Computer Security lecture notes Copyright (C) 2009 Mark Dermot Ryan
The University of Birmingham
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Computer Security
September-December 2009

Lectures


Week
Day/time
Date
Content
examinable

1
Mon, 1700
28 Sep 2009
Introduction   More slides.
*


Thu, 1500
1 Oct
Quiz
Quiz marks


2
Mon, 1700 5 Oct Symmetric key crypto
*


Thu, 1500 8 Oct
Secure hash functions
*

3
Mon, 1700 12 Oct Public key crypto
*


Thu, 1500 15 Oct
Key certificates *

4
Mon, 1700 19 Oct
Authentication
*


Thu, 1500 22 Oct
Access control
*

5
Mon, 1700 26 Oct
Protocols   More slides

Competition: figure out how to mount attack on Otway-Rees
that results in Alice and Bob each having a different key KAB.
*


Thu, 1500 29 Oct
Malware
*
6
Mon, 1700 2 Nov
Guest lecture: Dr Myrto Arapinis
Radio Frequency Identity Tags (RFID)
*


Thu, 1500 5 Nov
Guest lecture: Dr Tom Chothia
Anonymous Systems
*

7
Mon, 1700 9 Nov
Trusted computing concepts

*
Ross Anderson's TC FAQ
Amusing anti-TC video

Thu, 1500 12 Nov
All lectures this afternoon from 15:00 are cancelled. You are invited to the 40/50 day instead.


8
Mon, 1700 16 Nov
The trusted platform module (updated!)
The trusted platform module (continued)
*
Competition1:
The winner is David(Mingmin) Chen.
Also entered: Tao Chen, Ameer Avarzamani.
Full answer

Competition 2: There are three winners:
Iftikhar Ahmad (first),
Mohsen Mehrafrouz, and
Ameer Avarzamani.

Thu, 1500 19 Nov
Guest lecture: Anh DInh
Peer-to-peer system: trust and security
*

9
Mon, 1700 23 Nov
Trusted platform module
*


Thu, 1500 26 Nov
TPM case study: Microsoft BitLocker *

10
Mon, 1700 30 Nov
TPM case study (conclusion)
*


Thu, 1500 3 Dec
Electronic voting
*

11
Mon, 1700
7 Dec
No lecture

12
Thu, 1500 10 Dec No lecture



13


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