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Ron Rivest, Lecturer
rivest at csail.mit.edu
Phone: 253-5880
Office: 32-G692


Jayant Krishnamurthy, TA
jayant at mit.edu
Office Hours:
Wed. 12:30-2:00, 32-G5 Lounge


Reina Riemann, TA
riemann at mit.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment


Be Blackburn, Assistant
be at csail.mit.edu
Phone: 253-6098
Office: 32-G675A


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6.857: Computer and Network Security (Spring 2009)

Announcements

Please fill out an HKN Course Evaluation
The course evaluations are available here and are due by 11:59pm on Sunday, May 17th. These evaluations are really helpful the staff as well as for future students, so we encourage you to submit an evaluation.
05/15/2009

Problem Set 5 Solutions Posted
We've posted Problem Set 5 solutions.
05/03/2009

Project Presentation Schedule Posted
We've posted the project presentation schedule. We assigned groups to random time slots. If you cannot make your assigned time slot, please let the TAs know ASAP and we will try to reschedule you.
04/29/2009

Problem Set 4 Solutions Posted
We've posted Problem Set 4 solutions.
04/22/2009

Problem Set 5 Posted
We've posted Problem Set 5. It is due on April 29th.
04/15/2009

Quiz Solutions Posted
We've posted the quiz solutions. The mean score on the quiz was 66.8 with a standard deviation of 13.5. We have also posted a blank copy of the quiz here.
04/15/2009

SHA-3 Write-ups Posted
We've posted your write-ups from problem set 1 here.
04/08/2009

Problem Set 4 Has Been Posted
Problem Set 4 is due on Monday, April 13th. We expect you to form your own groups for this problem set. If you do not have a group, please email the TAs.
The problem set is available here: Problem Set 4
04/06/2009

Practice Quizzes Posted
We have posted a couple of practice quizzes (without solutions). The format and question style of this year's quiz will be similar, although the content will be from this year's lectures.
Practice Quiz 1
Practice Quiz 2
3/31/2009

Office Hours Change for This Week
Jayant's office hours for the week of 3/16 have been moved to Thursday, from 1-2:30pm in the G5 lounge. This means there will not be the usual office hours on Wednesday 3/18.
3/16/2009

Problem Set 3 Has Been Posted
Problem Set 3 is due on Monday, March 16th. The group assignments for this problem set have been sent out via email. If you do not have a group assignment, please email the TAs.
The problem set is available here: Problem Set 3
3/2/2009

Problem Set 2 Has Been Posted
Problem Set 2 is due on Monday, March 2nd. The group assignments for this problem set have been sent out via email. If you do not have a group assignment, please email the TAs.
The problem set is available here: Problem Set 2
2/19/2009

Problem Set 1 Due Date Extended to 2/20
We have extended the due date for PS 1 to 11:59pm on Friday, 2/20.
2/17/2009

Please Register by 2/6
You can register here.
2/4/2009

Welcome
More information about this term will be posted soon. For now, you can look at the previous terms' websites.
1/26/2009