Course Info

• Course Name: CSE 536, Advanced Computer Network Security
• Semester: Spring 2026
• Instructor: Jed Crandall
• Canvas is where to find other course info

Syllabus

• The syllabus is here.

Slides

• Course intro
• UNIX and security basics
• Scheduling and wait queues, and a script for the demo
• The newest version of Werewolves is here
• Virtual memory, Rowhammer, and Meltdown
• File systems
• More to come…

Reading assignments…

• Hacker’s Manifesto, please read by January 15th
• Malicious Life podcast about Operation Sundevil, please listen to it by January 15th
• Two papers about Werewolves, the original and a follow-up, please read by January 22nd
• Rowhammer, please read by February 5thth
• MELTDOWN, please read by February 12th
• Fixing races for fun and profit, please read by February 19th
• BK16 (Link is broken, so archived here), please read by February 26th
• Here’s the midterm and final from when I taught the class two years ago, if you’re interested.
• More to come…

Homework assignments

• Will be posted in Canvas only