CS 5430 - System Security

Fall. 4 credits. Letter Grades Only.

Prerequisite: CS 4410. Familiarity with Java, C, or C# programming languages expected.

F. Schneider.

Discusses security and survivability for computers and communications networks. Includes discussions of policy issues (e.g., the national debates on cryptography policy) as well as discussions of the technical alternatives for implementing the properties that comprise “trustworthiness” in a computing system. Covers mechanisms for authorization and authentication as well as cryptographic protocols.