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Course6.85822 lectures29 h 45 min

Computer Systems Security

Prof. Nickolai Zeldovich · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

6.858 Computer Systems Security is a class about the design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system (OS) security, capabilities, information flow control, language security, network protocols, hardware security, and security in web applications.

Lectures

Lecture Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction, Threat Models 1 h 18 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Control Hijacking Attacks 1 h 28 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Buffer Overflow Exploits and Defenses 1 h 22 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Privilege Separation 1 h 24 min · Video
  5. Lecture 6: Capabilities 1 h 22 min · Video
  6. Lecture 7: Sandboxing Native Code 1 h 24 min · Video
  7. Lecture 8: Web Security Model 1 h 23 min · Video
  8. Lecture 9: Securing Web Applications 1 h 23 min · Video
  9. Lecture 10: Symbolic Execution 1 h 23 min · Video
  10. Lecture 11: Ur/Web 1 h 21 min · Video
  11. Lecture 12: Network Security 1 h 19 min · Video
  12. Lecture 13: Network Protocols 1 h 22 min · Video
  13. Lecture 14: SSL and HTTPS 1 h 19 min · Video
  14. Lecture 15: Medical Software 1 h 16 min · Video
  15. Lecture 16: Side-Channel Attacks 1 h 23 min · Video
  16. Lecture 17: User Authentication 1 h 20 min · Video
  17. Lecture 18: Private Browsing 1 h 21 min · Video
  18. Lecture 19: Anonymous Communication 1 h 21 min · Video
  19. Lecture 20: Mobile Phone Security 1 h 22 min · Video
  20. Lecture 21: Data Tracking 1 h 20 min · Video
  21. Lecture 22: Guest Lecture by MIT IS&T 1 h 27 min · Video
  22. Lecture 23: Security Economics 1 h 18 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Teacher
Prof. Nickolai Zeldovich
Term
Fall 2014
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Engineering, Art, architecture and design
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Nickolai Zeldovich. Computer Systems Security. Fall 2014. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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