Schedule #
This is the schedule for Network Security. For another overview of topics see the syllabus page.
Disclaimer: Note that lecture dates and topics might be subject to change as the semester evolves.
Deadlines: (Badge links jump to individual dates on schedule)
- Exams:
- Midterm Exam 1 exam1 - happening Thu, Sep 24 - 11:45am (in
) - Midterm Exam 2 exam2 - happening Thu, Nov 5 - 11:45am (in
) - Final Exam final - happening Tue, Dec 8 - 12:00pm (in
)
- Midterm Exam 1 exam1 - happening Thu, Sep 24 - 11:45am (in
- Homework:
- Homework 0 HW0 - due Fri, Aug 21 - 11:59pm (in
) - Homework 1 HW1 - due Fri, Sep 18 - 11:59pm (in
) - Homework 2 HW2 - due Fri, Oct 30 - 11:59pm (in
)
- Homework 0 HW0 - due Fri, Aug 21 - 11:59pm (in
- Weekly (~ every week):
Week 1 - First Week #
Monday, 2026-08-17 - Friday, 2026-08-21
Mon - Aug 17, 2026|
First day of classes
Tue - Aug 18, 2026 - #lec-intro
11:45am-1:00pm
Mentioned Resources:
Thu - Aug 20, 2026 - #lec-foundations
11:45am-1:00pm
Fri - Aug 21, 2026
11:59pm
Deadlines: Fri, Aug 21 - 11:59pm (Raleigh time) via Gradescope
Week 2 #
Monday, 2026-08-24 - Friday, 2026-08-28
Mon - Aug 24, 2026|
Last day to add a course without permission
Tue - Aug 25, 2026 - #lec-introcrypto
11:45am-1:00pm
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 2.1-2.2, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Aug 27, 2026 - #lec-symcrypto
11:45am-1:00pm
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 2.1-2.2, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Fri - Aug 28, 2026|
Census Date/Official Enrollment Date
Week 3 #
Monday, 2026-08-31 - Friday, 2026-09-04
Tue - Sep 01, 2026 - #lec-hashes
11:45am-1:00pm
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 2.5-2.7, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Sep 03, 2026 - #lec-asymcrypto
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 6: Asymmetric Cryptography
Intro to asymmetric cryptography, RSA, and signatures
- 🖥️ Slides (drive.google.com)
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 2.3-2.4, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Fri - Sep 04, 2026
11:59pm
Deadlines: Fri, Sep 4 - 11:59pm (Raleigh time) via Gradescope:
Week 4 #
Monday, 2026-09-07 - Friday, 2026-09-11
Mon - Sep 07, 2026|
Labor Day (University closed; No classes)
Tue - Sep 08, 2026 - #lec-keys
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 7: Key Management
Diffie-Hellman, key exchange, and PKI
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 4.3, 8, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Sep 10, 2026 - #lec-authprotocols1
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 8: Authentication Protocols 1
Cookies, Mutual Authentication
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 4, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Fri - Sep 11, 2026
11:59pm
Deadlines: Fri, Sep 11 - 11:59pm (Raleigh time) via Gradescope:
Week 5 #
Monday, 2026-09-14 - Friday, 2026-09-18
Tue - Sep 15, 2026 - #lec-authprotocols2
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 9: Authentication Protocols 2
Mediated Authentication, Kerberos, Federated Identity, OAuth
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 4, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Sep 17, 2026 - #lec-userauth
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 10: User Authentication
Types of credentials, passwords, and multi-factor authentication
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 3, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Fri - Sep 18, 2026
11:59pm
Deadlines: Fri, Sep 18 - 11:59pm (Raleigh time) via Gradescope
Week 6 - Midterm Exam 1 #
Monday, 2026-09-21 - Friday, 2026-09-25
Tue - Sep 22, 2026 - #lec-tls
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 11: Transport Layer Security
TLS handshake, session resumption, and attacks
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 9.2, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Sep 24, 2026
11:15am
Midterm Exam 1 (11:45am) #
- See Midterm Exam 1 for details. #exam1
- In-person, in class
Week 7 #
Monday, 2026-09-28 - Friday, 2026-10-02
Tue - Sep 29, 2026|
Wellness Day (No classes)
Thu - Oct 01, 2026 - #lec-net
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 12: Networking Background
Network Layers, Topologies, IP subnetting, NAT, etc.
