CS 202 - Secure Programming

This course explores the concepts involved in writing programs that are resistant to errors and resistant to attacks. Students put these concepts into practice with C++ and C. Because students should already know basic programming constructs from their prerequisite programming course, this course covers C++ basics quickly. Students learn about the vulnerabilities in C++/C and strategies for limiting those vulnerabilities when using strings, pointers, dynamic memory management, file I/O, and so on.
Prerequisite(s): CS 208 and a grade of C or better in either CS 151 or CS 152
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credits: 3