Course Materials:
Research
Topic Suggestions These are some helpful suggestions for your
research paper or research project. You can also choose a project
that isn't on this list.
Vigenere
Tableau Here's a copy of the Vigenere tableau if you need it.
I've written a C++ program
that implements the Vigenere cipher as an object class. Here
is the header with the declarations of the Vigenere class and here
is the cpp control file. Feel free to download the files and experiment
with them. All I ask is that you give me proper source citation
for the work contained in the files.
Homework Assignments:
Week
1 Assignment
Week 2 Assignment [Holiday]
Week 3 Assignment
Week 4 Assignment
Week 5 Assignment
Week 6 Assignment
Week 7 Assignment
Helpful Links:
The Webster University
Writing Center offers free and friendly writing advice to all students,
staff, and faculty at Webster University. Their trained coaches will help
with every stage of the writing process, from brainstorming ideas to documenting
sources. They work with all levels of writers and projects, including reports;
résumés and cover letters; admission essays and personal statements;
summaries, critical analyses, and literature reviews; research and term
papers; theses and dissertations; and more.
OWL
(On-line Writing Lab at Purdue University) provides a solid reference to
using the American Psychological Association (APA) format in writing academic
research papers. This is a very useful source for information in citing
and annotating reference sources.
SecurityFocus
is a good all-around source for security information. This site has
security related articles and information ranging from basic to expert level.
Additionally, there are several useful mail-lists covering topics of interest
like: Basics, UNIX, Windows, LINUX, viruses, ana vulnerabilities.
Counterpane
is the corporate site for Bruce Schneier's security firm. This site
has links to several security white papers by Bruce Schneier. They
also have a free monthly e-mail newsletter, Crypto-gram.
Grisoft
provides an excellent anti-virus program called AVG. This quality
product will protect your PC scanning your files, your system, and your
e-mail. The personal home version of AVG is FREE.
Lavasoft
provides an excellent spy-ware removal tool called Ad-aware. This
product has a free version for home use.
PepiMK
Software provides another excellent spy-ware removal tool called Spy-bot
Search & Destroy. This product has a free version for home use.
