• Course Title: CS 490 Cryptography and Computer Security
• Location: EB 1033
• Time: M & W 12:00 -- 01.15 p.m.
• Course Web Site: http://www.cs.siue.edu/~tgamage/S17/CS490/
• Assignment Dropbox: CS490@Moodle

Instructor Contact Information

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• Instructor: Thoshitha Gamage, Ph.D.
• Office: EB 3053
• Phone: (618) 650-2407
• Email: TGAMAGE (AT) SIUE (DOT) EDU
• Web Site: http://www.cs.siue.edu/~tgamage
• Office Hours: M & W 10:00 -- 11:30 a.m., T 11:00 -- 12:30 p.m. or by appointment

Course Material

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• Syllabus: Download |
• Tentative Schedule:

  Week	Dates	Topic	Slides	HW
  01	Jan. 09	Introduction and Course Administrivia
  	Jan. 11	Computer Security Basics:
  02	Jan. 16	MLK Day
  	Jan. 18	Cryptography Basics:
  03	Jan. 23
  	Jan. 25
  04	Jan. 30	Symmetric-Key Ciphers:
  	Feb. 01
  05	Feb. 06
  	Feb. 08	Asymmetric-Key Ciphers:
  06	Feb. 13	midterm exam 01
  	Feb. 15
  07	Feb. 20
  	Feb. 22	Integrity Models:
  08	Feb. 27
  	Mar. 01	Hashing:
  09	Mar. 06	thanksgiving break
  	Mar. 08
  10	Mar. 13	Authentication & Key Management:
  	Mar. 15
  11	Mar. 20	midterm exam 02
  	Mar. 22	Intrusion Detection:
  12	Mar. 27
  	Mar. 29
  13	Apr. 03	Network Security:
  	Apr. 05
  14	Apr. 10	Topic TBA
  	Apr. 12
  15	Apr. 17	Topic TBA
  	Apr. 19
  16	Apr. 24	Topic TBA
  	Apr. 26
  17	May 04	final Exam: 02:00 p.m. -- 03:40 p.m.

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Course Assignments & Resources

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Week	Assigned on	Assignment
01	Jan. 09	Introduction to DeterLab |
	Jan. 11	PR00 | Due: 01/18/2017 @11:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
03	Jan. 25	PR01 | Due: 02/08/2017 @11:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
07	Feb. 20	PR02 | Due: 03/13/2017 @11:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
11	Mar. 22	PR03 | Due: 04/05/2017 @11:59:59 a.m.  [Dropbox]
		M01: Final Project Proposal |  [Dropbox]
17	May 02	M03: Final Project Report |  [Dropbox]