The rest of the semester will be held online. (See Piazza for more details.)
An introduction to the topic of security in the context of computer systems and networks. Identify, analyze, and solve network-related security problems in computer systems. Fundamentals of number theory, authentication, and encryption technologies, as well as the practical problems that have to be solved in order to make those technologies workable in a networked environment, particularly in the wide-area Internet environment.
All office hours will be held online. You have to queue up for a slot at https://officehours.cs.umd.edu
There are no required texts. See the Resources page for recommendations, and the for papers, slides, and handouts.