IS430 "Information Security"
Most resources will be on and communications will be via Blackboard.
Summer 2011 Text (required)
Michael T. Goodrich and Roberto Tamassia, Introduction to
Computer Security, Addison-Wesley, 2011, ISBN 978-0-321-51294-9
Topics by Chapter
- Cryptography (Pfleeger chapter 2)
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Moserware's stick figure guide to the AES. View it online
here.
There is a PDF at the end that is good for printing (4 pages
per side is fine) or the Kindle (no conversion
necessary--use the PDF as-is).
- Prime numbers: will we run
out?
- Protection in General-Purpose Operating Systems (Pfleeger chapter 4)
- Need a password? Here's
a list. Note
that this is a password dictionary reputedly used by
hackers, and so using one of these passwords would be a
bad idea.
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Network Security ((Pfleeger chapter 7) / Privacy (Pfleeger Chapter 10)
- Martin Kaste has a
non-technical report
on e-mail security for NPR's Morning
Edition. Phil
Zimmermann makes a brief appearance.
- Privacy (Pfleeger Chapter 10)
General Interest
- The Billion Laugh Attack
-
A video
on erasing CDs using high voltage electricity.
- Chemically
erasing disk drives, with acid and thermite.
- Trojan
horse video
from the Chaser.
- A list of security-related blogs and
pods.
- See what information your browser
is leaking to web servers.
- Potential attacks against Internet
voting
Other Resources
From here one can go
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To
Martens' Course Page
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To Martens' home page
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To the UMBC IS Dept
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To UMBC