Computer Security

By David Wagner, Nicholas Weaver, Peyrin Kao, Fuzail Shakir, Andrew Law, and Nicholas Ngai

Additional contributions by Noura Alomar, Sheqi Zhang, and Shomil Jain

This is the textbook for CS 161: Computer Security at UC Berkeley. It provides a brief survey over common topics in computer security including memory safety, cryptography, web security, and network security.

PDF Copy

A PDF copy of the textbook is available, divided into sections:

• Security Principles
• Memory Safety
• Cryptography
• Web Security
• Network Security

Corrections

As of the Fall 2021 semester, this textbook is still being actively maintained and updated. Please contact cs161-staff@berkeley.edu for information regarding corrections.

Source and Changelog

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