Alexei Czeskis

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Teaching

I've had the chance to teach a number of wonderful students. Here are some classes which I have TAed at the University of Washington:

• Winter 2011 TA for CSE 484 - Undergraduate Computer Security and Privacy
• Winter 2010 TA for CSE 484 - Undergraduate Computer Security and Privacy
• Winter 2009 TA for CSE 484 - Undergraduate Computer Security and Privacy
• Autumn 2008 TA for CSE 564 - Graduate Computer Security and Privacy
• Winter 2008 TA for CSE 484 - Undergraduate Computer Security and Privacy

Resources

• Cryptography examples (AES, HMAC, SHA) in Python, Java, C, and Bash (openssl command line) are here

Security Related Comics

Please send me any more comics you find!

• Cryptography:
  - responsible behavior (XKCD)
  - Debian-OpenSSL (XKCD)
  - Alice and Bob
  
• Security in the real world:
  - truth about password strength (XKCD)
  - encrypted hard drive (XKCD)
  - what to protect (cartoon bank)
  - web safety
  - airport security
  - Password Reuse (XKCD)
  - If guessing passwords, first try this and then this (dilbert)
  
• Application security:
  - input validation (XKCD)
  - Checking user idenity (dilbert)
  - UI designs matter (dilbert)
  
• Other:
  - security question
  - joys of facebook
  - zealous autoconfig
  - When the firewall goes down (dilbert)
  - Don't make sensitive data stand out (dilbert)
  

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