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