Archived Announcements

• [05/02/11] Be aware that the final project due dates (including system, documents, sprint report, and peer review) are firm: I must receive all submissions by the end of Friday, May 13.
• [05/02/11] The College of Engineering online course evaluation system will be available 05/02/11 12:00 pm through 05/11/11 6:00 pm. Completion of the evaluation will be worth 1% of your final grade in the course.
• [05/01/11] There will be a quiz this week in class promptly at 10:10 am. The quiz will cover assurance and web security. Cross-site scripting will not be on the quiz.
• [04/26/11] Sign up for beta presentation timeslots by Wednesday 10 p.m. through CMS.
• [04/25/11] The room for final project presentations is now Upson 315. Final project presentations will occur during the timeslot the University has scheduled for our final exam: Friday, May 13, 2–4:30 pm.
• [04/15/11] Correction to today's class: I demoed FindBugs on your Prototype submissions, not your Alpha submissions.
• [04/06/11] You can pick up your graded Quiz 2 from the CS homework handback office located in UP 360. The office is open weekday afternoons.
• [04/02/11] You can now sign up for alpha presentation timeslots with CMS. Note that we're still interested in hearing about your approach to testing your system, even though specific testing tools are no longer required. And system quality is not optional. :)
• [03/28/11] There will be a quiz this week in class promptly at 10:10 am. The quiz will cover applied cryptography and TLS. You don't need to memorize anything about the Java libraries.
• [03/11/11] The original release of Part II of Homework 2 gave an incorrect due date. The correct due date is 03/31/11, as Part I says. The zip archive for Part II has been updated to correct this error.
• [03/11/11] Homework 2 and Milestone 3 are released.
• [03/09/11] Final project presentations will occur during the timeslot the University has scheduled for our final exam: Friday, May 13, 2–4:30 pm. Our tentative room assignment is CSUGLAB.
• [03/04/11] Sign up for Milestone 2 presentation slots using the Milestone 2 assignment in CMS. The deadline for signing up is 03/09/11 10:00 pm. Class on 03/11/11 is cancelled in lieu of Milestone 2 presentations.
• [02/18/11] Milestone 2 is released.
• [02/17/11] Milestone 1 presentations will be held in Upson 4124 (Dr. Clarkson's office).
• [02/16/11] You can pick up your graded quizzes from the CS homework handback office located in UP 360. The office is open weekday afternoons.
• [02/15/11] Please sign up ASAP (say, by the end of the day on Wednesday) for your Milestone 1 presentation. I need to know what time you're presenting so that I can make the necessary logistical arrangements.
• [02/14/11] Class on 02/18/11 is cancelled in lieu of Milestone 1 presentations. The presentation signup sheet is posted on UP 4124.
• [02/09/11] The security requirements part of Milestone 1 is now available.
• [02/07/11] There will be a quiz this week in class promptly at 10:10 am. The quiz will cover buffer overflows and control hijacking.
• [02/07/11] If CMS won't accept a file named sploits.tar.gz for your homework 1 submission, try submitting a file named sploits.tgz.
• [02/05/11] Milestone 1 is now assigned. We will return your Milestone 0 submissions to you as soon as possible.
• [02/03/11] Having problems with Aleph One's overflow1.c? See the CS 5431 newsgroup for a hint.
• [01/31/11] The CS 5431 newsgroup has now been created, and you should use it instead of the CS 5430 newsgroup, which was previously linked below. CIT maintains instructions for accessing the Cornell news server.
• [01/29/11] Homework 1 is assigned. If you're looking for a partner, try posting in the CS 5431 newsgroup.
• [01/29/11] Milestone 0 was assigned yesterday in class.
• [01/28/11] Registration instructions: If you are an undergraduate, you must use a paper add/drop form and follow the usual procedure with your college registrar. If you are a graduate student, you may use a paper add/drop form or you may register at class on Jan. 28 or Feb. 4. After Feb. 4, you must use a paper add/drop form. You must be co-registered for CS 5430 to take CS 5431.
• [01/24/11] The first class meeting is Friday, January 28, 10:10–11:25 am, in Thurston 203. Note that this is a different room than the Cornell roster states.