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6.5660 Computer Systems Security
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Graduate (Spring)
Prereq: 6.1020 and (6.1800 or 6.1810)
Units: 3-6-3
Lecture: TR2.30-4 (45-230) +final
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Design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover attacks that compromise security as well as techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system security, privilege separation, capabilities, language-based security, cryptographic network protocols, trusted hardware, and security in web applications and mobile phones. Labs involve implementing and compromising a web application that sandboxes arbitrary code, and a group final project.
N. Zeldovich
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