CPSC665 - Advanced Networks and Security

Spring 2009 - Dr. Pooch

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  CPSC665 Spring 2009  
Meeting Date Topic(s) Tentative Lecturer
1.20.2009 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)

 
1.22.2009 Booting and Shutting down File Systems, NFS Link  
1.27.2009 Log Files & System Structure, Kernel Configuration, Black team access to Hamlet. Link  
1.29.2009 System Administration, RPMs. Link  
2.03.2009 TCP/IP and routing, Domain Name System.  
2.05.2009 Processes, daemons, Superuser powers, Adding new users Link  
2.10.2009 Start of Sandbox Exercise  
2.12.2009 Internet / Sendmail  
     
  NETWORK SECURITY (12)

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

 
2.17.2009 How to conduct a successful attack.
LECTUR-2008: Carver-Successful-Attacks. Link
Course-lect9-1-Ellenm. Link
Course-lect9-2-Carver. Link
 
2.19.2009 Compromising a UNIX/Linux Machine. Passwords
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect4-Paul-Tasneem
Course-lect7. Link
 
2.24.2009 IP Security and Network Firewalls.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect3. Link
IDS-notes: Firewalls. Link
IDS-notes: IDS: 2-5, 9. Link
 
2.26.2009 E-mail security.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect4. Link
IDS-notes: Electronic Mail Security. Link
 
3.03.2009 Backdoors and covering tracks.  
3.05.2009 LECTURES-2008: course-lect4-Paul-Tasneem. Link  
3.10.2009 Security in the Wide World Web (WWW).
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect5. Link
Course-lect8. Link Link Link Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L20, L21. Link Link
 
3.12.2009 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.  
3.17.2009 Spring Break  
3.19.2009 Spring Break  
     
3.24.2009 Viruses and Trojan Horses.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect9. Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L17, L18. Link Link
 
     
3.26.2009 Introduction to cryptography. (10)
Lectures will cover material from
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect10 - lect15 Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link
Australian-sec: lect 1- 24. Link
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect10. Link
Australian-sec: L 1-2. Link
IDS-notes: IDS: 6. Link
Pooch
3.31.2009 Mid-term to be turned in.

Classical Substitution and transposition ciphers.

LECTURES-2008: Course-lect10. Link
Australian-sec: L 2-6. Link
Pooch
4.02.2009 Modern Block ciphers. Design and usage.
LICTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L11, L12. Link Link
Australian-sec: L7-8. Link
Pooch
4.07.2009 Block cipher cryptanalysis.

Australian-sec: L8 - 11. Link

Pooch
4.09.2009 Modern stream ciphers.
LECTURES-2008: Course-lect11. Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L7, L8, L10. Link Link Link
Australian-sec: L12-15. Link
Pooch
4.14.2009 Public key encryption. Key Management.
LICTURES-2008: Course-lect12-lect14. Link Link Link Link Link
LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L6, L14. Link Link Link
Australian-sec: L16-17. Link
Pooch
4.16.2009 Quantum cryptography.

LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L22. Link

TBA
4.21.2009 Quantum cryptography.

LECTURES-2008: RIVAS: LECTURES: L22. Link

End of Sandbox Exercise

TBA
     
4.23.2009 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
4.28.2009 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
4.30.2009 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
5.04.2009 Sandbox exercise presentation for teams  
     
5.07.2009 Final Exam 8:00 am - 10:00 am