Course Calendar

6.1600 covers security and cryptography in five layers authentication, transport security, platform security, software security, and human/end-user security.

Lectures: MW11-12:30 (4-163)
Recitations: F11 (2-105)
Office hours in Rm. TBD (Ana/Lillian/Timothy): TBD

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
sep 7 Labor day	sep 8 Registration day Review these handouts: Course info, Useful facts	sep 9 LEC 1 (sd): What is security? (video, chapter) Published: Lab 0 First day of classes	sep 10	sep 11 REC 1: Office hours for Lab 0
sep 14 LEC 2 (sd): Authenticating people (video, chapter)	sep 15	sep 16 LEC 3 (sd): Collision resistance and file authentication (video, chapter)	sep 17 DUE: Lab 0	sep 18 Published: Lab 1
sep 21 LEC 4 (sd): Message authentication codes (video, chapter)	sep 22	sep 23 LEC 5 (sd): Digital signatures: Definition and hash-based schemes (video, chapter)	sep 24	sep 25
sep 28 LEC 6 (sd): Digital signatures: RSA (video, chapter)	sep 29	sep 30 LEC 7 (sd): Case study: Public-key infrastructure (video, chapter)	oct 1 DUE: Lab 1	oct 2 REC 2: Review for Quiz 1 (video, problems, sol, notes) Published: Lab 2
oct 5 LEC 8 (sd): Intro to transport security (video, chapter) the penguin	oct 6	oct 7 Quiz 1: covers lectures 1-8, labs 0-1, psets 0-1 Time and location: same as lecture (Previous exams)	oct 8	oct 9 ADD DATE
oct 12 Indigenous peoples day	oct 13 LEC 9 (sd): Authenticated encryption (video, chapter) Monday classes held	oct 14 LEC 10 (sd): Key exchange and public-key encryption (video, chapter)	oct 15 DUE: Lab 2	oct 16 Published: Lab 3
oct 19 LEC 11 (sd): Encryption in practice (video, chapter)	oct 20	oct 21 LEC 12 (sd): Architecting a secure system (video, chapter)	oct 22	oct 23
oct 26 LEC 13 (sd): Isolation (video, chapter)	oct 27	oct 28 LEC 14 (sd): Software trust (video, chapter)	oct 29 DUE: Lab 3	oct 30 Published: Lab 4
nov 2 LEC 15 (sd): CPU Timing Attacks (video)	nov 3	nov 4 LEC 16 (sd): Case study: iOS security (video, chapter)	nov 5	nov 6 REC 3: Review for Quiz 2 (video, problems, sol, notes)
nov 9 Quiz 2: covers lectures 1-16, labs 0-3, psets 0-3 Time and location: same as lecture (Previous exams)	nov 10	nov 11 Veterans day	nov 12 DUE: Lab 4	nov 13 Published: Lab 5
nov 16 LEC 17 (sd): Software security (video, chapter)	nov 17	nov 18 LEC 18 (sd): Privilege separation (video, chapter) DROP DATE	nov 19	nov 20 REC 4: Review for Quiz 3 (video, problems, sol, notes)
nov 23 LEC 19 (sd): Runtime defenses (video, chapter)	nov 24	nov 25 LEC 20 (sd): Privacy: Zero knowledge (video, chapter)	nov 26	nov 27
nov 30 LEC 21 (sd): Differential Privacy (video, chapter)	dec 1 DUE: Lab 5	dec 2 Quiz 3: covers lectures 1-21, labs 0-4, psets 0-4 Time and location: same as lecture (Previous exams)	dec 3	dec 4
dec 7 LEC 22 (sd): PAC Privacy (video)	dec 8	dec 9 LEC 23 (sd): Summary (video, chapter)	dec 10 Last day of classes	dec 11

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