16 points | by barishnamazov 2 hours ago
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It's a fun class; worth keeping in mind that several topics with 1-2 units here are whole specializations in the field, including:
* memory safety and exploitation (the "buffer overflow" section is about 20 years out of date, though super appropriate for a first course)
* the WebPKI/certificates thing
* messaging security and messaging cryptosystems,
* microarchitectural security and hardware side channels.
Multiple full courses on each of these subjects would bring you up to "practitioner" levels of expertise.
It's a fun class; worth keeping in mind that several topics with 1-2 units here are whole specializations in the field, including:
* memory safety and exploitation (the "buffer overflow" section is about 20 years out of date, though super appropriate for a first course)
* the WebPKI/certificates thing
* messaging security and messaging cryptosystems,
* microarchitectural security and hardware side channels.
Multiple full courses on each of these subjects would bring you up to "practitioner" levels of expertise.