CS 1653: Applied Cryptography and Network Security

Spring 2013

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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: Xiang Xiao
Office: 6804 SENSQ
Email: xiangxiao -at- cs.pitt.edu

Lecture:

TH 9:30 - 10:45 PM, 6110 SENSQ

Office Hours:

Prof. Lee: T,H 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Xiang: T,H 4:00 - 5:00 PM

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

[12/31/12] Welcome to CS 1653! Please check this web page at least 2 times per week for important announcements.
[1/10/13] Project Phase 1 is posted.
[1/21] There have been some problems reported with submitting project 1. Please submit this project by attaching your .txt or .pdf writeup in an email to Professor Lee. Please use the subject "CS1653: Project 1". I will acknowledge all submissions that I receive.
[1/22] Project Phase 2 is posted.
[2/5] The submission site for homeworks and projects is now up. Click here to enter the site. If you did not get the password email that was sent yesterday, you can get a password reminder email sent from the site. If you want to test out the submission system, you can submit to "0 - Test Submission" to see how everything works. The site will also let you see a list of submitted files so that you can verify that everything submitted propertly.
[2/7] Homework 1 is posted.
[2/12] Please contact the TA to schedule a demo slot for Project 2. The list of available demo times is here.
[2/26] Minor adjustments made to the lecture schedule. Some lecture subjects have been shuffled, no deadlines have changed.
[3/7] Please contact the TA to schedule a demo slot for Project 3. The list of available demo times is here.
[3/19] Project Phase 4 is posted.
[4/4] Please contact the TA to schedule a demo slot for Project 4. The list of available demo times is here.
[4/4] Project Phase 5 is posted.
[4/15] The final exam will be on Friday, April 26th from 2-3:50 PM in room 6110.

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:

25% Midterm
25% Final exam
30% Projects
10% Homeworks and in-class quizzes
10% Attendence and participation