CS5430: System Security

Course Overview and Organization.

Lecture times, teaching staff, office hours, prerequisites, assignments and grading policy.

Topic Outline.

High-level listing of topics to be covered along with recommended readings.

Post CVD Changes

• Revised course goals and schedules (discussions and office hours).

• Revised assessment criteria.

Link to eCornell lecture videos.

Lecture 15 (Mar 23 - 2019) through Lecture 24 (May 06 - 2019) present material we did not discuss in class.

Zoom for Q+A with Prof (optional) discussions.

4/6, 4/8, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, and 5/11 at 10:10 EDT.

Announcements

• [5/11] Homework 6 is graded. Grades should be posted shortly on CMS. Regrade requests should be submitted by email to cs5430-staff@cornell.edu by midnight May 14. The request should explain what you think we got wrong. Note, all of the assignment will be reviewed in response to a regrade request. So your grade could be increased or decreased when we review your paper.
• [4/30] Homework 5 and Homework 5-alt are graded. Grades should be posted shortly on CMS. Letter grades were awarded based on various quality dimensions, and these were then transformed to numeric values as follows: A = 40; A- = 37; B+ = 33; B = 30; etc.
  Regrade requests should be submitted by email to cs5430-staff@cornell.edu by midnight May 5. The request should explain what you think we got wrong. Note, all of the assignment will be reviewed in response to a regrade request. So your grade could be increased or decreased when we review your paper.
• [4/22] Homework 6 is posted. As per revised assessment criteria, you are eligible to submit a solution to Homework 6 only if you have submitted a solution Homework 5 or Homework 5-alt.
• [4/6] Homework 4 is graded. Grades for Homework 4 should be appearing on CMS. Regrade requests should be submitted by email to cs5430-staff@cornell.edu. Your request should explain what you think we got wrong. Note, all of the problems will be reviewed in response to a regrade request. So your grade could be increased or decreased when we review your paper.
• [3/28] Moving Ahead: Post COVID-19 Plans for CS5430.
  • Due date for Homework 5 is now changed to 4/19 at 11:59pm EDT.
  • Homework 5-alt now available as an alternative to Homework 5.
  • Q+A with Prof (optional) discussion 4/6 (Mon) at 10:10 AM EDT to discuss Post CVD revised course schedule and Post CVD revised course grading.
  • Q+A with Prof (optional) discussion 4/8 (Wed) at 10:10 AM EDT to discuss capabilities.

• [3/22] Progress toward Post COVID-19 for CS5430.
  • Be on the lookout for an email giving you access via Canvas to an eCornell course.
  • Details about Post Covid-19 CS5430 will be forthcoming and posted here.
  • Zoom session to discuss Post Covid-19 CS5430 on Wednesday April 6 at 1010AM EDT. Plan to join us.
  • Stay healthy!
• [3/13] COVID-19 Disruptions.
  • Cornell's classes are suspended until April 6. So we will not have lectures or office hours during the next 3 weeks.
  • Homework 5 due date will be extended. The exact date will be announced at some later time. It will be at least 2 weeks after April 6.
  • Be safe in your travels and stay healthy!
• [3/2] Homework 3 is graded. The grades have been posted on CMS. Regrade requests may be submitted in writing (typeset and delivered as hardcopy) to Professor Schneider at the end of lecture Wed 3/4. Explain what you think we got wrong. Note, all of the problems will be reviewed in response to a regrade request. So your grade could be increased or decreased when we review your paper.
• [2/17] Homework 2 is graded. The grades have been posted on CMS. Regrade requests may be submitted in writing (typeset and delivered as hardcopy) to Professor Schneider at the end of lecture Friday, 2/21. Explain what you think we got wrong. Note, all of the problems will be reviewed in response to a regrade request. So your grade could be increased or decreased when we review your paper.
• [2/17] Lecture schedule.
  Week of 2/17: Lectures on 2/17 (Mon), 2/19 (Wed), 2/21 (Fri).
  Week of 2/24: Lectures on 2/26 (Wed), 2/28 (Fri).
• [2/12] No office hours during break.
  Cornell has no classes Feb 24-25 and, consequently, there are no office hours on those days.
• [2/5] Homework 1 is graded (updated). The grades will be posted shortly, through CMS. Regrade requests may be submitted in writing (typeset and delivered as hardcopy) to Professor Schneider at the end of lecture Monday, 2/10. Explain what you think we got wrong. Note, all of the problems will be reviewed in response to a regrade request. So your grade could be increased or decreased when we review your paper.
• [1/22] Plan ahead -- no lecture on:
  
  • April 6, 8
  • April 24
• [1/22] TA office hours. TA office hours begin January 27. Times and places will be listed in Course Overview and Organization

Homework

• Homework 1 (on adversarial thinking), due 1/29 at 11:59pm.
• Homework 2 (on articulating security goals), due 2/10 at 11:59pm.
• Homework 3 (on authentication protocols), due 2/21 at 11:59pm.
• Homework 4 (on certification authorities), due 3/5 at 11:59pm.
• Homework 5 (on password strength), due 3/24 at 11:59pm Revised due date: 4/19 at 11:59pm EDT.
• Homework 5-alt (on password strength), alternative for Homework 5, due 4/19 at 11:59pm EDT.
• Homework 6 (on access control), due 5/3 at 11:59pm EDT.