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 ===== Description  =====
-The course lays the conceptual foundation of object-oriented programming. It covers delegation and contracts, encapsulation and API programming, aggregation and the collections framework, inheritance and polymorphism, all from the client's perspective.
+This course provides a thorough understanding of the technical aspects of computer security. It covers network, operating system, and application software security. Computer laboratory projects provide exposure to various tools in a hands-on setting.
+Access Control - Identification, authentication, and authorization.
+Network Security - attacks, intrusion detection, auditing, firewalls, packet monitoring and other tools/techniques for finding network security related problems.
+Operating System Security - threats, vulnerability scanning, password cracking, accounts and privileges
+Application Software Security - design of secure systems, Java security, buffer overflows, database security, client-side and server-side securities, tamper resistant software, finding vulnerabilities.
 ===== Lectures =====
-  * Tuesdays and Thursdays, 17:30 - 19:00, CSEB 2007
+  * Mondays     17:30 - 19:00, CSEB 1002
+  * Wednesdays  17:30 - 19:00, CSEB 1002
 ===== Lab =====
-  * Fridays, 13:30 - 15:30, CSEB 2007
+  * Fridays, 18:00 - 20:00, CSEB 1002