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Thu, May 19, 2005
Class Cancelled
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Sun, May 15, 2005/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Fri, May 13, 2005
Final Review
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Tue, May 10, 2005
Symantec Worm Simulator
If you're running Windows, download it and let me know. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Fri, Apr 08, 2005
Stupid Spammer Tricks
But here's a new twist. The other day I got a spam e-mail whose subject line included the word "quadric." Since we'd been talking about quadric surfaces in my graphics class just the other day, they almost got me to read their stupid advertisement. I figured it was just a coincidence until yesterday I got one whose subject line contained "cryptanalysis." I gather they've taken to scraping web pages: when they decide to spam whomever@example.com, they first check to see if there's a www.example.com, then grab a statistically significant word from that page and use it in the subject line, hoping to fool you into opening it. Clever, but not clever enough. Did I mention that both of the e-mails had already been automatically filed under "Spam?" /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc #
The DNS Poisoning Attacks
The attacks are serious enough that the Internet Storm Center has raised their Infocon level to "Yellow." I know this because the icon in my system tray has turned yellow and started flashing. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Wed, Mar 30, 2005
SIGINT
To quote Scott McNealy (CEO of Sun Microsystems): "You already have no privacy. Get over it." /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Tue, Mar 29, 2005
The Secret Service and Distributed Computing
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Sat, Mar 19, 2005
E-mail address encryption
So I was setting up an autoresponder for homework assignments, and figured I'd give it a shot. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Tue, Mar 15, 2005
Paper Summary 4
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Mon, Mar 14, 2005
Midterm Review
Note that I've revised the course outline slightly, dropping Chapter 15 from the midterm, paring down a few chapters into individual sections, adding a section (6.4), and adding a second reading to the section on Kerberos. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Sun, Mar 06, 2005
New NSA Security Standard
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Paranoia
Every computer clock has a bit of skew caused by tiny differences in the hardware. This causes the clock to be slightly different from every other clock, and it could be used to uniquely indentify your computer. It turns out that you can measure this skew from almost anywhere on the Internet, even from behind a firewall. Which means that, potentially, your computer can be tracked even if connects to the Internet through different networks... Paranoid yet? /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Wed, Feb 23, 2005
An Illustrated Guide to Cryptographic Hashes
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Cracking DES
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Tue, Feb 22, 2005
Assignment Update
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Wed, Feb 16, 2005
Big Crypto News
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Tue, Feb 15, 2005
More reading material
I know, I know, yet more reading; but if you run into trouble while reading Section 14.1, try this article and see if it clears things up. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Wed, Feb 09, 2005
Linear and Differential Cryptanalysis Tutorial
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The Two-Page Limit
The long version of the answer is that you should consider two pages to be a firm lower limit -- go much more than a paragraph under two pages, and you're not likely to get full credit for having completed the assignment. The upper limit is slightly more flexible. Take three pages, if you feel like you need the space. But I do not want more than that -- I don't grade by volume. If you can't get it in three, get some help editing. If you can't find someone to help you edit, come by during office hours (I am available Wednesday afternoon) and ask for help, or send me e-mail. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # Sun, Feb 06, 2005
Handbook of Applied Cryptography
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Sat, Feb 05, 2005
Army Cryptanalysis Field Manual
/var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433/misc # Tue, Feb 01, 2005
Reading Updates
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CpSc 433, Data Security and Encryption Techniques
Please note that the outline is incomplete -- I have not yet decided on readings for May 3, 5, 12, and 19. When they become available, I will post a notice here. /var/spool/courses/csuf/2005/spring/cpsc433 # |
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