Course Info

Course Instructor

Prof. Aleksander Essex
Email: aessex@uwo.ca
Twitter: @aleksessex
YouTube: Channel
Office hour by appointment

Teaching Assistants

Leah

• Role: Runs the weekly tutorial sessions
• Contact: lkrehlin@uwo.ca

Reference Text

Paul van Oorschot. Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels. Springer, 2020. ISBN: 978-3-030-33648-6.

Other Required References

• E. Rescorla. The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3. RFC 8446.
• T. Dierks and E. Rescorla. The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2. RFC 5346.
• Elaine Barker and Allen Roginsky. Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths. NIST Special Publication 800-131A, 2011.

Course outline

• SE 4472 course outline

Lecture Times and Location

• In-person lectures: Thursdays from 1:30-3:30pm in SEB-1200 and and Fridays from 12:30-1:30pm in SEB-1059
• In-person tutorial session each Wednesday from 1:30pm-3:30pm in SEB-2200. Tutorials are used to discuss upcoming assignments and to take-up solutions to assignments. Note: Assignments are due at the beginning of the tutorial session.