CS 416 - Computer and Network Security

Instructor: Bernard Menezes

Course Description: This course covers the basics of cryptography and network security. Major topics include public key cryptography, secret key cryptography, digital signatures, authentication, web security (XSS, SQL injection), software security (Buffer overflow).  It is a good course to get an introduction to the world of network security.

Logistics:

• 2 quizzes, 4 assignments, 1 endsem examination.
• Three hours of lectures per week.
• Difficulty Level: ⅗.
• Attendance was optional.

Comments on the Instructor: The instructor keeps gives a lot of demos in the class which helps in understanding the content better. Overall, a good instructor.

Who will find it interesting: Those of you who wanted to hack somebody’s computer from childhood should give this course a try. This course teaches introduction to  cryptography which mathematics loving people will like. People who like systems should also enjoy this course.