CPSC665 - Advanced Networks and Security

Spring 2008 - Dr. Pooch

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  CPSC665 Spring 2008  
Meeting Date Topic(s) Tentative Lecturer
1.15.2008 Overview, administrivia, Ethics  
     
  SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION (10)

(Sources can be found on 665-04 sys-admin-1), (On-line books found on 665-04/SYSADMIN, etc)

 
1.17.2008 Booting and Shutting down File Systems, NFS Link  
1.22.2008 Log Files & System Structure, Kernel Configuration, Black team access to Hamlet. Link  
1.24.2008 System Administration, RPMs. Link  
1.29.2008 TCP/IP and routing, Domain Name System. Link  
1.31.2008 Processes, daemons, Superuser powers, Adding new users  
2.05.2008 Start of Sandbox Exercise  
2.07.2008 Internet / Sendmail  
     
  NETWORK SECURITY (12)

( Sources can be found on Australian-sec; IDS-notes-2006; LECTURES-2008)

 
2.12.2008 How to conduct a successful attack.
LECTUR-2008: Carver-Successful-Attacks. Link
Course-lect9-1-Ellenm. Link
Course-lect9-2-Carver. Link
 
2.14.2008 Compromising a UNIX/Linux Machine. Passwords
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect4-Paul-Tasneem
Course-lect7. Link
 
2.19.227 IP Security and Network Firewalls.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect3. Link
IDS-notes: Firewalls. Link
IDS-notes: IDS: 2-5, 9. Link
 
2.21.2008 E-mail security.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect4. Link
IDS-notes: Electronic Mail Security. Link
 
2.26.2008 Backdoors and covering tracks.  
2.28.2008 LECTURES-2008: course-lect4-Paul-Tasneem. Link  
3.04.2008 Security in the Wide World Web (WWW).
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect5. Link
Course-lect8. Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L20, L21. Link
 
3.06.2008 Intrusion detection and rsponse.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect6, Course-lect9. Link / Link
IDS-notes: Intrusion Control. Link
User_Safety: LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: Lectures: L19. Link
IDS-notes: IDS: 7, 8, 10. Link
 
     
  Take home mid-term given out. Link  
3.11.2008 Spring Break  
3.13.2008 Spring Break  
     
3.18.2008 Viruses and Trojan Horses.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect9. Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L17, L18. Link
 
     
3.20.2008 Introduction to cryptography. (10)
Lectures will cover material from
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect10 - lect15 Link, and
Australian-sec: lect 1- 24. Link
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect10. Link
Australian-sec: L 1-2. Link
IDS-notes: IDS: 6. Link
Pooch
3.25.2008 Mid-term to be turned in.

Classical Substitution and transposition ciphers.

LECTURES-2008: Course-lect10. Link
Australian-sec: L 2-6. Link
Pooch
3.27.2008 Modern Block ciphers. Design and usage.
LICTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L11, L12. Link
Australian-sec: L7-8. Link
Pooch
4.01.2008 Block cipher cryptanalysis.

Australian-sec: L8 - 11. Link

Pooch
4.03.2008 Modern stream ciphers.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect11. Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L7, L8, L10. Link
Australian-sec: L12-15. Link
Pooch
4.08.2008 Public key encryption. Key Management.
LICTURES-2008: Course-lect12-lect14. Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L6, L14. Link
Australian-sec: L16-17. Link
Pooch
4.10.2008 Quantum cryptography.

LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L22. Link

TBA
4.15.2008 Quantum cryptography.

LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L22. Link

End of Sandbox Exercise

Daugherity
     
4.17.2008 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
4.22.2008 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
4.24.2008 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
4.29.2008 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
     
5.07.2008 Final Exam 8:00 am - 10:00 am