CS 166 Syllabus

CS 166 Course Syllabus

General information
- CS 166, Information Security
- Department of Computer Science
- San Jose State University
- Fall 2008 semester
Instructor information
- Name: Mark Stamp
- Office: MQH 216
- Office hours: Monday, 10:30am - noon and 1:00pm - 3:30pm, or by appointment
- Phone: 408-924-5094
- email: stamp@cs.sjsu.edu
  - Email is the best way to contact me
  - Please put "CS166" at the beginning of the subject line
- Greensheet: http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/faculty/stamp/CS166/syllabus/syllabusFall08.html
- Who am I?
Textbook: Information Security: Principles and Practice, Mark Stamp, (Wiley InterScience, 2005, ISBN 0-471-73848-4).
- PowerPoint slides, errata, and resources for the textbook are available here.
- Approximate schedule (3 hours equals 1 week of class time):
  - Introduction
    - Chapter 1 (1 hour)
  - Crypto
    - Chapter 2: Crypto Basics (3 hours)
    - Chapter 3: Symmetric Key Crypto (4 hours)
    - Chapter 4: Public Key Crypto (4 hours)
    - Chapter 5: Hash Functions and Other Topics (4 hours)
  - Access Control
    - Chapter 7: Authentication (4 hours)
    - Chapter 8: Authorization (2 hour)
  - Protocols
    - Chapter 9: Simple Authentication Protocols (4 hours)
    - Chapter 10: Real-World Security Protocols (5 hours)
  - Software
    - Chapter 11: Software Flaws and Malware (4 hours)
    - Chapter 12: Insecurity in Software (4 hours)
    - Chapter 13: Operating Systems and Security (4 hours)
- Note: We omit most of Chapter 8 and parts of the last three chapters.
- Other useful security books:
  - Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, second edition, Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman and Mike Speciner, Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0-13-046019-2. This book has limited, but good, coverage of cryptography and excellent coverage of selected security protocols.
  - Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Ross Anderson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001, ISBN: 0-471-38922-6; see Ross Anderson's Security Engineering website http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html for lots of interesting security information, and errata for his book. This book consists primarily of case studies illustrating security failures. The emphasis is on human factors, not technical issues.
  - Security in Computing, third edition, Charles P. Pfleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN: 0-13-035548-8. The strength of this book is its coverage of software security issues. In particular, operating systems and some aspects of secure software engineering are covered well. The book also has some dated, but reasonably good information on viruses.
  - Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C, Second Edition, Bruce Schneier, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995 (2nd edition), ISBN: 0-471-11709-9. This is a standard reference for real-world cryptography.
  - Computer Security, Dieter Gollmann, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999, ISBN: 0471978442. This book is not particularly easy to read but I do recommend Chapter 8, How Things Go Wrong.
  - Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses, 2nd editions, Ed Skoudis and Tom Liston Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN: 0131481045. There are many books that claim to provide information on how hackers operate and how to foil attacks, but this is by far the best of the bunch.
Student Learning Objectives: After completing this course you should be knowledgeable concerning the major technical security challenges in each of the following four areas: cryptography, access control, protocols, and software.
Grading:
1. Test 1, 100 points. Date: Thursday, October 2.
2. Test 2, 100 points. Date: Thursday, November 13.
3. Homework, quizzes, class participation, and other work as assigned, 100 points.
4. Final, 100 points.
  - Section 01, Wednesday, December 17 at 2:45pm
  - Section 02, Tuesday, December 16 at 5:15pm
  - The official finals schedule is here: http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/soc-fall/rec-232.html
5. Semester grade will be computed as a weighted average of the 4 major scores listed above.
6. No make-up tests or quizzes will be given and no late homework (or other work) will be accepted.
7. Nominal Grading Scale:
  
  Percentage Grade
  92 and above A
  90 - 91 A-
  88 - 89 B+
  82 - 87 B
  80 - 81 B-
  78 - 79 C+
  72 - 77 C
  70 - 71 C-
  68 - 69 D+
  62 - 67 D
  60 - 61 D-
  59 and below F
Homework: Homework is due typewritten (including source code) by 11:59pm on the due date. Each assigned problem requires a solution and an explanation (or work) detailing how you arrived at your solution. Cite any outside sources used to solve a problem. When grading an assignment, I may ask for additional information. Note that a subset of the assigned problems will be graded.

Zip your homework into a file named hmk.zip. Email your work to cs166.sec1@gmail.com or cs166.sec2@gmail.com (depending on your section). The subject line of your email must be of the form:
```
     CS166HMK assignmentnumber yourlastname last4digitofyourstudentnumber 
```
That is, the subject line must consist of four identifiers. There is no space within an identifier and each identifier is separated by a space.
- Assignment 1: Due Thursday, September 11
  Chapter 2, Problems 2, 3, 8, 14. For problem 8, you may use online resources, but you must cite your source(s) and briefly describe the algorithm(s).
- Assignment 2: Due Thursday, September 18
  Chapter 3, Problems 6, 10, 15, 23.
- Assignment 3: Due Thursday, September 25
  Chapter 4, Problems 1, 4, 9, 14, 17.
- Assignment 4: Due Thursday, October 2
  Chapter 5, Problems 4, 8, 10, 14, 19. The files you need for problem 19 can be found here.
- Assignment 5: Due Thursday, October 16
  Chapter 7, Problems 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23
- Assignment 6: Due Thursday, October 23
  Chapter 8, Problems 1, 5, 6, 10, 15
- Assignment 7: Due Thursday, October 30
  Chapter 8, Problems 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26
- Assignment 8: Due Thursday, November 13
  Chapter 9, Problems 5, 8, 10, 15, 22
- Assignment 9: Due Tuesday, November 25
  Chapter 10, Problems 6, 13, 15, 16, 23
Keys to success: Do the homework and attend class
Cheating will not be tolerated, but working together is encouraged
Student must be respectful of the teacher and other students; for example
- No talking
- Turn off cell phones
- Class begins on time
- Class is over when I say it's over
Disability information and policies can be found here
Valid picture ID required at all times
Note that the last day to drop a course is Friday, September 5 and the last day to add a course is Friday, September 12
Guest lecture
- Speaker: TBD
- Title: TBD
- Date: TBD
- Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
Other Stuff

Percentage	Grade
92 and above	A
90 - 91	A-
88 - 89	B+
82 - 87	B
80 - 81	B-
78 - 79	C+
72 - 77	C
70 - 71	C-
68 - 69	D+
62 - 67	D
60 - 61	D-
59 and below	F