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
Feedback from questionnaires:
+ Interesting, enthusiastic, choice of topics
- exercises
- not enough depth

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
Mon, 1700
26 Apr 2010
(date to be
confirmed)
Revision lecture




21 September 2009