CSC 490 Special Topics - Computer and Network Security

Spring 2008

M 6:00-8:30pm, Room 105, Science Building

Instructor: Dr. Xiao Qin

Shelby Center for Engineering Technology, Suite 3101E

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Auburn University , AL 36849-5347

334-844-6327

Lectures and Schedule

Week	Topics	Reading Assignments	Related Slides
Week 1, 01/14	Introduction	Chapter 1.1-1.2	Lec01.pdf
Week 2, 01/21	M. L. King Day; no class
Week 3, 01/28	Policies and Mechanisms	Chapter 1.3	Lec03.pdf
Week 4, 02/04	Access Control 1	Chapter 2	Lec04.pdf
Week 5, 02/11	Access Control 2; Foundational Results 1	Chapter 2	Lec05.pdf
Week 6, 02/18	Foundational Results 2; Security policies	Chapter 3; Chapter 4	Lec06.pdf
Week 7, 02/25	Confidentiality policies; Integrity policies	Chapter 5, Chapter 6	Lec07.pdf
Week 8, 03/03	Basic Cryptography	Chapter 8.1-8.3	Lec08.pdf
Week 9, 03/10	Key Management	Chapter 9.1-9.4	Lec09.pdf
Week 10, 03/17	Review		Lec10.pdf
Week 11, 03/24	Spring Break
Week 12, 03/31	Midterm
Week 13, 04/07	Design Principles and Representing Identity	Chapters 12 and 13.1-13.4	Lec13.pdf
Week 14, 04/14	Confinement Problems and Covert channels	Chapter 16	Lec14.pdf
Week 15, 04/21	Malicious Logic	Chapter 19	Lec15.pdf
Week 16, 04/28	Final Exam		Study Guide
Week 17, 05/05	Evaluating Systems and Vulnerability Analysis
	Intrusion Detection		ch22.pdf