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)
  • 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.
• 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)
  • A BBC radio comedy team makes an excellent point regarding identity theft.

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

• Archive of old IS 430 quizzes.

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