6.857 Network and Computer Security, Fall 2003

6.857 is an upper-level undergraduate, first-year graduate course on network and computer security. It fits within the department's Computer Systems and Architecture Engineering concentration. Topics covered include (but are not limited to) the following: Techniques for achieving secur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rivest, Ronald
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91676
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Summary:6.857 is an upper-level undergraduate, first-year graduate course on network and computer security. It fits within the department's Computer Systems and Architecture Engineering concentration. Topics covered include (but are not limited to) the following: Techniques for achieving security in multi-user computer systems and distributed computer systems; Cryptography: secret-key, public-key, digital signatures; Authentication and identification schemes; Intrusion detection: viruses; Formal models of computer security; Secure operating systems; Software protection; Security of electronic mail and the World Wide Web; Electronic commerce: payment protocols, electronic cash; Firewalls; and Risk assessment.