"Trusting every aspect of our lives to a giant computer was the smartest thing we ever did!"Homer Simpson

Assignments, Exams, and Readings
Assignment Due Date
Homework 1: Familiarization with Unix September 15th, 2015
Homework 2: Password Programming September 24th, 2015
Homework 3: Password Security October 6th, 2015
Class Presentations Starting October 8th, 2015
Homework 4: Password Code Review October 20th, 2015
Midterm Exam October 27th, 2015 in class
Homework 5: Cross Site Scripting Tutorial October 29th, 2015
Homework 6: Password Programming Redux November 10th , 2015
Homework 7: Destroy, destory, destroy. December 1st, 2015
Homework 8: Attack Familiarization. December 8th, 2015
Final Exam 4:00 - 6:00 December 18th, 2015

Resources

  • Additional Readings

    Additional readings are posted here.

  • Textbook

    This semester we will be using a variety of books, all available online. Please note the first three books are available through the Safari Books Online from any campus IP address, but only 10 people can access this service at any time.

  • Accounts

    Later in the semester you will be given an account on a server named ia-class.cs.georgetown.edu. This will be the official machine for programming assignments. You can work on your own computer, but your code must work on and be readable on ia-class. The official class system is a linux system.

  • Mailing Lists

    Students will also be expected to subscribe to the following mailing lists for the semester:

    RISKS Digest: This is a relatively low-volume mailing lists that carries discussions of the risks of computer error, misuse, and malfunction to humans and society. You may receive this any number of ways, through the web, through the newsgroup comp.risks, or by e-mail.

    http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks

    Infosec News This is a daily digest that presents about 5-10 news stories that are relevant to information security. To subscribe, visit:

    http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn.

Instructor, TA, and Course Information

  • Instructor

    Clay Shields
    Office: 323 St Mary's Hall
    Office Hours: Wednesday 2-4PM
    Contact information here

  • TA

    TBD

  • Course Information

    This course is intended to introduce students to means of assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information through mechanisms of technology, policy, and education. Topics will include: access control; authentication; security policies and enforcement; security design principles; malicious logic; vulnerability analysis; intrusion detection and response; audit; risk assessment; personnel and physical security; and legal, ethical, and social issues. Prerequisites: COSC 173.

Policies

All my courses are run under the same set of policies which are available here. Students are expected to read and understand these policies. You can also read the Honor Council site.

In addition, in this class you will be learning how computer attackers probe and attack computers and networks. I will be providing a test network for you to experiment with these techniques. You ARE NOT to use these techniques on any other machine or network that you do not have specific written permission to do so. If you do so and are caught, I will not allow the excuse that what you were doing was for class, and instead will tell them that you were warned not to do it.