6.857 Network and Computer Security, Fall 2003
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6-857-fall-2003/contents/index.htm
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Author(s)
Rivest, Ronald
Alternative Title
Network and Computer Security
Date Issued
December 2003
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.
Subjects
network
computer security
security
cryptography
secret-key
public-key
digital signature
authentication
identification
intrusion detection
virus
operating system
software
protection
electronic mail
email
electronic commerce
electronic cash
firewall
computer
digital
signature
electronic
cash
commerce
mail
operating
system
intrustion
detection
distributed
physical
discretionary
mandatory
access
control
biometrics
information
flow
models
covert
channels
integrity
logic
voting
risk
assessment
secure
web
browsers
architecture
engineering
certificates
multi-user computer systems
distributed computer systems
physical security
discretionary access control
mandatory access control
biometrics
information-flow models
covert channels
integrity models
elementary cryptography
authentication logic;electronic cash
viruses
firewalls
electronic voting
risk assessment
secure web browsers
network security
computer security
architecture engineering
secret-key
public-key
digital signatures
authentication schemes
identification schemes
intrusion detection
formal models
secure operating systems
software protection
electronic mail security
World Wide Web
electronic commerce
ecommerce
email security
www
payment protocols
electronic cash
authentication logic
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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