Applied Cryptography COMP3453/COMP6453 26T1

Final Exam Reminders and Best Wishes

Posted by Sushmita Ruj Sunday 10 May 2026, 11:21:10 AM, last modified Sunday 10 May 2026, 11:22:11 AM.

Dear All,

Thank you once again for choosing to do COMP3453/COMP6453. A few final reminders for the final exam tomorrow 11th May.

We enjoyed teaching you this course!

You must have received the time and venue of your final exam. In your exam environment you will have slides of the course. You won't have access to anything else. Hope you went through the practice test to get a feel of the exam. If you have ELS, you will receive extra time.

Do remember you zid and password. Please remember to bring your ID, water bottles and leave your mobile phone at home or in the bag in the silent mode. Anyone caught with their mobile phones even if they are switched off will receive a 0 and FL grade. Any form of cheating will result in the same outcome.

If you are sick please ask for special consideration. Please take enough rest tonight. Don't Panic!

Wish you all the best!

Nhi, Alex, Cameron, Varpreet, Sushmita

Last day to use sample exam CSE lab environment

Posted by Nhi Nguyen Friday 08 May 2026, 06:06:57 PM.

Hi all,

Due to that, we need to set up the exam environment for our exam on Monday - today will be the last day you can have access to the CSE sample exam lab environment.

Best,

COMP3/6453 teaching team

Sample CSE exam lab environment

Posted by Nhi Nguyen Monday 04 May 2026, 02:23:37 PM.

Hi all,

We have created a sample CSE exam lab environment. You can access the sample exam by following these steps:

1. Download TigerVNC: https://tigervnc.org/

2. VNC server: vlab.cse.unsw.edu.au:5920

3. Login:

Username: cs6453vx

Password: 6yhn7ujm

4. Use your zID and password to log in to the virtual exam lab environment:

5. You should be able to view this:

Right-click for the lecture slides, exam paper information, file browsers,.... Remember to click "save" after editing the .txt file to save your answer.

Please let us know if you need any help!

COMP3453/6453 teaching team.