Lab Schedule

The lab schedule for COSC312 will continue to expand, here.

There is no lab in week 1.
Lab classes in week 2 and week 3 explore classical cryptography.
It is not expected that you need to engage in lab exercises for quantum computing. You may want to instead work on your assignment, or the earlier lab.
The lab class in week 5 explores Kerberos and the demonstration VM.
The lab class in week 6 explores block ciphers, and TLS/SSL/HTTPS.
The lab class in week 7 explores OAuth2 and decentralised authorisation.
In week 8 the lab involves experimenting with the Ethereum blockchain, running in an isolated and private environment hosted by Docker.
Week 9’s lab continues interactions with a private, local Ethereum blockchain.
Week 10’s lab explores homomorphic encryption, using Microsoft’s SEAL library.
The lab exercise for week 11 explores programming language security.
In week 12 we explore Rust programming and some CHERI capability-aware machine code.
There is no lab planned in week 13, but come along if you want questions answered about any of the lab material.