Computer Systems Security

<p>This course covers design and implementation of secure computer systems. The lectures cover attacks that compromise security as well as techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system security, privilege separation, capabilities, language-based security, cryptographic network protocols, trusted hardware, and security in web applications and mobile phones. The labs involve implementing and compromising a web application that sandboxes arbitr…

The syllabus, on MIT OpenCourseWare

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