CS 1653: Applied Cryptography and Network Security

Fall 2017

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General Information

Instructor:

    Prof. Adam J. Lee
    Office: 6111 Sennott Square
    Email: adamlee -at- cs.pitt.edu
    Phone: 412-624-8416

Teaching Assistant: Veronica Liang
Office: 6410 SENSQ
Email: veronica -at- cs.pitt.edu

Lecture:

TH 2:30 - 3:45 PM, 5129 SENSQ

Office Hours:

Prof. Lee: M 10:30AM-12:00PM, Tu 1:00-2:30PM
Veronica: W,Th: 10:00-12:00

Textbook:

Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, and Mike Speciner,
Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (2nd Edition)
Prentice Hall

Optional references:

Ross Anderson, Security Engineering, Wiley
Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley
Charles Pfleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Security in Computing, Prentice Hall
Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, Wiley

Announcements

[11/21] Project 4 will now be due on November 28. Project 5 will still post on November 26.
[11/6] Project 4 is posted and will be due on November 26.
[10/25] The final exam will be held on Thursday 12/14 from 4-5:50 in the usual room.
[10/25] Prof. Lee's office hours for Monday 10/30 will be canceled due to travel. Make up office hours will be held Wednesday 11/1 from 2:30-4.
[10/16] Project 3 is now due on 11/7.
[10/4] Project 3 is posted and will be due on October 31.
[9/26] Homework 1 is posted and will be due on October 6.
[9/25] Prof. Lee's office hours for today are canceled. Starting next week, Monday office hours will be switched from 1:00 - 2:30PM to 10:30AM - 12:00PM.
[9/11] Project 2 is posted and will be due on October 3.
[8/31] Project 1 is posted.
[8/23/2017] Welcome to CS 1653! Please check this web page at least 2 times per week for important announcements.

Course Description

The goal of this course is to provide students the necessary conceptual background and hands-on experience to understand the most common cryptographic algorithms and protocols and how to use them to secure distributed applications and computer networks.

Prerequisites:

CS 0449, Introduction to Systems Software
CS 1501, Algorithm Implementation

Grading:

45% Midterm and Final
30% Projects
15% Homeworks and in-class quizzes
10% Attendance and participation