CS 3710

Introduction to Cybersecurity

 

Aaron Bloomfield (aaron@virginia.edu)
@github | ↑ |

 

Daily Announcements

Password Strength

xkcd # 936

Lecture 4: Tue, Sep 4th

• Office hours have started, all listed on the Canvas landing page
  • Prof. Bloomfield’s office hours are Mondays 11-12, Tuesdays 1-2, and Thursdays 2-3 in Rice 402
  • TA office hours are all in Rice 442 and are Mondays 5-7 (Varun), Tuesdays 5-7 (Fiona), Thursdays 12:30-2:30 (Matt), and Fridays 11-1 (Eddie)
    • TA pictures linked to from the Canvas landing page
• Homeworks
  • Homework due today (Thursday, September 4th) by midnight: HW 1: Rational Paranoia
    • You have to follow the formatting guidelines described therein!
    • The extension system is linked to from the Canvas landing page
    • Extensions can be submitted up to 3 days after the (original) due date
  • HW 2: Ethics is out, and due next Thursday (September 11th)
    • Submission on Gradescope will open up three days (72 hours) before it is due
• Readings
  • Due today, Thursday, September 4th: ACM Code of Ethics, Reflections on Trusting Trust, Morris Worm Wikipedia page
• Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
• Today we will start on encryption
  • We’ll come back to policy later

Security Advice

xkcd # 1820

Lecture 3: Tue, Sep 2nd

• Office hours start this week
  • Prof. Bloomfield’s office hours are Mondays 11-12, Tuesdays 1-2, and Thursdays 2-3 in Rice 402
  • TA office hours are …
    • TA pictures linked to from the Canvas landing page
  • This is all on the Canvas landing page
• Homeworks
  • Homework due this Thursday (September 4th) by midnight: HW 1: Rational Paranoia
    • You have to follow the formatting guidelines described therein!
    • You will likely want to wait until we finish the security mindset slide set slide set
    • Submission on Gradescope will open up three days (72 hours) before it is due
  • The second homework, out later this week, will be on Ethics, due next Thursday (Sep 11th)
    • It’s ready, but we need to go through the ethics slide set first
• Readings
  • Due this Thursday, September 4th: ACM Code of Ethics, Reflections on Trusting Trust, Morris Worm Wikipedia page
• Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
• Today we will continue with terminology slide set, then onto ethics

Security Question

xkcd # 565

Lecture 2: Thu, Aug 28th

• Office hours start next week
  • All are currently TBA; the times will be posted this weekend, but the locations may not be ready until Monday
  • This all will be on the Canvas landing page
• Homeworks
  • Homework due next Thursday (September 4th) by midnight: HW 1: Rational Paranoia
    • You have to follow the formatting guidelines described therein!
    • You will likely want to wait until we finish the security mindset slide set slide set
    • Submission on Gradescope will open up three days (72 hours) before it is due
  • The second homework will be on Ethics, due the following Thursday (Sep 11th)
    • It’s ready, but we need to go through the ethics slide set first
• Readings
  • Due next Thursday, September 4th: ACM Code of Ethics, Reflections on Trusting Trust, Morris Worm Wikipedia page
• Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
• Today we will continue with the security mindset slide set, starting on 5.1
  • Next up: the terminology slide set, then ethics