Instructor:  Albert Levi, FENS 1091, x9563, levi@sabanciuniv.edu    
Assistants:   İsmail Fatih Yıldırım (Office Hour: W 14:40 - 16:30, FENS 2001),
                     Ömer Zekvan Yılmaz (Office Hour: R 14:40 - 16:30, FENS 2001)
Schedule:   Lectures: M 13:40 – 15:30, T 10:40 - 11:30, FENS G035
                   Recitations/Labs: F 15:40 - 17:30, FENS G035 (we will not use this hour all the time, you will be informed when there is recitation/lab)
Text: Cryptography and Network Security, 4th edition, William Stallings
Reference: Computer Security, Dieter Gollmann
                    Computer Security: Principles and Practice, William Stallings and Lawrie Brown

Course Syllabus is here

Annoucements

• CS 432 Project Demos will be on June 9, 2008 Monday. Schedule will be posted later.
  
• Final Exam is on June 3, 2008, Tuesday, 16:00 - 19:00 in FENS L045.
  
• All lecture notes are posted below. Final exam will cover all topics with an emphasis on the topics covered after the Midterm Exam
  
• A detailed email about the Final Exam is sent to class email list.
  

Tentative Outline (Lecture notes will be posted here)

• Introduction (1 week)
• Overview of Cryptography (2-3 weeks) part1, part2
  
• Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography
• Key agreement
• Hash functions
• Authentication and Key Distribution Protocols (1 week)
• Kerberos and Password Management (1 week)
• TCP/IP Security and IPSec (2 weeks)

• WWW Security, SSL and TLS (1 week)
• E-mail Security (PGP, S/MIME), PKI and certificate systems (2 weeks)
• Access Control (1 week)
• Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems (1-2 week)

CS 532 Research Presentations by Students

Student responsibilities and grading (tentative)

Common responsibilities and loads (for both CS432 and CS532 students)

• One in-class midterm and one in-class final exam.
• There will be 3-4 labs. The labs will be dedicated to some practical aspects of the course. Labs will be graded either as a lab performance or as a separate homework. Aside the lab homeworks, there will 1-2 lecture related homework assignments. Some homework assignments may require programming. 

 Additional responsibilities and loads for only CS432 students

• A programming project on a secure networking application. This project will be done in groups.

Additional responsibilities and loads for only CS532 students

• Research projects: Students are expected to make research on a specific area and give a 20 minutes presentation.
• Development projects: Development projects are (i) either big programming projects on secure networking applications (ii) or research-driven projects on a particular area about computer and network security. Depending on the scope, development projects may be done in groups.
• Takehome exam:  A small takehome exam will be given towards the end of the course. You may consider this takehome exam as a challenging homework as well.

Tentative Grading for CS432

• Midterm Exam                                     25-30%
• Final Exam                                           35-40%
• Homeworks and Development Project    30-40%

Tentative Grading for CS532

• Midterm Exam                                    20-25%
• Final Exam                                         25-30%
• Takehome Exam                                 10%
• Research project and presentation        5-10%
• Homeworks and Development Project  30-40%

Make-up Policy

Important dates