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Operating Systems Security - Winter 2016/17
Recent news
- The extended deadline for Assignment 6 is Wednesday, 11 January 2017 (23:59 CET)
- No werkcollege on Friday, 13 January 2017. Last lecture for this course will be on Monday, 09 January 2017.
- The first werkcollege will take place on Friday, 11 November 2016 (08:45-10:30) in
HG00.062HG00.303 - The first lecture will take place on Monday, 7 November 2016 (10:45-12:30) in
HG00.062HG00.303
Basic information
- Teaching Staff:
Veelasha Moonsamy <veelasha@cs.ru.nl>
Peter Schwabe <peter@cryptojedi.org>
Joeri de Ruiter <joeri@cs.ru.nl> - Credit: 3 EC
- Studigids information: http://www.studiegids.science.ru.nl/2016/en/science/course/40577
Lecture topics and slides
- 07 Nov 2016: General information; Authentication and Authorization
- 14 Nov 2016: Memory
- 21 Nov 2016: Malware
- 28 Nov 2016: Mandatory Access Control
- 05 Dec 2016: Virtualization
- 12 Dec 2016: Mobile Sandboxing and Linux Containers
- 19 Dec 2016: Guest lecture
- 09 Jan 2017: Exam info and course summary, Oefententamen
Exercises
- Assignment 1, Deadline: 18 November 2016 (23:59 CET)
- Assignment 2, Deadline: 25 November 2016 (23:59 CET)
- Assignment 3, Deadline: 02 December 2016 (23:59 CET)
- Assignment 4, Deadline: 09 December 2016 (23:59 CET)
- Assignment 5, Deadline: 16 December 2016 (23:59 CET)
- Assignment 6, Deadline:
09 January12 January 2017 (23:59 CET) DEADLINE EXTENDED
Pre-requisites
- Background from the lectures "Security" and "Network Security" is helpful
- Background from the course "Hacking in C" is highly recommended
Recommended readings
- Trent Jaeger: Operating System Security
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum: Modern Operating Systems
- Michael Goodrich and Roberto Tamassia: Introduction of Computer Security
- Ross Anderson: Security Engineering