Operating Systems and Security
| Lecturer | Prof. Dr.-Ing Horst Schirmeier |
| Module | INF-B-380, INF-LE-EUI, IST-05-PF-HS |
| Scope and Type |
4 SWS lecture, 2 SWS exercise |
| Cycle | Winter semester |
| Time and Place | This course is not being offered in this term. |
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Content
The lecture introduces the fundamentals of systems architecture. Students will learn the key building blocks and construction principles for local systems first and for distributed systems later on. A primary concern for us is to highlight references to neighboring topics. Examples are discussing the interaction of certain hardware characteristics with system building blocks, the introduction to the basics of cryptographic techniques and the application of mathematical methods to ascertain quantitative properties of systems. We also focus on some principles for constructing fault-tolerant and secure systems already in this basic course. A third concern is to get students acquainted with techniques for low-level machine-oriented programming at the latest in this lecture.
Breakdown of the lecture:
- Introduction
- Key Building Blocks
- UNIX
- Processes and Threads
- Deadlocks
- Security
- Memory
- Quantitative Methods
- Client-Server-Architectures and Process-Communication in Distributed Systems
- Security in Distributed Systems
- File Systems
- Distributed File Systems
- Fault-Tolerance
- Device Drivers
Organisation
Due to the still ongiong Corona-situation in Germany the lecture will take place this semester as an online event. The exact structuer of the lecture is not yet decided and will be published as soon as possible.
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Slides (German only)
Exercises
You can enroll into the regular online QA-sessions starting from Monday, 11th of October, morning via JExam. In case sessions get too crowded, the enrollment is binding. Please distribute to ensure the best possible experience.