CS5430: System Security

Course Overview and Organization.

Lecture times, teaching staff, office hours, prerequisites, assignments and grading policy.

Topic Outline.

High-level listing of topics to be covered along with recommended readings.

Recent Announcements

• [5/15] Homework 5 is graded. Your paper, along with our grading comments, can be collected from Upson 360 (5/17-19, 2pm-4pm). Regrade requests must be submitted in writing May 19 by 10:10am. A regrade request should explain (in writing) why you think your grade is incorrect, and it should be accompanied by the graded homework. The grade may increase or decrease when we regrade a paper.

• [4/16] Project demo sign-up sheet posted. Make sure you sign-up for a project demo session. The sign-up sheet is posted outside Upson 4115.

• [4/12] Homework 4 is graded. Your paper, along with our grading comments, can be collected from Upson 360 (Mon-Fri, 10am-11:30; 2pm-4pm). Regrade requests must be submitted in writing April 21 by 10:10am. A regrade request should explain (in writing) why you think your grade is incorrect, and it should be accompanied by the graded homework. The grade may increase or decrease when we regrade a paper.

• [3/26] Homework 3 is graded. Your paper, along with our grading comments, can be collected from Upson 360 (Mon-Fri, 10am-11:30; 2pm-4pm). Regrade requests must be submitted in writing April 5 by 10:10am. A regrade request should explain (in writing) why you think your grade is incorrect, and it should be accompanied by the graded homework. The grade may increase or decrease when we regrade a paper.

• [2/18] Homework 2 is graded. Numeric grades and the solution set are posted on CMS. Your paper, along with our grading comments, can be collected from Upson 360 (Mon-Fri, 10am-11:30; 2pm-4pm). Regrade requests must be submitted in writing March 1 by 10:10am. A regrade request should explain (in writing) why you think your grade is incorrect, and it should be accompanied by the graded homework. The grade may increase or decrease when we regrade a paper.

• [2/8] Homework 1 is graded. Numeric grades and the solution set are posted on CMS. Your paper, along with our grading comments, can be collected from Upson 360 (Mon-Fri, 10am-11:30; 2pm-4pm). Regrade requests must be submitted in writing Feb 15 by 10:10am. A regrade request should explain (in writing) why you think your grade is incorrect, and it should be accompanied by the graded homework. The grade may increase or decrease when we regrade a paper.

• [1/25] No news is good news.

Homework

• Homework 1 [Due Feb 1, 10am]

• Homework 2 [Due Feb 15, 9am]

• Homework 3 [Due March 15, 9am]

• Homework 4 [Due April 2, 9am]

• Homework 5 [Due May 7, 9am]

Programming Project

Click here for project details.

• Phase I: Project Proposal. [Due 3/5 at 9am via CMS]

• Phase II: System presentation and demo to course staff. [Code feeze Sunday, April 25, 2010 midnight; demo meetings scheduled week of 4/26]

Michael Clarkson, a TA for several past offerings of this course, prepared a detailed list of hints for the project. Sarcastic and irreverent, it nevertheless provides for each phase invaluable information that is best not ignored. Why repeat the same mistakes as students in past semesters?