CS 386

Fall 2011

Particulars

Instructor: Earl D. Fife
Office Hours: MWθF: 11:30-12:20
Others by appointment
Phone: Extension 6-6403
Email: fife@calvin.edu
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Home Page: http://www.calvin.edu/fife/
   
Text: Security in Computing, 4th. ed. by Pfleeger and Pfleeger
Additional Reading: Crypto: How the code rebels beat the government - Saving Privacy in the digital age by Steven Levy
At Large: The Strange Case of the World's Biggest Internet Invasion by Freedman and Mann

Course Outline

(Times given are approximate, and they may be adjusted as the course progresses.)
ChapterTime
1 Is There a Security Problem in Computing? < 1 week
2 Elementary Cryptography 2 weeks
12 Cryptography Explained 1 week
3 Program Security 2 weeks
4 Protection in General-Purpose Operating Systems 1 week
5 Designing Trusted Operating Systems 1 week
7 Security in Networks 2 weeks
8 Administering Security 1 week
10 Privacy in Computing 1 week
11 Legal and Ethical Issues in Computer Security 1 week


Evaluation

There will be two tests, chapter assignments, Labs, and a final exam. (The tests will be given in class, and the final exam will be cumulative.)
You will be required to have read Crypto before the first test and At Large before the second test. Questions regarding them will be included in the respective tests.
The dates for the tests and exam are
Test 1 Friday, October 7
Test 2 Friday, November 18
Final Exam Thursday, December 15, at 1:30 p.m.
Note the time for the final exam. It is scheduled for Thursday, December 15, 1:30 p.m. Make any travel arrangements for Christmas vacation early enough to avoid any conflicts with the exam. It will not be offered at any other time. The weight for the various components of your grades are
Chapter Assignment 5%
Lab work 20%
Each Mid-term Exam 20%
Final Exam 35%
The grading scale that will be used is the usual "10-point" scale:
90% - 100% A
80% - 89% B
70% - 79% C
60% - 69% D
< 60% F

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