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 10.6, 11.3-11.7, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Week 8 #
Monday, 2026-10-05 - Friday, 2026-10-09
Tue - Oct 06, 2026 - #lec-net-attack
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 13: TCP/IP Attacks
Classic TCP/IP attacks
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 10.6, 11.3-11.7, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Oct 08, 2026 - #lec-malware
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 14: Malware
Malware, Ransomware, Supply Chain Malware, Malware defenses & detection
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 7, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Week 9 #
Monday, 2026-10-12 - Friday, 2026-10-16
Tue - Oct 13, 2026 - #lec-firewalls
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 15: Firewalls & Zero Trust
Classic Firewalls, WAF, Zero Trust
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 10, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Oct 15, 2026 - #lec-vpn
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 16: VPNs & Modern Alternatives
VPNs, Tunneling, Modern Alternatives
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 10, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Week 10 - Fall Break #
Monday, 2026-10-19 - Friday, 2026-10-23
Mon - Oct 19, 2026|
Fall Break (No classes)
Tue - Oct 20, 2026|
Fall Break (No classes)
Thu - Oct 22, 2026 - #lec-ids
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 17: Intrusion Detection Systems
Intrusion Detection Systems, Confusion Matrix, ROC Curve
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 11.1-11.2, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Oct 22, 2026|
Drop/Revision Deadline
Week 11 #
Monday, 2026-10-26 - Friday, 2026-10-30
Tue - Oct 27, 2026 - #lec-routing
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 18: Routing Security
Routing, Routing Attacks, BGP Attacks, BGPSEC, RPKI
Thu - Oct 29, 2026 - #lec-dns
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 19: DNS Security
Domain Name System, DNS Attacks, Cache Poisoning, SAD DNS, DNSsec
Week 12 - Midterm Exam 2 #
Monday, 2026-11-02 - Friday, 2026-11-06
Tue - Nov 03, 2026 - #lec-wireless
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 20: Wireless Security
Wireless Security, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, KRACK Attack, EAP
Additional Material:
- 🕮 Paul C. van Oorschot, Chapter 12, Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin, 2021.
Thu - Nov 05, 2026
11:15am
Midterm Exam 2 (11:45am) #
- See Midterm Exam 2 for details. #exam2
- In-person, in class
Week 13 #
Monday, 2026-11-09 - Friday, 2026-11-13
Tue - Nov 10, 2026 - #lec-cloud
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 21: Cloud Security
Public and Private Clouds, Virtualized Execution, Cloud Security
Week 14 #
Monday, 2026-11-16 - Friday, 2026-11-20
Tue - Nov 17, 2026 - #lec-anonymity
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 23: Anonymous Communication
Internet Anonymity, Dining Cryptographer Problem, Overlay Networks, Strength of Anonymity, Proxies and VPNs, Crowds, Tor
Thu - Nov 19, 2026 - #lec-ainet
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 24: AI & Network Security
Implications of AI on network security
Week 15 - Thanksgiving Week #
Monday, 2026-11-23 - Friday, 2026-11-27
Tue - Nov 24, 2026 - #lec-wrapup
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 25: Wrap-Up
Course wrap-up, no new content.
Wed - Nov 25, 2026|
Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes)
Thu - Nov 26, 2026|
Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes, University closed)
Fri - Nov 27, 2026|
Thanksgiving Holiday (No classes, University closed)
Week 16 - Final Exam #
Monday, 2026-11-30 - Friday, 2026-12-04
Tue - Dec 01, 2026 - #lec-office
11:45am-1:00pm
Lecture 26: Pre-exam Office Hour
No lecture, Professor will be in the room to answer questions for the final exam
Tue - Dec 01, 2026|
Last Day of Classes
Wed - Dec 02, 2026|
Reading Day
Week 17 #
Monday, 2026-12-07 - Friday, 2026-12-11
Tue - Dec 08, 2026
12:00pm
Final Exam (12:00pm) - Date / Time not yet set #
- See Final Exam for details. #final
- In-person
Fri - Dec 11, 2026|
Fall grades due
Sat - Dec 12, 2026|
Fall commencement exercises