- Engineering for Innovation
- Master's Degree in COMPUTER ENGINEERING
- SYSTEMS SECURITY
SYSTEMS SECURITY
- Teaching in italian
- SICUREZZA DEI SISTEMI
- Teaching
- SYSTEMS SECURITY
- Subject area
- ING-INF/05
- Reference degree course
- COMPUTER ENGINEERING
- Course type
- Master's Degree
- Credits
- 6.0
- Teaching hours
- Frontal Hours: 54.0
- Academic year
- 2024/2025
- Year taught
- 2024/2025
- Course year
- 1
- Language
- ITALIAN
- Curriculum
- PERCORSO COMUNE
- Reference professor for teaching
- TOMMASI Francesco
- Location
- Lecce
Teaching description
Knowledge of the content of the course "System and Network Programming" ("Programmazione di Sistema") by the same teacher
Introduction to Computer Security
Vulnerabilities of Set-UID programs
Attacks based on Environment Variables
Buffer Overflow attacks
Introduction to Cryptography
One-Way Hash Functions
Secret-Key Encryption
Public Key Cryptography
Public Key Infrastructure
Web security
Transport Layer Security
Bitcoin and Blockchain
The course aims at providing the students with the basics of Computer Security. The course is based on UNIX®, the system which runs 86% of all publicly accessible servers (src: https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/operating_system)
The course is strongly oriented towards a hands-on mehodology.
Writing a program aimed at solving a given problem in a given time.
Computer Science is a very structured subject. Beware: missing a lecture could hinder understanding of all it follows.
Introduction to Computer Security
Vulnerabilities of Set-UID programs
Attacks based on Environment Variables
Buffer Overflow attacks
Introduction to Cryptography
One-Way Hash Functions
Secret-Key Encryption
Public Key Cryptography
Public Key Infrastructure
Web security
Transport Layer Security
Bitcoin and Blockchain
Textbook:
Wenliang Du. Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach, May 2022, ISBN 978-1733003964
Wenliang Du. Computer Security: A Hands-on Approach, May 2022, ISBN 978-1733003957
Additional, useful references:
F. Tommasi "Alla Scoperta di UNIX - Esplorare GNU/Linux e macOS con la linea di comando" 2a edizione, Aprile 2024, ISBN: 979-1221056372
Semester
Second Semester (dal 03/03/2025 al 13/06/2025)
Exam type
Optional - Characterizing
Type of assessment
Oral - Final grade
Course timetable
https://easyroom.unisalento.it/Orario