6.857: Computer and Network Security (Spring 2016)
Course Information
Basic Information
Lectures are on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:00am-12:30pm, in 35-225. Recitations are on Fridays 11:00am-12:30pm in 35-225.
Prerequisites: 6.033 and 6.042; 6.006 (or 6.046) is also recommended. See course information handout for details.
Office Hours
Fridays 1-5 PM in a 24-316.
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks. The following few might be useful, though:
- Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell. Introduction to Modern Cryptography. CRC Press, 2007. Author's website (including errata). $69 on Amazon.
- Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno. Cryptography Engineering. Wiley, 2010. Author's website. $35 on Amazon.
- Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl. Understanding Cryptography. Springer, 2010. Authors' Website. $35 on Amazon. This is available as an e-book from MIT libraries.
These books are on reserve at the MIT Libraries. Again, you're not required to purchase them.
Detailed Information
A course information handout and a syllabus will be available on the first day of class.
