| Class | Date | Day | Topic | Reading | Homework |
| 1 | 01/26/10 | Tue | first class, intro | HW1 out | |
| 2 | 01/28/10 | Thu | memory hierarchy | ||
| 3 | 02/02/10 | Tue | hardware, software choices | ||
| 4 | 02/04/10 | Thu | vmware | ||
| 5 | 02/09/10 | Tue | vmware, cont.;man pages; rpm/yum | ||
| 6 | 02/11/10 | Thu | no class (snow day) | ||
| 7 | 02/16/10 | Tue | httpd.conf, ssl certs, shell scripting | ||
| 8 | 02/18/10 | Thu | shell scripting, NTP | HW1 due (Saturday 2/20 @ 11:59pm) | |
| 9 | 02/23/10 | Tue | guest lecture by Ashwin Nagrani (Windows Servers/Exchange) | ||
| 10 | 02/25/10 | Thu | guest lecture by Ashwin Nagrani (Windows Servers/Exchange) | ||
| 11 | 03/02/10 | Tue | security policies | HW2 out | |
| 12 | 03/04/10 | Thu | security policies, cont | ||
| 13 | 03/09/10 | Tue | security policies, cont | ||
| 14 | 03/11/10 | Thu | PKI, master key, sec.del. | ||
| 15 | 03/16/10 | Tue | IPv4, firewalls, DNS | ||
| 16 | 03/18/10 | Thu | network tools | ||
| 17 | 03/23/10 | Tue | spam, anti-malware | ||
| 18 | 03/25/10 | Thu | midterm exam | ||
| 19 | 03/30/10 | Tue | no class (spring recess) | ||
| 20 | 04/01/10 | Thu | no class (spring recess) | ||
| 21 | 04/06/10 | Tue | |||
| 22 | 04/08/10 | Thu | |||
| 23 | 04/13/10 | Tue | HW2 due (11:59pm), HW3 out | ||
| 24 | 04/15/10 | Thu | |||
| 25 | 04/20/10 | Tue | |||
| 26 | 04/22/10 | Thu | |||
| 27 | 04/27/10 | Tue | |||
| 28 | 04/29/10 | Thu | |||
| 29 | 05/04/10 | Tue | |||
| 30 | 05/06/10 | Thu | last class | ||
| 31 | 05/11/10 | Tue | final exam (Tue, 2:15-4:45pm) |