CPSC 526/626: Network Systems Security (Fall 2025)

Announcements | General Information | Assignments | Tutorials | Lectures

Announcements

• Sep 2: Welcome to class!
• Sep 14: Assignment 1 posted.
• Sep 23: Assignment 2 posted.
• Sep 23: Office hours today from 13:50 to 14:30 and bonus hours tomorrow 1300-1400
• Sep 30: Practice midterm posted.
• Oct 6: Office hours today from 13:30 to 15:30 and cancelled T and R

General information

Instructor: Joel Reardon, ICT 642, e-mail joel.reardon [at] ucalgary [dot] ca
MIDTERM REVIEW:here
Lectures: MS 319
Office hours: TR 14:30 -- 15:30 in ICT 642

Assignments

Tutorials

Lecture Content

Lecture Date	Topic	Readings
Sep 2	Admin[slides]
Sep 2 and 4	Introduction[slides]	[PVO] chapter 1; [beej] chapters 1-7
Sep 4 and 9	Cryptography and Channel Security[slides]	[PVO] chapter 2
Sep 9 and Sep 11	Hash Functions[slides]	[PVO] chapter 2
Sep 11 and 16	Randomness[slides]	[rfc1750] 1--4 (626 also 5, 6); [dualec]; [prng]
Sep 16 and Sep 18	Kerberos[slides]	[PVO] 4.1--4.4; 4.7; [kerb] all scenes
Sep 18 and Sep 23	Certificates[slides]	[PVO] 8.1--8.5; [evcert]
Sep 25	TLS[slides]	[PVO] 9.2; [strip]
Oct 2	SSH[slides]
Sep 25 and Oct 2 and Oct 16	Network Stack[slides]
Oct 7	MIDTERM 1
Oct 21	Denial of Service[slides]	[PVO] 11.4;
	TCP Attacks	[PVO] 11.6
	DNS and DNSSec	[PVO] 11.5; [kam], [kamdns]
	ARP	[PVO] 11.5
	Firewalls	[PVO] 10.1, 10.2;
	IDS	[PVO] 11.1, 11.2
	Web Security	[PVO] 9.1, 9.3, 9.4
	XSRF	[PVO] 9.5; [schreiber]
	XSS	[PVO] 9.6; [postcards]
	Code Injection	[PVO] 9.7; [sql]
	Clickjacking	[huang]

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