CS 3710

Introduction to Cybersecurity

 

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

 

Daily Announcements

Code Talkers

Lecture 11: Tue, Sep 30th

  • Office hours are ongoing, 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), Wednesday 11-1 (Eddie), and Thursdays 12:30-2:30 (Matt)
      • Note the Fri 11-1 has now moved to Wed 11-1
      • TA pictures linked to from the Canvas landing page
  • Midterm is this week week!
  • Homeworks
    • HW 4: Hashing was due last week – how was it?
    • Next HW will be Networks (to be posted soon), then Fuzzing
  • Readings:
  • Most things are graded (paranoia, ethics, rsa), but we are working to ensure that the extensions and late penalties are computed properly before returning them. Expect them all within a week.
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will finish with web security and then return to policy

Authorization

Lecture 10: Thu, Sep 25th

  • Office hours are ongoing, 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), Wednesday 11-1 (Eddie), and Thursdays 12:30-2:30 (Matt)
      • Note the Fri 11-1 has now moved to Wed 11-1
      • TA pictures linked to from the Canvas landing page
  • Homeworks
    • HW 4: Hashing is due tonight
    • Next HW will be Networks (to be posted soon), then Fuzzing
  • Readings:
  • Most things are graded (paranoia, ethics, rsa), but we are working to ensure that the extensions and late penalties are computed properly before returning them. Expect them all within a week.
  • Midterm is, um, next week!
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will continue with web security
    • We’ll come back to policy later

Trolley Problem

Lecture 9: Tue, Sep 23rd

  • Office hours are ongoing, 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), Wednesday 11-1 (Eddie), and Thursdays 12:30-2:30 (Matt)
      • Note the Fri 11-1 has now moved to Wed 11-1
      • TA pictures linked to from the Canvas landing page
  • Homeworks
  • Readings:
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will finish networks and start web security
    • We’ll come back to policy later

How Hacking Works

Lecture 8: Thu, Sep 18th

  • Office hours are ongoing, 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
    • HW 3: RSA is due this Thursday, Sep 18th, by midnight
      • Submission on Gradescope is open
      • This is not the easiest assignment, so please do not wait until the last minute to start it!
    • HW 4: Hashing will be ready later today (I’ll post on Piazza when)
  • Readings:
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will continue with networks, then on to web security
    • We’ll come back to policy later

Bag Check

Lecture 7: Tue, Sep 16th

  • Office hours are ongoing, 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
    • HW 3: RSA is due this Thursday, Sep 18th, by midnight
      • Submission on Gradescope is open
      • This is not the easiest assignment, so please do not wait until the last minute to start it!
    • The next HW (on hashing) will be out Thursday
  • Readings:
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will finish with encryption

Smart Home Security

Lecture 6: Thu, Sep 11th

  • 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 (Thu, Sep 11th), by midnight: HW 2: Ethics
      • 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 3: RSA is out, and due next Thursday (Sep 18th) by midnight
      • Submission on Gradescope will open up three days (72 hours) before it is due
      • This is not the easiest assignment, so please do not wait until the last minute to start it!
  • Readings: none currently assigned
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will continue with encryption
    • We’ll come back to policy later

Cyberintelligence

Lecture 5: Tue, Sep 9th

  • 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 this Thursday, September 11th, by midnight: HW 2: Ethics
      • 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 3: RSA will be out today or tomorrow
      • We will go over it at the end of lecture today
      • Submission on Gradescope will open up three days (72 hours) before it is due
      • This is not the easiest assignment, so please do not wait until the last minute to start it!
  • Readings: none currently assigned
  • Everybody has to sign the Ethics Honor Pledge; the link is on the Canvas landing page
  • Today we will continue with encryption
    • We’ll come back to policy later

Password Strength

Lecture 4: Thu, 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
  • 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

Lecture 3: Tue, Sep 2nd

Security Question

Lecture 2: Thu, Aug 28th