Computer and Network Security
CS494/594            Class 15   12/5/06

Topics

• crypto in society
• review
• lecture slides
• take-home Final Exam

Required reading

• text
• Why Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks
• sci.crypt's FAQ
• the quantum computer

Additional reading

• the psychology of security
• The Hackers are Coming! trends (12/05) and SANS top 20 attack targets
• crypto law
• search and seizure of computers
• NRC's Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society
• eff electronic frontier foundation, privacy
• evote study SERVE and more on electronic voting
• CISP Cardholder Information Security Program
• spyware
• RSA's cryptography FAQ
• Anderson's Why Cryptosystems Fail
• being a cryptographer
• identity theft or here or here

  Esoteric

• Breaking DES Using a Molecular Computer and DNA computing
• Shor's Algorithms for Quantum Computation discrete logs and factoring
• MIT/Stanford quantum computing or qubit.org
• HERF and TEMPEST links
• Soft Tempest: Hidden Data Transmission Using Electromagnetic Emanations pdf
• TEMPEST for Eliza play MP3 through your monitor to your radio
• echelon
• attacks on USB tokens
• as always, cruise the security page