CS 480: Computers and Society

Topics

• Digital Divide
Readings: Baase, 7.3
The Digital Divide: Where We Are
Recent Reports on the Digital Divide
Family Tech looks to bridge digital divide



• Service Learning
Readings: 2 articles on Blackboard



• Security and Encryption
  Readings: Baase: 101-103, 127-129.
  Diffie-Hellman
  RSA
  Hash slides - the recording is in Blackboard
  Symmetric Key Cryptography slides
  
  
• Privacy
  Readings: Baase, Chapter 2.
  Cookie slides
  Same Origin Policy for JavaScript
  Online Behavioral Tracking page at EFF
  
  
  
• Net Neutrality
  Readings: Baase, 3.6
  Comcast using TCP RST packet
  Background on TCP/IP and Internet structure:
  • Overview of TCP/IP and the Internet Gary Kessler.
  • A Technical Overview of TCP/IP IBM Redbooks
  • Another free guide to TCP/IP



• Intellectual Property
  Readings: Baase, Chapter 4.
  Socket Programming
  RSA algorithm
  How to store objects to files and load them back
  
  
  
• Content and Censorship
  Readings: Baase, Chapter 3
  IPSec slides
  List of TCP and UDP port numbers
  Guest lecture by Prof. Susan Freiwald in USF School of Law.. Readings are in Blackboard.
  
  
  
• ACM Code of Ethics
  Readings: Baase, Chapter 9
  ACM Code of Ethics
  Case Study
  
  
  
• Reliability and Risk
  Readings: Baase, Ch 8
  slides
  Top-down design by Prof. Parr
  Unit testing with JUnit