Asymmetric Key Cryptography

Buffer overflow

Hash functions

Browser Security Model

Mobile Platform Security

Buffer Overflow Defenses

Message authentication code (MAC)

Web Application Security

Usable Security

Symmetric-key encryption

Web Privacy

Cryptography

Symmetric-key Cryptography

Authentication

Physical Security

Block Cipher Modes

Web Security

Anonymity

CSE 484 / CSE M 584 Computer Security University of Washington Autumn 2021 This course covers a wide range of computer security topics, including software security, cryptography, web security, malware, and physical security. It encourages a "security mindset" while requiring a firm understanding of computer science fundamentals and command-line Unix development environment. In this course, we will cover topics including: the "security mindset", threat modeling, software security, cryptography, malware, web security, web privacy, smartphone security, authentication, usable security, anonymity, physical security, and security for emerging technologies.  *CSE 332* and *CSE 351*

You should have maturity in both the mathematics of computer science and in the engineering of computer systems. This means that you should: have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms; be comfortable writing programs from scratch in C and Java; be comfortable writing and debugging assembly code; and be comfortable in a command-line Unix development environment (gdb, gcc, etc). You should also have a good understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and computer networks. Most importantly, you should be eager to challenge yourself and learn more! ### No Textbook

In previous quarters we've used "Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know, Daswani, Kern, and Kesavan, ISBN 1-59059-784-2. This quarter we are not using an official textbook, and are instead using various freely available readings.
We will be using some readings from [Security Engineering](https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html) of which the 2nd edition is freely available on the author's webpage

CSE 484 / CSE M 584 Computer Security

Computer Security and Cryptography

Diffie-Hellman key exchange

Bitcoin

UI Attacks

WPA (WiFi Protected Access)

DNS (Domain Name System)

Malware

Cookies

Memory Safety Vulnerabilities

Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG)

Passwords

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Intrusion Detection

x86 assembly language

Cryptographic Hashes

Digital signature

Session Management

Networking

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks

Call stack

Certificates

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

Firewalls

Memory Safety

Security Principles

Public-key cryptography

Same-Origin Policy

DNSSEC

SQL Injection

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

CS 161: Computer Security UC Berkeley Summer 2022 This course offers an introduction to computer security, including cryptography, operating system security, network security, and software security. It uses case studies from real-world systems. Prerequisites include experience working with large codebases and a basic understanding of modular arithmetic/set notation. Introduction to computer security. Cryptography, including encryption, authentication, hash functions, cryptographic protocols, and applications. Operating system security, access control. Network security, firewalls, viruses, and worms. Software security, defensive programming, and language-based security. Case studies from real-world systems.  The prerequisites for CS 161 are:

- CS 61B (Data Structures), for experience working with large codebases (500–1000 lines of code) and basic data structures. This is relevant for Project 2.
- CS 61C (Machine Structures), for understanding of C memory layout and hex/binary number representation. This is relevant for the memory safety unit (Project 1). All necessary CS 61C content will be reviewed during lecture.
- CS 70 (Discrete Math and Probability Theory), for basic understanding of modular arithmetic/set notation and some mathematical intuition. This is relevant in the cryptography unit. We will review any necessary CS 70 content in lectures, so don’t worry if you don’t feel very comfortable with all the CS 70 material.

We assume basic knowledge of C and Python. Some basic familiarity with Unix systems is helpful for Project 1. Project 2 is done in Go and we won’t have any lectures on Go syntax, so we expect students to be able to learn the basics of the language on their own. The readings are all linked on [the course website](https://su22.cs161.org/) and freely available. The majority of readings come from the [course textbook](https://textbook.cs161.org/), which is freely available for you to use as a study and review resource. All readings are optional (but recommended) unless otherwise indicated.

CS 161: Computer Security

Asymmetric Key Cryptography

2 courses cover this concept

CSE 484 / CSE M 584 Computer Security

CS 161: Computer Security