Labs
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| Date Posted | Date Due | Assignment | Turn-in Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 9/8 | Monday, 9/11 |
Read Chapter 2, The Psychology of Security by Bruce Schneier and take notes for class discussion. You may print out and use the following form or just write on a blank sheet of paper; be sure to bring this paper to class for our discussion. If you need a question to focus your thoughts, here's one to consider: "As a potential practitioner of security, what do you think is the most important takeaway from this article?" |
class discussion |
| Saturday, 9/9 |
Thursday, 9/14 not graded |
Read Chapter 7, Pseudoterminals. No need to take notes for this one unless you want to. | n/a |
| Saturday, 9/9 |
In lab, Thursday, 9/12 not graded |
Do Lab 0: Setting up Your Raspberry Pi. Windows users will need the following files: FTDI USB-TTY driver PuTTY terminal emulator |
n/a |
| Saturday, 9/9 | Sunday, 9/24 |
Do Lab 1: Login Security. Consider reading Chapters 5 and 6 if you need a refresher on C. To use your git account on aslan, you will need to set up an account. To make doing that easy, I created a little tutorial video. |
git |
| Monday, 9/18 | Thursday, 9/21 |
Read On User Choice in Graphical Password Schemes and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Monday, 9/25 | Sunday, 10/1 |
Complete part 1 of your final project. |
git |
| Monday, 9/25 |
not graded you will start this in-lab on 9/26 |
Do Lab 2: Hashtables in C. |
n/a |
| Monday, 9/25 |
Part 1: Sunday, 10/8 Part 2: Sunday, 10/15 |
Do Lab 3: Password Cracking. Required reading: "Why Stolen Password Databases are a Problem" and "Trading Time for Space". |
git |
| Friday, 9/29 | Thursday, 10/5 | Read "Making a Faster Cryptanalytic Time-Memory Tradeoff" and take notes. | class discussion |
| Wednesday, 10/4 | Thursday, 10/12 | Read "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" and take notes. | class discussion |
| Monday, 10/16 | Sunday, 10/22 |
Fill out the final project partner sign-up sheet to let me know who you plan to work with for the final project. |
Submit form |
| Monday, 10/16 | Sunday, 10/22 |
Complete part 2 of your final project with your partner. |
git |
| Thursday, 10/19 | Thursday, 10/26 |
Read "An Empirical Study of the Reliability of UNIX Utilities" and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Thursday, 10/26 | Sunday, 11/5 |
Do Lab 5: Stack Smashing, Part 1. Read "Assembly-Level Debugging with gdb". Read "Creating a Shellcode File". Watch "Finding a Return Address on the Stack Using gdb (ARM edition)". If you are curious, you can also watch the older x86 edition. A handy program for generating strings containing arbitrary binary characters. |
git |
| Monday, 10/30 | Thursday, 11/2 |
Read "Undefined Behavior: What Happened to My Code?" and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Wednesday, 11/1 | Thursday, 11/9 |
Read "Preventing Privilege Escalation" and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Tuesday, 11/21 | Monday, 11/27 |
Read "Cryptology and Physical Security: Rights Amplification in Master-Keyed Mechanical Locks" and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Tuesday, 11/21 | Thursday, 11/30 |
Read "Reflections on Trusting Trust" and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Tuesday, 11/21 | Thursday, 12/7 |
Read "This World of Ours" and take notes. |
class discussion |
| Tuesday, 11/21 | Sunday, 12/10 |
Complete the third and final part of your project. |
git |
| Wednesday, 11/22 | Sunday, 12/10 |
For an optional grade bump, read "The Cuckoo's Egg" by Clifford Stoll and submit a security analysis of one of the incidents described in the book. |
git |