange and Public-Key Encryption Slides / Recording / Ch. 10 / Ch. 11 | ||||
| 6 | Mon Feb 19 | No Lecture (President’s Day) | 5. Integrity and Authenticity Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW4 (due Friday 03/01) | Project 2 Design (due Friday 02/23) |
| Wed Feb 21 | 10. Digital Signature, Certificates, Password Hashing Slides / Recording / Ch. 12 / Ch. 13 / Ch. 14 | ||||
| 7 | Mon Feb 26 | 11. Introduction to Web Slides / Recording / Ch. 18 / Ch. 19 | 6. Asymmetric Cryptography / Midterm Review Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 2 Coding Checkpoint (due Wednesday 03/13) | |
| Wed Feb 28 | 12. Same-Origin Policy and Cookies Slides / Recording / Ch. 19 / Ch. 20 | ||||
| Thu Feb 29 | Midterm (7–9pm PT) | ||||
| 8 | Mon Mar 04 | 13. Sessions, CSRF, and XSS Slides / Recording / Ch. 20 / Ch. 21 | No Discussion | HW5 (due Friday 03/22) | |
| Wed Mar 06 | 14. SQL Injection and UI Attacks Slides / Recording / Ch. 22 / Ch. 23 | ||||
| 9 | Mon Mar 11 | 15. Web Wrap-Up and Intro to Networking Slides / Recording / Ch. 17 / Ch. 24 / Squigler Demo | 7. Cookies and CSRF Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Mar 13 | 16. Low-Level Network Attacks Slides / Recording / Ch. 25 | ||||
| 10 | Mon Mar 18 | 17. WPA (Low-Level Network Attacks) and TCP (Transport Layer) Slides / Recording / Ch. 26 / Ch. 27 / Ch. 28 | 8. SQL Injection and XSS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
Project 2 (due Friday 03/22) | |
| Wed Mar 20 | 18. Transport Layer: TCP and UDP Slides / Recording / Ch. 29 / Ch. 30 | ||||
| 11 | Mon Mar 25 | No Lecture (Spring Break) | No Discussion | HW6 (due Friday 04/05) | Project 3 (due Friday 04/19) |
| Wed Mar 27 | No Lecture (Spring Break) | ||||
| 12 | Mon Apr 01 | 19. TLS Slides / Recording / Ch. 31 | 9. ARP, DHCP, WPA Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Apr 03 | 20. DNS Slides / Recording / Ch. 32 | ||||
| 13 | Mon Apr 08 | 21. DNSSEC Slides / Recording / Ch. 33 | 10. TCP and TLS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
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| Wed Apr 10 | 22. Intrusion Detection Slides / Recording / Ch. 36 | ||||
| 14 | Mon Apr 15 | 23. Denial of Service and Firewalls Slides / Recording / Ch. 34 / Ch. 35 | 11. DNS Worksheet / Solutions / Video Exam Prep / Solutions / Video |
HW7 (due Friday 04/26) | |
| Wed Apr 17 | 24. Malware and Tor Slides / Recording / Ch. 38 | ||||
| 15 | Mon Apr 22 | 25. Bitcoin Slides / Recording / Ch. 16 / Bitcoin Whitepaper | 12. Intrusion Detection, Tor, and Firewalls Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep / Solutions |
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| Wed Apr 24 | 26. Quick Intro to Secure (Generative) AI Slides / Recording | ||||
| 16 | Mon Apr 29 | RRR Week | 13. Final Review | ||
| Wed May 01 | RRR Week | ||||
| 17 | Fri May 10 | Final Exam (3–6pm PT) |