1. Secure Operating Systems Lesson 1: Introductions and Expectations

2. Welcome to my (our!) new class!  Agenda Who am I, what’s my background Who are you? What do you want to learn? Why are you taking this class?

3. Secure OS is About…  Examining the OS with a particular focus on security That means we have to understand the OS and its features, and then look at how they can be abused  Looking at the implications of different OS architecture choices with respect to security

4. Me  Harris Building, Rm 319  Director of the Harris Institute  Non-traditional academic background  Very interested in security

5. Books  Operating System Concepts Update, 8 th Edition, Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne  We will also be looking at a lot of papers this semester  This course has one of the toughest reading loads of anything I have taught, but the papers are all pretty good, so you should gain a lot

6. Website  http://www.malware.org/teaching http://www.malware.org/teaching  NB: IE8 wants to unzip pptx files… don’t let it  Warning: Slides I haven’t given might get changed before class, so while you are welcome to read ahead, assignments might change

7. Grading  Computer Security is something you learn by doing… Thus, there are many assignments You lose half a letter grade for every day you are late  Your peers will tell you this doesn’t happen… but it will this year! Assignments are due before class on the day assigned This year, all assignments will be submitted through SVN

8. Grading (cntd)  To make a passing grade in this class you must pass the final  Assignments + Class Participation + Spot Quizzes are about 70% of your grade  Midterm and Final are the other 30% However, note the caveat above

9. Plagiarism  I have a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism  Any incidents will be referred to the College of Engineering Try me on this, I have done it before!  However, why? I want you to learn, and cheating mainly cheats yourself Learning and understanding OS Security will change how you think about computing

10. Classes  Please come on time But if you’re running late, come anyway!  I’m not going to always warn you about tests, and they do count toward your final grade!

11. Office Hours  TR, 330-500p  Other times, happily, by appointment  If you’re making a special trip to campus to see me, it might make sense to email me first

12. Questions & Comments  rford@