1. If you must leave for family emergencies etc, PLEASE talk to the lecturer, or somehow get a message to the department. Very few problems are so urgent that we cannot be told quite quickly.
2. For problems affecting assignments or tests, see the lecturer (or send email, or call on the telephone).  This must be done as soon as reasonably possible, if we are to make alternative arrangements that will prevent you from getting a poor mark on this test or assignment.
3. For illness during exams (or other problems that affect exam performance) students MUST contact the Examinations Office as soon as possible, and in any event within a week. The time limits and other rules of the University's Aegrotat Policy are strictly enforced.
4. Many students have missed out on a whole semester of study because they just went away.  Many students have failed an examination because they did not report problems until they received the failing grade. In general, if there is a problem that will affect your study you should speak to someone as soon as possible.
5. Students should sit the examination if at all possible, even if they do nothing much more than hand in a script with their name.
6. Students should read the examinations handbook that they receive, and they should double-check the examination timetable to make sure they don't miss any of their exams.

Tentative Schedule

Note: the date listed for student presentation #x is the approximate date on which this presentation will occur; dates will be adjusted when students drop.  Students will be assigned numbers by a random process during the first week of classes.

1. Week 1 (20 July - 24 July). No lecture on Friday 24 July. Select class representative. 
   • Handout 1: General Information, 20 July 2009.
   • Handout 2: Selection of Oral Presentations, version 1.1 of 20 July 2009.
   • Handout 3: List of Suggested Articles for Oral Presentations, version 1.11 of 29 July 2009. Articles added since version 1.0: DRZh08, TSBi08, TSRa08,VABa08, VaTa08.
   • Handout 4: Randomly Assigned Student Numbers, version 1.1 of 5 August 2009. Late-enrolling students will be assigned numbers, starting from #29, when they select an article for presentation.
   • Handout 5: First set of Lecture Slides, version 1.1 of 20 July 2009.
   • [R1] B. Lampson, "Computer Security in the Real World", IEEE Computer 37:6, 37-46, June 2004.
   • [R2] Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statute 2007, University of Auckland. Available http://www.security.auckland.ac.nz/images/ICTStatute2007.pdf, January 2007.
   • [R3] "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Acceptable Use Policy", Version 1.0, The University of Auckland, 1 January 2007. Available: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/security/ICTAcceptableUsePolicy.htm, January 2007.
   • [R4] Steve Taylor, Essential things you need to know about Computer Security, version 1.5, 16 Jun 2005.
   • [R5] Grant Wills, Some legal issues arising from the use of The University of Auckland IT facilities, The University of Auckland, 2003.
2. Week 2 (27 - 31 July). Select papers and dates for student oral presentations in Weeks 5-12.
   • Handout 6: Articles to be Presented by Students, version 2 of 23 October 2009.
   • Handout 7: Oral Presentations, Projects and Term Reports, version 1.1 of 21 July 2009.
3. Week 3 (4 August - 8 August). Finalise the selection of papers and dates for student oral presentations.  Discuss how to prepare an oral presentation. Discuss term project requirements.
   • Handout 8: Software Law and Ethics, version 1.0 of 8 August 2008.
   • [R6] "Copyright Protection in New Zealand", Ministry of Economic Development, November 2005. Available: http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/Page____7290.aspx, February 2008.
   • [R7] K. Nichols, "The Age of Software Patents", IEEE Computer 32:4, 25-31, April 1999.
   • [R8] P. Samuelson, "Encoding the Law into Digital Libraries", Comm. ACM 41:4, 13-18, April 1998.
   • [R9] "IEEE Code of Ethics", IEEE, February 2006. Available: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html, August 2009.
   • [R10] "Our Code of Ethics", Royal Society of New Zealand, 2003. Available: http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/About/Governance/Ethics.aspx, August 2009.
   • [R11] "The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics", Computer Ethics Institute, 1992. Available: http://www.cpsr.org/issues/ethics/cei.
   • [R12] H. Rosner, "Steal this software," The.Standard.com, 21 June 2000. Available: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/21/steal.software.idg/, August 2009.
   • [R13] P. Radatti, "Cybersoft, Incorporated Moral Guidelines," Cybersoft, Inc, May 1995. Available: http://www.cybersoft.com/whitepapers/papers/locks.shtml, August 2009.
4. Week 4 (10 August - 14 August).  Tutorial sessions: Students #1 - #5 give practice oral presentations. 
   • Handout 9: Report Writing 1, version 1.0 of 10 August 2007.
   • Handout 10: A Foundation for Security, version 1.0 of August 2009.
5. Week 5 (17 August - 21 August). Student oral presentations #1 - #5: each presentation will be in a 15-minute timeslot, with an 8-minute discussion period.  Tutorial sessions: Students #6 - #10 give practice oral presentations.
   • Assignment 1 due by email to instructor before lecture of Friday 21 August: Term paper or project proposal (one sentence).
6. Week 6 (24 August - 28 August).  Student oral presentations #6 - #10. No lecture on Friday 28 August.
   
   Term break (29 August - 13 September)
    
7. Week 7 (14 September - 18 September). Tutorial sessions: Students #11 - #15 give practice oral presentations. No lecture on Monday 14 September. No lecture on Friday 18 September, due to conflict with the Part 4 Exhibition for ECE students.
   • Assignment 2 due by email to instructor before lecture of Friday 18 September: first draft of title, synopsis and references (with complete bibliographic detail) for term paper; or goal statement of term project, list of software & hardware resources required and a plan for obtaining these, and proposed methodology.
   • Handout 11: Cryptography and Steganography (version 1.1 of 6 August 2009).
   • [R14] M. Stamp, Information Security: Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., September 2005, pp. 1-7, 11-21, 26-30, 33-39, 50-51, 54-55, 61-62, 75-81, 85-87, 100-104, 325-338.
   • Handout 12: Trusted Operating Systems (Mark Stamp's lecture slides).
   • [R15] M. Stamp, Information Security: Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., September 2005, pp. 325-338.
8. Week 8 (21 September - 25 September).  Student oral presentations #11 - #15. Tutorial sessions: Students #16 - #20 give practice oral presentations.
9. Week 9 (28 September - 2 October). Student oral presentations #16 - #20. Tutorial sessions: Students #21 - #25 give practice oral presentations.
   • Assignment 3 due Friday 2 October, by email to instructor, sent before lecture begins: title and abstract, for publication on class website; and a detailed outline of your term paper or project report.
   • Handout 13: Finalising your Term Paper.
10. Week 10 (5 October - 9 October). Monday: student oral presentations #21 - #25. Tutorial sessions: Students #26 - #30 give practice oral presentations. 
11. Week 11 (12 October - 16 October). Student oral presentations #26 - #30. Tutorial sessions: Students #31 - #35 give practice oral presentations. 
    • Handout 14: Practice Final Exam, administered in class on Friday 16 October.
12. Week 12 (19 October - 23 October). Monday: student oral presentations #31 - #35. Friday: discussion of student answers to sample final exam.
    • Handout 15: Samples of Summary Feedback on Term Papers.
    • Handout 16: Sample Answers to Practice Final Exam.
    • Assignment 4 due in class Friday 23 October: hardcopy of final version of your term paper, with email sent to instructor before lecture.
13. Final Examination. This will be a 2-hour examination, with a brief settling-in and exam-reading period before the examination begins. Closed book, no calculators. The date and time of your final examinations will be announced in the University's examination timetables. The location of each examination will be announced on the morning of the exam (and possibly as early as 5pm on the day prior to the exam), at nDeva, at the Exams Office website, and by hardcopy postings on campus.