Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

We've upload all your grades to LFS. Please let us know as soon as possible if something doesn't look correct. This is also a gentle (and final) reminder to register for the backup exam if you plan to take it. The exam is on the 12th, so you'll have to register before October 5 on LFS to be allowed to take the exam. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about the material in the mean time.

We've finished grading the exam and the grades should now be visible to you. I really enjoyed reading your (sometimes very creative!) answers. The exam inspection will take place on Friday September 8, in the lecture room (CISPA0, 0.05) between 2pm and 3pm. Please let me know before hand by email if you'd like to inspect your exam.

I've also tentatively fixed the re-exam date for October 12 in the afternoon. You should be able to register on LFS for the exam in a few days.

We have finished grading the midterm exercise set. The results should be available on the CMS. You should also be able to download an annotated version of your submission with individual feedback. If not, please let me know soon.

To help you prepare for the exam, I have also uploaded a document (see materials section) with frequent errors and general feedback and tips.

Registration for the Exam. If you have not yet done so, please make sure that you register for the exam by next week Monday July 10 at the latest using LFS (or CMS directly if you cannot use LFS). If you do not register, we cannot issue your grade.

Q&A Sessions. I've scheduled several Q&A sessions, see the schedule here. You are welcome to ask questions about the material and midterm in preparation for the exam. This week Thursday there will be no session, but there will be an extra (short) session on Monday July 10 as well as a longer session on Thursday July 13. You are also welcome to ask questions on the Mattermost channel. Please make sure to ask as early as possible; answering many questions at the last minute is difficult.

About the Exam. Some final information about the exam. Most of this was covered during the introduction lecture already.

• The exam takes place on Monday July 17 at 18:00 -- 20:00. Please arrive early.
• The exam will be open book. You can bring 10 sheets of A4 paper with you.
• You should expect 3 questions with 2-3 sub questions each. The exam follow a similar style than the midterm, but we will have only 2 hours, so it will be a little bit shorter. Make sure you look at the feedback and most repeated errors documents so you can avoid making the same mistakes twice.
• The exam will cover the material from all 10 lectures except for the censorship resistance lecture.

Finally, I wish all of you good luck and great studying in preparation for the exam!

The second project is now available! Next Thursday (June 15) I will do a quick introduction to the project during the exercise part. But, if you have time, I recommend to already look at the handout. The corresponding x86/x64 Virtual Machine will be available as soon as possible. The deadline is July 28. Because this leaves only 7 weeks to complete the project, we've somewhat reduced the scope and provided additional hints to help with implementation.

Good luck and be sure to use the office hours if you have any questions! See you all on Thursday,

 - Wouter

Dear All,

Welcome again to the PETS 2023 lecture. I've added the slides and recordings of yesterday's lecture to the materials section of the course. Slides for upcoming lectures will be available there as well in the future (and before the start of the lecture).

The programming projects for this course must be done in pairs. Please make sure to register your teams by Monday April 24 at the latest. You can create your team on your personal status page. If you have trouble finding a partner, feel free to use the Lab Assignment Forum to announce that you are looking.

Have a great weekend!