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Professor	A. Udaya Shankar (email: shankar@cs.umd.edu). Office hours: TuTh 2-3 or by appointment (AVW 4141).
TA	Sheng Zha (email: szha@cs.umd.edu). Office hours: Tu 1:00-2:00pm, Wed 9:30-11:00am, or by appointment (AVW 1112).
Classes	CSI 2117. TuTh 11:00-12:15pm

Cryptography: secret key, hash functions, public key.
Authentication protcocols (e.g., Needham-Schroeder, Diffie-Helman),
Some topics in software security (e.g., OS mechanisms, buffer overflow).
Some topics in network security (e.g., virtual private networks, SSL, IPsec, Web security).

The crypto and authentication parts are covered by the following text: Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World by Kaufman, Perlman, and Speciner. The second edition (cheaper) is fine. The first edition (dirt cheap) is probably sufficient too.
Slides.
Material from the web.