6.857 Network and Computer Security, Fall 2003

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Rivest, Ronald
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Network and Computer Security
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Abstract
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.
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2003-12
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91676
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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6.857-Fall2003
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