COMP6453 Notices
Notices
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SAMPLE EXAM
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Monday 25 August 2025, 02:31:40 PM.
Hi all,
The sample exam can be found here: Sample Exam
Best,
Nhi
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Sample Exam Environment
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Monday 25 August 2025, 02:17:52 PM.
Hi all,
We'll deactivate the sample exam environment by today to set up the final exam. Please let us know if you have any questions. We will upload the sample exam on the WebCMS shortly. Good luck with the exam!
Best,
Nhi
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Peer Review Allocations Clarification
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Wednesday 13 August 2025, 10:59:46 PM.
Hi all,
I've updated the peer review allocations (for some clarifications). Please let me know if you have any questions. Have fun!
Best,
Nhi
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Peer Review Allocation
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Wednesday 13 August 2025, 09:07:04 PM.
Hi all,
Please use the following links for the peer review process:
- Peer review allocations: Peer Review Allocation
- Access to other teams' projects: Project List
Please let us know if you cannot access the folder.
Best,
Nhi
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Sample Exam
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Tuesday 12 August 2025, 05:40:33 PM.
Hi all,
We have created a sample exam 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 with:
username: cs6453vx
password: Pr@ct1c3
4. Use your zID and password to log in to the Virtual Exam Environment.
5. You should be able to view this:
Right-click for lecture slides, exam paper information, file browser,...and more. Remember to click 'save' after editing the .txt to save your answers.
Please let me know if you cannot access the sample exam.
Best,
Nhi
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Practice exercises + Exam info
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Friday 08 August 2025, 11:18:52 AM.
Hi all,
As mentioned in the lectures, for the practice exercises, please work on the problem sets at the back of " Cryptography: Theory and Practice (4th Edition) " by Douglas R. Stinson and Maura B. Paterson, published by Routledge.Some information about the exam was discussed in the last lecture on Week 10. You can access the recording here: Week 10 lecture recordingGood luck with the exam, and please let us know if you have any questions or need any help!
Best,
Nhi
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MyExperience Feedback
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Monday 04 August 2025, 04:08:40 PM.
Hi all,
The MyExperience feedback form for Term 2 is now available. It would be great if you could take a few minutes to complete it. Your feedback is valuable to us and helps improve the content for next year.
Thank you for your time!
COMP6453 teaching team
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End-of-Term Celebration – RSVP
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Friday 01 August 2025, 01:04:47 PM.
Hi all,
We'll be having an end-of-term celebration on Monday , after the 3-5 pm lecture. Please fill out this form to confirm your attendance: Click here
We would love to see you there!
Best,
Nhi
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Assignment 2 [UPDATE]
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Tuesday 22 July 2025, 01:36:45 PM.
Hi all,
Assignment 2 has been updated for clarification. Please let us know if you have questions. More details about A2 can be found on Discourse.
https://discourse02.cse.unsw.edu.au/25T2/COMP6453/t/official-a2-assignment-2-has-been-updated-q-a/90/5
Thank you!Nhi...
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Week 5 Wednesday Tutorial (ONLINE + IN-PERSON)
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Tuesday 01 July 2025, 08:32:49 PM, last modified Tuesday 01 July 2025, 09:00:09 PM.
Hi all,
Due to the weather forecast, all the tutorials on Wednesday will be online and in-person. Please join via this link:
Thank you!
Nhi
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Week 5 Tuesday Lecture (ONLINE)
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Monday 30 June 2025, 10:31:25 PM.
Hi all,
Due to the weather forecast tomorrow, our lecture will be online. Please join here
Thank you!
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Tuesday Tutorial (ONLINE)
Posted by Nhi Nguyen Monday 30 June 2025, 07:14:13 PM.
Hi all,
Due to the weather forecast on Tuesday, all the tutorials will be online. Please join via this link:
Thank you!
Nhi
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Replacement class
Posted by Sushmita Ruj Monday 09 June 2025, 09:13:41 AM.
Hi All,
Today Monday 9th June is a public holiday. So we will do a replacement class on Wednesday 1-3pm. The in-person class will be in K-H20-701 - CivEng 701. The lecture will be live streamed on Teams. Recording will also be available as usual.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow at 12 pm.
Enjoy the rest of your long weekend!
Sushmita
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Replacement class
Posted by Sushmita Ruj Tuesday 03 June 2025, 05:19:49 PM.
Hi All,
Thank you for joining today. For those who missed, the recording is available on Moodle through Echo 360. Monday's class will be held on Wednesday 4th June, 11am-1 pm at K-H20-G8 - CivEng G8. You can also join online on Teams .
See you tomorrow!
Sushmita
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Monday 2nd June's class
Posted by Sushmita Ruj Friday 30 May 2025, 04:29:08 PM, last modified Tuesday 03 June 2025, 11:26:06 AM.
Dear All,
We will not have Monday 2nd June's class due to an official commitment. We will start our course on Tuesday, 3rd June. I will see you at 12 pm in UNSW.
Monday's class will be organised on Wednesday, 4th June, 11am-1 pm, at K-H20-G8 - CivEng G8. I will send you the meeting room details. It will also be streamed online for those who can't join and also recorded.
See you on Tuesday.
Sushmita
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Welcome to COMP6453!
Posted by Sushmita Ruj Tuesday 27 May 2025, 03:08:09 PM, last modified Friday 30 May 2025, 04:22:23 PM.
Dear All,
Welcome to the course COMP6453. I will be lecturing this course this term. We have an excellent teaching team with Nhi Nguyen (admin), James Liu, Alex Vong. We are looking forward to help you learn and enjoy this course.
Lectures will be face-to-face in AinswthG02. All lectures will be recorded. All tutorials are in person.
Details about the course are in the Course Outline .
Tutorials will start in Week 2. (No tutorial in Week 1 ).
Pre-reading in Week 0-1: Chapter 2 from Handbook of Applied Cryptography (please check out the Tutorials tab).
To help us know you better, can you please complete this survey by 29 May, 2025, 10 pm?
We will use Discourse for forums this year. https://discourse02.cse.unsw.edu.au/25T2/COMP6453/
Best wishes and see you next week!
Sushmita Ruj
(Lecturer-in-Charge)
