CS498 Computer Security


08/25/05	Welcome to the Computer Security class CS498CAG
08/31/05	There is a computer security reading group that meets Tuesdays at 3pm. The course number is CS598RHC; see the https://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~shinrich/cgi-bin/view/Reading/WebHome for more details.
09/08/05	Lecture videos will be password protected beginning September 12, 2005. All CS students will have access to the lecture content.
09/23/05	TA's office hour is changed from 9:50-10:50am on Mondays to 11am-12pm on Mondays
10/05/05	Siebel Center Simulator: http://seclab.cs.uiuc.edu/janus/javadoc/
10/31/05	Midterm distribution can be found from here
11/15/05	You can download a trial version of HyperCam from http://www.hyperionics.com/, which can help you to creats AVI files.
12/8/05	The final exam is posted here. It is due by 4:30pm on Tuesday, December 13th.

CS498CAG Computer Security

Course Information

Prerequisites: Basic background in security such as knowledge of public and secret keys.

Venue: 1310 DCL
Time: 11am to 12:15pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Staff: Carl A. Gunter and Nikita Borisov (lecturers), Kaijun Tan (TA)

Description: This is a course on Computer Security aimed at graduate students. It is also appropriate for advanced undergraduates and I2CS students with some background in security. The course is an instance of CS463, which is part of the overall security offerings at UIUC, but this course numbering is awaiting approval; see the Security Roadmap for an overall survey.

Topics in CS498CAG will include: foundations of access control, security policies, non-interference, key management, identities and anonymity, access control mechanisms, information flow, confinement, formal specifications and verification of security policies and protocols, vulnerability analysis, intrusion detection, and program security. Reading related to these topic will be drawn from Computer Security Art and Science by Matt Bishop chapters 3,7,8,10,14,15,16,17,19,20,23,25,29 and supplementary papers. Please follow the link to the errata pages for this book. The course is designed and the lectures taught by Carl A. Gunter and Nikita Borisov. The material will cover both practical and theoretical aspects of computer security. Assessment will consist of two midterms, a final exam, and a project.

Important dates:

midterm exam: in class, Tuesday October 25.
Final exam: 1:30-4:30 PM, Tuesday, December 13.

Office Hours:

Kaijun Tan: 11am-12pm on Mondays, and 7-10pm on Thursdays, office: 1316 Siebel Center
Carl Gunter: 1:30-2:30pm on Wednesdays, office: 4304 Siebel Center.
Nikita Borisov: 2-3pm on Thursdays, office: 460 CSL

Newsgroup:

news.cs.uiuc.edu:class.cs498cag.
Please visit http://news.cs.uiuc.edu to obtain instructions on how to access this newsgroup.

Grading Policy (tentatively):

You may take this course for 3 or 4 hours, however, please note that the workload and grading will be exactly the same, in either case.
Midterm (75 minutes): 25%
Project: 35% (Implementation 25%, Review of peer project 10%)

Final Exam (180 minutes): 40%

Assignments:

You are not required to submit any assignment for this course other than the final project. However, there are a few assignments in each chapter's slides that can be considered as a guide to what is going to be on the exams.
You may wish to submit assignments, maybe to get some feedback from us, but that will not have any effect on your final grade.