Assignment #3 is officially assigned.  There are quite a few problems in this set, so please start early. Its located here.

I updated the homework assignment and you are not longer required to do the Frame Leak attack problem.  Everyone will get credit for this problem.

Homework 2 has been posted here.

Just a friendly reminder that class will be from 3p to 4p in DCH 3076.

Homework 1 has been posted and is available here.

Turns out, the slides I was using in class were out-of-date, and I had fixed some bugs in them elsewhere. The PDF that’s online is now current. When you get to the Chaum-Pedersen proof slides, you’ll see I redid the “Fake C-P” version (starting at slide 23), which will hopefully make it more clear how you can create a fake Chaum-Pedersen proof. And if you don’t get that, it’s not really essential to this course. What I want you to take away from this all is the broad applicability of challenge-response-style protocols in computer security.

HW0 was modified with the following objective.  Please send your estimated availability for Mondays and Fridays to the TA so that make-up classes can be scheduled.  The expected time slot should not be less than an hour but no more than 75 minutes.  Thanks.