CS530L - Security Systems
David Morgan
Welcome
I am enthusiastic about computer science and security. Because you chose to join this course you must be too. Good to have you here. It should be fun.
Course Particulars
| Description | Students will gain hands on skills and knowledge in computer security. Students will learn best practices for various aspects of computer security, from cryptography to intrusion detection to wireless security. |
| Required textbooks | none, some worthwhile books are noted below |
Grading
Because CS530L is the lab component of Professor Clifford Neuman's CS530, no stand-alone grade is given for it. I will instead report your lab grades to Prof. Neuman who will incorporate them into your final course grade by a formula and rationale of his own. It is my understanding he intends the lab grade to influence up to 15% of the overall course grade. The record of your performance that I will deliver to Prof. Neuman will rate each of the 10 assigned labs on a 4-point basis, fail/lo-pass/pass/hi-pass.
Website - http://www-scf.usc.edu/~csci530l/. I will make regular use of this website to communicate with you. You are responsible for awareness of the information posted there, e.g., announcements, grade reports, assignments.
Graders/lab assisstants
Rajas Mohile and Gauravkumar Shah
Makeup work - Assignments: not accepted after due date.
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Some books I have and like:
1. Practical Unix & Internet Security, Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, Alan Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates
2. Cryptography and Network Security, William Stallings, Prentice Hall
3. Thd Tao of Network Security Monitoring, Richard
Bejtlich, Addison-Wesley
4. Linux Firewalls, Robert Ziegler, New Riders