Archived announcements for 01:198:442:01, Spring 2008.

• (5/11/2008) - Grades have been posted.
• (5/11/2008) - Your final exams have been graded (I will post the grades tomorrow). The highest score was a 96 and the lowest score was a 40. The score ranges are: 91-100: 2, 81-90: 4, 71-80: 4, 61-70: 1, 51-60: 3, 41-50: 1, 40: 1. The average was 71.8, and the standard deviation was 16.9.
• (5/7/2008): Upon popular request, here is a set of tips to follow as you prepare for the final exam.
• (5/6/2008): Several people have by now asked me whether details of specific intrusion detection systems (e.g., NSM, DIDS, AAFID) that were covered in the Network Security lecture are important for the final. Answer: No, the details of these systems are not important to understand. People have also asked me whether the details covered in the chapter on Information Flow are important. Answer: Yes, the details of both the compiler-based and execution based mechanisms that we covered for this chapter are important.
• (5/5/2008): Midterm solutions available here.
• (5/5/2008): I have posted Chaum's original paper on Mixes (this is part of the syllabus for the final). The final exam will be cumulative: Roughly 40% of the exam will focus on pre-midterm material, and the remaining 60% will focus on post-midterm material.
• (4/4/2008): The final exam for CS442 is scheduled for Friday May 9, 2008, from 4:00pm-7:00pm, in ARC 107.
• (4/1/2008): LCSR has arranged to give each one of you normal shells on osconsole. You are permitted to log in and do your assigments now, but do not ssh into any other machines than the ones that you have been assigned. If you break this rule and go to another machine, that will be considered akin to breaking academic integrity, and will be dealt with accordingly. Please note that LCSR maintains ssh logs and can determine if your have misused your provileges. So don't take the risk of misusing your privileges.
• (3/23/2008): Readings for tomorrow's lecture have be posted. Though you are not expected to read all the three papers before tomorrow's lecture, they will be included in the syllabus for the final exam.
• (3/23/2008): We've arranged for you to use VOSLab machines for Homework 2. We've also verified that Problems 1-5 will work on these machines. Chih-Cheng will explain the use of the VOSLab machines in the recitation hour on 3/24/2008.
• (3/20/2008): We've found that the Cereal machines will not work for Problems 3, 4, and 5 of Homework 2. (They will work for Homework 1 and 2, however). We will shortly announce another platform for you to solve Homework 2 on. However, you may continue to work on Problem 1 and 2 (candle and sparkler) on the Cereal machines.
• (3/13/2008): The second homework assignment is now available (Click here). The actual Bomb and the page that displays the current status are both password-protected. Please email either me or Chih-Cheng for the login and password. This homework is due on 4/7/2008.
• (3/10/2008): Upon popular request, the third homework assignment will be released before the spring break (watch this space for details). You will have until 4/7/2008 to work on it. You can work in teams of two if you'd like.
• (3/8/2008): The midterm score distributions are: 20-29: 1, 30-39: 6, 40-49: 3, 50-59: 2, 60-69: 2, 70-79: 2.
• (3/4/2008): Small change in schedule: In Wednesday's class, we will review the midterm, complete material from last Wednesday's lecture, and cover format string attacks. We will cover buffer overflow attacks on Monday.
• (3/2/2008): For the class on Monday 3/10/2008, Wednesday 3/5/2008, please read the Aleph One paper before coming to class.
• (3/1/2008): I am out of town until 3/5/2008 and will not check email. Please direct any last minute questions regarding the mid term to Chih-Cheng.
• (2/28/2008): Not yet decided whether you want to do a project? Perhaps this FAQ might help you decide.
• (2/28/2008): Your exam will be a closed book exam. You are not allowed to use class notes, cheat sheets, or the text book during the exam. The use of laptops, cellphones, calculators and other electronic equipment during the exam is prohibited. The syllabus is: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 and class handouts. All the references assigned for each lecture are fair game for the mid term.
• (2/23/2008): We will have a 45 minute review session in class on 2/27. We will discuss the problems from Section 8.7 (pages 120-122) and from Section 9.8 (pages 142-143).
• (2/22/2008) - There will be no recitation session on Monday 3/3/2008, following your mid-term exam.
• (2/18/2008) - Your midterm on 3/3/2008 will be based upon all the material up to and including the lecture on 27/2.
• (2/14/2008) - For Monday's (2/18/2008) lecture, please print out and read the Kerberos paper before you come to class.
• (2/11/2008) - "Lecture 6 handout", containing the material covered in today's lecture, is available online. You can access it from any machine on the .rutgers.edu domain. I have also uploaded "Lecture 5 handout".
• (2/9/2008) - Homework 1 will be distributed in class on 2/11/08.
• (2/9/2008) - Your mid term exam will be held on 3/3/08 during class hours.
• (2/5/2008) - I will be out of town on 2/25/2008 Our TA, Chih-Cheng Chang, has agreed to teach class in my absense.
• (1/27/2008) - For just this week, I will have office hours on Thursday 1/31, from 6:30pm-7:30pm instead of Wednesday.