6.857: Computer and Network Security

Problem Set / Project Resources

These resources may help you with the problem sets.

Homework Formatting

• LaTeX Template
• LaTeX Makefile
• Word Template

Reference Guides

• LaTeX Tutorial
• LaTeX on Athena

Homework Resources

Problem 1-2 data files are available as a ZIP file or tar.bz2 archive. You might find the xor function in encrypt.py useful if you're writing in Python.

Problem 2-1 data files and our RC4 implementation are available as a ZIP file or tar.gz archive (both 13M compressed, 20M uncompressed).

Problem 2-2's website is at 6.857.scripts.mit.edu/ps2/. There's a Python module for accessing the website that you might find helpful, although it's a simple HTTP-based protocol. (There's also a version for Python 3, provided by student Matthew Falk — thanks!)