DFSC 4317 Information Security
Spring 2012
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. (Section 01, CID: 22841)  AB1-204

Instructor: Lei Chen, Ph.D.
Office: AB1-212E
Office hours: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Monday, 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday (9 hours/week), plus appointments
Phone: (936) 294-4785
Email: LXC008@SHSU.EDU (NOT for assignment submissions)
Email for assignment submissions: SHSU.CHEN@GMAIL.COM
TA: TBD
Last update: 05/01/2012
Grades                       Resources
Week Date Topics Assignments/Labs
01 1/18-20 1/19: Syllabus and grade code
02 1/23-27 1/24: Why study IS? (slides, readings)
1/30: IS principles of success  
03 1/30-2/3 1/30: IS principles of success cont. (slides, readings) 2/2: no class (Dr. Chen will be at a conferene in Washington D.C.)  
04 2/6-10 2/7: Authentication - passwords 2/9: Authentication - passwords cont.  
05 2/13-17  2/14: Authentication - passwords cont. (slides, more)  2/16: Authentication - biometrics and more L1 (50 points, due midnight Monday 2/27): Cracking Password
06 2/20-24  2/21: Authentication - biometrics and more cont.  (slides, story) 2/23: Authentication Protocols A1 (60 points, due midnight Monday 2/27)
07 2/27-3/2 2/28: review, excercises, and L1 demos (extra 10 bonus points on L1) (slides) 3/1: Test 1 (150 pts, covering 1/24-2/21)  
08 3/5-9 3/6: Authentication Protocols cont. 3/8: Authentication Protocols cont. L2 (100 points, extended due: midnight Sunday 4/22, 5 pm Friday, May 4): Implementing Simple Network Authentication Protocol
Example code (bi-directional communication): Alice.c and Bob.c
Spring Break (Week 09, 3/12-16)
10 3/19-23 3/20: File Permissions on Linux;    Access Control List (ACL), Capabilities, and the Confused Deputy 3/22: POSIX ACL on Ubuntu Linux L3 (40 points, due midnight Friday 3/30): Basic Access Permissions and Access Control List (ACL) on Linux
11 3/26-30 3/27: students work on lab and assignment 3/29: students work on lab and assignment  
12 4/2-6 4/3: Linux log files 4/5: Linux log files cont. ; (souce code posted for L2, see above)  
13 4/9-13 4/10: Intrusion Detection Systems (slides) 4/12: Intrusion Detection Systems cont.; review, teaching evaluation A2 (90 points, due midnight Monday 4/16)
14 4/16-20 4/17: Test 2 (150 pts, covering classess on 2/23 and 3/6-4/12) 4/19: Linux System Monitoring A3 (110 points, due 5 p.m. Friday, May 4)
15 4/23-27 4/24: Teaching Demo "An active approach to information security: revealing common sources of email spam" (Mr. Wei-Bang Chen) 4/26: Linux System Monitoring cont. (slides)  
16 4/30-5/4 5/1: Review and Q&A 5/3: Test 3 (150 pts)  

Information:

Assignments (200 pts)
Labs (250 pts)
Tests (450 pts) = 3 * 150 pts/test
Attendance (100 pts)