CS6461 Advanced Computer Network

Fall 2008

Tentative Schedule (updated weekly)

 
Week Date Topic Reading Assign Collect
1 M, 09/01 Labor Day (No class)      
  W, 09/03 Course Introduction      
  F, 09/05 No class (K-Day)      
2 M, 09/08 Cryptography Network security basics    
  W, 09/10 Cryptography Network security basics    
  F, 09/12 Anonymous comm (Mix, DC) Chaum81, Chaum88    
3 M, 09/15 Anonymous comm (BABEL) Gulcu96 Term Project  
  W, 09/17 Anonymous comm (Onion routing) Reed96,Reed98    
  F, 09/19 Anonymous comm (Onion routing) Syverson00    
4 M, 09/22 Anonymous comm (Crowds) Reiter98    
  W, 09/24 Student presentation, Phase 1      
  F, 09/26 Anonymous comm (Crowds) Reiter98    
5 M, 09/29 Anonymous comm (Tarzan) Freedman02   Project Phase 1
  W, 10/01 Anonymous comm (MorphMix) Rennhard022    
  F, 10/03 Open book exam 1 Bauer03
Danezis03
   
6 M, 10/06 Exam review
Anonymous comm (Mix-General)
Diaz03    
  W, 10/08 Anonymous credentials (idemix) Camenisch02    
  F, 10/10 Traffic Analysis (traffic attack) Raymond00    
7 M, 10/13 Pseudonymity (Pynchon Gate) Sassaman05    
  W, 10/15 Anonymity degree (metric) Diaz02    
  F, 10/17 File sharing (GAP) Bennett03    
8 M, 10/20 Anonymous comm (Mixminion) Danezis-sp03    
  W, 10/22 Student Presentation, Phase 2 Back01
Douceur02
   
  F, 10/24 Instructor out of town (no class) Tor: Dingledine04
Camenisch06
Serjantov02
  Project Phase 2
by midnight Sunday
9 M, 10/27 Anonymous comm (Mixminion) Danezis-sp03    
  W, 10/29 Group comm (P5) Sherwood05    
  F, 10/31 Traffic Analysis (Restricted routes) Danezis-pet03    
10 M, 11/03 Open book exam 2      
  W, 11/05 Traffic Analysis (Restricted routes) Danezis-pet03    
  F, 11/07 Traffic Analysis (statistical disclosure) Mathewson04    
11 M, 11/10 Group comm (MuON) Bansod08    
  W, 11/12 Traffic Analysis (of Tor) Murdoch05    
  F, 11/14 Student Presentation, Phase 3.1 Danezis04   Project Phase 3.1
by midnight Sunday
12 M, 11/17 Traffic Analysis (Servers) Syverson-sp06    
  W, 11/19 Traffic Analysis (Servers) Syverson-sp06    
  F, 11/21 Traffic Analysis (Surveillance) Danezis06    
  M, 11/24 Thanksgiving (No class)      
  W, 11/26 Thanksgiving (No class)      
  F, 11/28 Thanksgiving (No class)      
13 M, 12/01 Traffic Analysis (Global samples) Murdoch07    
  W, 12/03 Dummy Traffic (DLP) Wang08    
  F, 12/05 Structured P2P anonymity Mittal08    
14 M, 12/08 VoIP Anonymity Srivatsa08    
  W, 12/10 Open book exam 3      
  F, 12/12 Project presentation, Phase 3.2     Project Phase 3.2
by midnight Sunday
Final   No Final Exam
   
  Best luck!