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Welcome to CS166: Introduction to Computer Systems Security, Sem II, 2007-2008. We will holding class M, W 1:00pm - 2:30pm in CIT 368, including the first day of classes. Roberto Tamassia will be teaching the course.
This course teaches principles of computer security from an applied viewpoint and provides hands-on experience on security threats and countermeasures. Topics include code execution vulnerabilities (buffer overflow, sandboxing, mobile code), malware (trojans, viruses, and worms), access control (users, roles, policies), cryptosystems (hashing, signatures, certificates), network security (firewalls, TLS, intrusion detection, VPN), and human and social engineering, digital rights management). Prerequisites: CS 16 or CS 18.