Massachusetts Institute of Technology Handout 16.857: Network and Computer Security February 6, 2008Professor Ronald L. Rivest Due: N/ACourse InformationLecturers: Professor Ronald L. Rivest32-G692, 253–5880, [email protected] Hours by appointmentProfessor Shafi Goldwasser32-G682, 253–5914, [email protected] Hours by appointmentTeaching Assistants: Jason [email protected] Hours: [Fri. 3:30-5:00, 32-G5 Lounge]Yuran [email protected] Hours: [Weds. 1:00-2:30, 32-G5 Lounge]Secretary: Be Blackburn32-G675A, 253–[email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] PrerequisitesThe prerequisites for the course are 6.033 (Computer System Engineering) and 6.042J (Mathematics forComputer Science). It is recommended that students have had 6.046J (Introduction to Algorithms) andexperience with modular arithmetic. You may take the course without having the pre-requisites, if you canconvince the TAs that you have equivalent background.2 UnitsThis is a 12-unit (3-0-9) H-level course intended primarily for seniors and first-year graduate students. It fitswithin the Computer Systems and Architecture Engineering Concentration. Graduate students will receiveH-credit for this class.3 LecturesLectures will be held in Room 2-105 on Mondays and Wednesday from 11:00AM to 12:30PM. A schedule oftopics will be posted on the class web site; you can also get a sense of the topics to be covered by lookingat the web sites from previous years. We will not provide lecture notes with the exception of a few lecturescovering bleeding-edge material. Notes from previous years are on the class web site.4 The class onlineThe course web site is online at:http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.857/2 6.857 : Handout 1: Course InformationHandouts, assignments, and announcements will be available online. The web site includes an online regis -tration form (click: Course Registration). You must register for the course by completing this form no laterthan Friday, February 8th. Once you have registered, you will be automatically subscribed to the coursemailing list:6857-students [at] mit.eduWe will use this list to make important class announcements. Notify the TAs if you wish to be removedfrom this list.5 TextbookThere is no required textbook for this course. A list of recommended books will be made available. See theReferences page on the course web site for the relevant bibliographic information.6 Groups6.857 is a group-oriented course. Students will work in groups on both homeworks and the final project,although they do no need to work in the same group for both. Students should form their homeworkgroup in time to do the first homework assignment. The final project team should be determined bythe date given below. Students who need help finding a group should contact the staff. To keep groupsrunning smoothly, students should ensure that their fellow members are actively participating and shouldcommunicate regularly. Students who cannot resolve group problems should contact their TAs. If necessary,groups can be dissolved and reformed.7 HomeworkWe will distribute approximately five problem sets on approximately a biweekly basis. They will generallybe handed out on Monday and be due two weeks later. Homework submissions are to be sent to the TAsat [email protected] in either PostScript, PDF, or MS Word format. Homework templates will be availableon the course web site. For homework involving non-trivial mathematics, students are strongly encouragedto use LaTeX to typeset their answers. Homework that is difficult for the graders to read will lose points.Late homework will not be accepted. If in doubt, turn your problem set in early. Solutions will bedistributed with corrected homework—hopefully within a week of being collected.Generally, homework must be done in groups. You are to work on group problem sets and final projectsin groups of three or four (preferably three). One problem set will be turned in by each group, and onegrade will be given for each problem set. You must work in groups; homeworks turned in by individuals,pairs, pentuples, etc. will not be accepted. Be sure that you understand and approve the solutions turnedin to each problem. Get your group organized as soon as you can, and email the composition of your groupto the teaching staff.We may occasionally assign homework that you must answer individually; see Section 11 for the policygoverning these assignments.8 TestsWe will have one in-class quiz on Monday, April 7, 2008. There is no final exam. The quiz will test yourknowledge of material from lectures, problem sets, and readings.6.857 : Handout 1: Course Information 39 Final projectStudents will be responsible for a final project. You must work in a group of three or four people. Thenature and the topic of the project is your choice, although it needs the approval of the teaching staff. Seethe Term Projects page on the course web site for a list of topics from previous years, sample proposals,and additional project-related resources. We will generally approve interesting topics about network and/orcomputer security.It is advisable to get started early; we will gladly accept proposals before the deadline. Early submissiongives us a chance to review and approve your project proposal, and to suggest references that you may haveoverlo oked.Important dates for the project:• By Monday, February 25 - Students individually submit one-page project ideas via e-mail. These ideaswill be posted on the course web site. After reviewing their classmates’ project ideas, students willform three or four p e rson teams . Thes e te ams need not be the same as homework groups.• By Wednesday, April 2 - Turn in team composition and a multi-page project draft and bibliography.• April 14-18 - During this week, each project group will meet with a TA to review their progress.• May 7, 12, and 14 - Groups will present 7 minute talks on their projects in class.• Wednesday, May 14 - Written projects are due.10 GradingGrades are:45% for the problem sets20% for quiz35% for the final project11 Collaboration and plagiarismNo collaboration is permitted on the in-class quiz. All tests are open book and op en notes. We encourageyou, however, to prepare for the quiz by discussing course material with your classmates.You may collaborate with individuals from other groups in problem sets, but your solutions must bewritten up only by individuals from your group. For individual homework
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