6.858 Computer Systems Security
6.858 Computer Systems Security (Fall 2014, MIT OCW). Instructors: Professor Nickolai Zeldovich and Professor James Mickens. 6.858 Computer Systems Security is a class about the design and implementation of secure computer systems. Lectures cover threat models, attacks that compromise security, and techniques for achieving security, based on recent research papers. Topics include operating system (OS) security, capabilities, information flow control, language security, network protocols, hardware security, and security in web applications. (from ocw.mit.edu)
| Lecture 04 - Privilege Separation |
Instructor: Nickolai Zeldovich. In this lecture, Professor Zeldovich introduces the concept of privilege separation in the context of system security.
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