CPTR 427 Network Security

• Course Schedule
• Syllabus
• For more information see the course wiki
• Last year's site

Resources

• Bridging Firewall Script (Old network from nebraska)
• Bridge setup (Old network from nebraska)
• Milworm website.
• For snort see base on sourceforge
• Snort/Base Ubuntu (Gutsy) Install on Howtoforge.com
• DES java docs from teacher's implementation.
• These are the junit tests that I used to trouble shoot my DES implementation
• Hint for RSA algorithm: Use the object java.math.BigInteger in your program.
• www.sectools.org

Research Ideas & Resources

• CSA
  • IPSec
  • Kerberos (In-depth look at implementation).
  • Email Security (Authentication initiatives, SPAM, encryption systems)
  • Update services in the enterprise (windows SUS and linux [take your pick of the different flavors])
• CS/CSES
  • Create a hardward/software implementation of AES or 3DES.
  • Design/develop an RFID authentication system
  • Research and report on the state of the art in a security area.

The poster you must create for your Research/Project presentation will be graded using the standard department rubric. I encourage you to make your presentation as relevant to your major as posible. CSA students should research/implement and present some element of system adminstration such as the topics listed above. Choose something you are unfamiliar with and learn about that piece of CSA. CS and CSES majors should focus on security related theoretical constructs and/or hardware systems. For these majors I expect a programmed/designed system implementation. All students should demonstrate completion in a Poster Presentation in class and in the Semester end research presentations.

Rules to Hack by:

1. You may not tamper with the interior of a system (that includes everything you can not see under normal conditions e.g. you can not use a boot cd since the cd tray is closed normally and consequently is in the interior).
2. You may use any other means to compromise the system or it's performance.
3. You may not destroy the machine beyond your own ability to repair it. If an attack is discovered or not, you may be asked to walk the owner through the process to repair any damage you did and make known the method used to compromise the system.
4. You may only hack computers on the 10.0.0.0/8 network

A Short History of Hacking

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