The schedule will change as the course progresses, in part based on student interests. If you are particularly interested in some topic not covered here, send mail to the course staff.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
sep 6 Labor Day Holiday	sep 7 REG DAY	sep 8 LEC 1: Introduction, threat models Assignment: Lab 1: Buffer overflows	sep 9	sep 10
sep 13 LEC 2: Control hijacking attacks Preparation: Read Baggy bounds checking (Question)	sep 14	sep 15 LEC 3: Software fault isolation Preparation: Read XFI (Question) Assignment: Lab 2: Binary instrumentation	sep 16	sep 17 DUE: Lab 1 all parts
sep 20 LEC 4: Privilege separation Preparation: Read OKWS (Question)	sep 21	sep 22 LEC 5: Capabilities Preparation: Read Confused Deputy and KeyKOS (Question)	sep 23	sep 24 DUE: Lab 2 part 1
sep 27 LEC 6: Language-level security; Java stack inspection Preparation: Read Security Architectures for Java (Question)	sep 28	sep 29 LEC 7: Static analysis Preparation: Read Finding vulnerabilities in Java apps (Question) Assignment: Lab 3: Privilege separation	sep 30	oct 1 DUE: Lab 2 all parts
oct 4 Hacking day -- work on lab 3.	oct 5	oct 6 LEC 8: Web browser security Preparation: Read Securing Frame Communication in Browsers (Question)	oct 7	oct 8 DUE: Lab 3 part 1 ADD DATE
oct 11 Columbus Day Holiday	oct 12	oct 13 LEC 9: SSL and HTTPS Preparation: Read ForceHTTPS (Question) Assignment: Lab 4: Browser security	oct 14	oct 15 DUE: Lab 3 all parts
oct 18 LEC 10: Network protocols Preparation: Read Kerberos (Question)	oct 19	oct 20 QUIZ #1 (Past quizzes and solutions) Scope: lectures; labs 1, 2, and 3 Materials: open papers/notes, closed laptop	oct 21	oct 22
oct 25 LEC 11: Side-channel attacks Preparation: Read Remote timing attacks and Cache attacks (Question)	oct 26	oct 27 LEC 12: Trusted hardware Preparation: Read TCG-based Integrity Measurement Architecture (Question) Assignment: Lab 5: Final project	oct 28	oct 29 DUE: Lab 4 part 1
nov 1 LEC 13: File system encryption Preparation: Read BitLocker (Question)	nov 2	nov 3 LEC 14: Application-level security bugs Preparation: Read Resin (Question)	nov 4	nov 5 DUE: Lab 4 all parts
nov 8 LEC 15: Anonymity Preparation: Read Tor (Question)	nov 9	nov 10 LEC 16: Worms and botnets Preparation: Read Stuxnet (Question)	nov 11 Veteran's Day Holiday	nov 12 DUE: Final project proposal
nov 15 LEC 17: Self-destructing data Preparation: Read Vanish (Question)	nov 16	nov 17 LEC 18: Data lifetime Preparation: Read Shredding your garbage (Question) DROP DATE	nov 18	nov 19
nov 22 LEC 19: Intrusion analysis Preparation: Read Backtracking intrusions (Question)	nov 23	nov 24 LEC 20: Denial of service Preparation: Read IP traceback (Question)	nov 25 Thanksgiving	nov 26 Thanksgiving
nov 29 LEC 21: Captchas Preparation: Read Captcha economics (Question)	nov 30	dec 1 QUIZ #2 (Past quizzes and solutions) Scope: all lectures and labs; more on material since quiz 1 Materials: open papers/notes, closed laptop	dec 2	dec 3
dec 6 Final project presentations	dec 7	dec 8 Final project presentations	dec 9	dec 10 DUE: Lab 5 (final project)
dec 13	dec 14	dec 15	dec 16	dec 17

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