ECS 153, Winter Quarter 1997
Introduction to Computer Security

This course introduces the basic principles of computer security, focusing on system elements. Among the topics covered are access control and integrity, system analysis, security in programming, and network security.

Prerequisite: ECS 150, Operating Systems; or ECS 151AB

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Class Information

Exam

Homework

Lecture Outlines

Puzzles

Handouts

• Breaking a Vigenère Cipher
• The S/Key Protocol
• The Kerberos and X.509 Protocols

Discussion

• Unix pipes & Chaotic Actors
• Using Unix pipes to "ps -aux|grep user" in C