Resources for CS5231

• Textbook (optional): Security Engineering.
  1st edition of the textbook is available for free download. The latest edition is available to ACM members (including student members) via ACM's Books24x7 Program
• Reference book: Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses

• (09/01/2012) Lecture 1: Introduction
  • Lecture notes


• (16/01/2012) Lecture 2: Buffer overflow attacks basis
  • Lecture notes
  • Reading material: "StackGuard: Automatic Adaptive Detection and Prevention of Buffer-Overflow Attacks", Proceedings of the 7th USENIX Security Symposium, January 1998.
  • Reading material (Optional): Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit, Phrack Magazine.
  
  
  • Linux stack and memory layout (Here is a local copy of the document)
  • The program used in class demo and instructions to use it

• (30/01/2012) Lecture 3: Buffer overflow attack and defense
  
• Reading material (Optional): PC Assembly Language
• Quick reference for x86 instruction set

• (Self Study)  Lecture 4: Malware
• (06/02/2012) Lecture 5: Web Security
  

Project information
Final project.