Syllabus
CS 574: Computer Security
The class web page is located at http://www.thuktun.org/cs574-cms/. That page contains course announcements, and pointers to all the other information, including course notes, outline, project assignment, and a list of project topics selected.
Tom Perrine
tperrine+cs574@scea.com
Phone: 858-824-5852 (note: not at SDSU)
Office: SDSU GMCS 532
Office Hours: TBD
I am most easily reached via email at this time. I check voice mail about 2x per week, but I read email constantly during the day and frequently nights and weekends.
Pfleeger, C. P., Security in Computing, Third Edition (Prentice-Hall, 2002)
Eichin, M. and Rochlis, J., "With Microscope and Tweezers: An Analysis of the Internet Virus of November 1988" http://www.mit.edu/people/eichin/virus/main.html (Read the sections titled Abstract, Introduction, Strategies, Conclusion.)
Thompson, K., "Reflections on Trusting Trust" http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95
COAST laboratory, "Intrusion Detection Pages" http://www.cs.purdue.edu/coast/intrusion-detection/welcome.html (Read the sections titled Introduction, Security Policy, Intrusion Classification, Intrusion Detection.)
Other materials as assigned.
There will be one midterm exam, a final exam, and a term project on some technical topic related to computer security (see the project assignment for a more detailed description.)
Your course grade will be calculated (approximately) as follows:
| Midterm exam | 35% | |
| Final exam | 35% | |
| Term project | 30% |