M Jan 3

Yay! Two more days of break!

W Jan 5

• [READ] Course information
• [LAB] VS Code & mantis
• [ASSIGNMENT, 1/10] Starting C
• Class notes

F Jan 7

• [READ] Bryant & O'Halloran 1.1-1.4, 2.1
• [ASSIGNMENT 1/17] Queues in C
• Class notes
• Slides

M Jan 10

• [READ] Bryant & O'Halloran 2.2-2.3
• [READ] Pointer basics (Stanford)
• [READ] The 5-Minute Guide to C Pointers (Dennis Kubes)
• [VIDEO] (3:11) Binky Pointer Fun Video C (Nick Parlante)
• Class notes
• Slides

W Jan 12

• [READ] The Descent to C (Simon Tatham)
• [READ] An Introduction to Character Encodings (Ravi Suresh Mashru)
• Class notes
• Slides

F Jan 14

• [VIDEO] (16:30) C header files (how the compiler treats queue.h versus queue.c)
• Class notes
• Slides

M Jan 17

• [QUIZ 1/20] C and data representation. For quizzes in this class, you may retake the quiz as many times as you wish before the deadline (11:59PM on the listed date). Your final score will be the maximum score of all your retakes.
• Class notes
• Slides

W Jan 19

• [READ] Revisit Bryant & O'Halloran 2.1.6-2.1.9
• [READ] Bryant & O'Halloran 3.1-3.2
• Class notes
• Slides

F Jan 21

• [READ] Bryant & O'Halloran 3.3-3.6.7. Read this for high-level concepts rather than detailed command of each type of instruction.
• [ASSIGNMENT 1/24] Bits & character encodings in C
• Class notes
• Slides

M Jan 24

• [ASSIGNMENT 1/31] Assembly to C
• Class notes
• Slides

W Jan 26

• Class notes

F Jan 28

• Class notes
• Slides for 1/26 and 1/28
• [VIDEO] (20:43) x86 miscellany

M Jan 31

• Class notes
• Slides

W Feb 2

• In-class exam in Olin 304/306/308

F Feb 4

• Class notes
• [LAB] Intro to gdb (this is a quick listing of the stuff I walked through in class today)

M Feb 7

• Midterm break

W Feb 9

• [LAB] a sample bomb
• [ASSIGNMENT, 2/14] Defusing "bombs", a reverse engineering exercise

F Feb 11

• Class notes
• Slides
• [VIDEO] bomb-defusing walkthrough from class

M Feb 14

• [READ] Textbook sections 3.7 Procedures and 3.8.1-3.8.2 Array Allocation and Access
• Class notes

W Feb 16

• [READ] Textbook sections 8.1 through 8.4
• [ASSIGNMENT, 2/22] Writing a command shell
• [VIDEO] (32:49) Getting Started With the Command Shell, Part 1

F Feb 18

• [VIDEO] (32:49) Getting Started With the Command Shell, Part 2

M Feb 21

• Class notes
• Slides
• [VIDEO] (3:35) Command Shell: quick note on implementing one pipe

W Feb 23

• Class notes

F Feb 25

• [READ] Textbook sections 9.1 through 9.6 (introducing virtual memory)
• Class notes
• Slides
• [ASSIGNMENT, 3/4] Exploiting buffer overflows

M Feb 28

• Class notes
• Slides

W Mar 2

• Class notes
• Slides

F Mar 4

• Class notes

M Mar 7

• Class notes
• Slides
• [EXAM 5:00PM W March 16] Here's your final exam. Have fun!

W Mar 9

• [VIDEO] (32:16) page tables
• Slides from the video
• Aaron Bauer's lecture notes on virtual memory from last term
• Wikipedia on page tables, which has some good diagrams and discussion

F Mar 11