Required Textbook
We will use Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
by Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis for reading assignments about the digital revolution. You are required to acquire this book, either
by purchasing it or by downloading PDF
copies of its chapters.
Reading Assignment
Read Chapter 5 of Blown
to Bits (32 pages). This chapter talks about the Cryptography.
Reading Questions
Post answers to the following questions on a Portfolio page. We will
discuss these in class.
- What is security through obscurity and why is it bad?
- What is the key agreement protocol and why is it so important
to Internet commerce?
- What is a certficate and what role does it play in
Internet security?
Portfolio
Your answers to the above questions should be recorded on a new
portfolio page. Name it "Blown to Bits, Appendix" or something
similar.