Special Outline for Week 5

As most of you know, I am out of town this week on a family emergency. Because I am out of town, I cannot update the link to the current outline. (There also won't be daily outlines.) This is a summary of the week to help you with the work. Note that Mr. Stone may change these questions.

Class 17: Monday

Subject: Open Source Software

Question for Monday's class: What do you see as the most significant problems and benefits of open source software? Why?

Readings for Monday's class:

• ``Growing a Language'', available on the Web at http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/who/wadler/steele-oopsla98.pdf
• ``The Cathedral and the Bazaar'', available on the Web at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

Class 18: Tuesday is Cancelled

Class 19: Wednesday

Subject: Public-Key Cryptography

Question for Wednesday's class: Should encryption algorithms include a back door that gives government/police access to files in appropriate situations?

Reading for Wednesday's class:

• Dewdney, Section 37 (Public-Key Cryptography)

Class 20: Friday

Subject: Computer Viruses

Question for Friday's class: Who do you consider responsible for the damage caused by viruses and why?

Readings for Friday's class:

• Forester and Morrision 4 (Hacking and Viruses)
• Dewdney 60 (Computer Viruses)