SRT210 Weekly Schedule

Summer 2019

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Labs	Other Assessments
Week 1: 6 - 10 may	Course overview Set up host machine for course work (c7host) Offline file access security passwd and shadow files	Lab1
Week 2: 13 - 17 may	Set up a nested virtual machine Get familiar with basic networking setup and utilities used on Linux Understand how the IPtables firewall works and use it to make simple rules	Lab2	Quiz on Lab 1
Week 3: 20 - 24 may	Understand how port forwarding works and how it relates to security. Set up port forwarding using iptables. Understand fundamental concepts that make up SELinux. Troubleshoot problems caused by SELinux.	Lab3	Quiz on Lab 2
Week 4: 27 - 31 may	Understand the principles of how DNS works. Set up an authoritative DNS server. Test your DNS server to confirm that it works as expected. Configure an operating system to use a specific DNS server.	Lab4	Quiz on Lab 3
Week 5: 3 - 7 jun	Reverse DNS DNS and security Review of labs to date	Lab4 Part 2	Quiz on Lab 4
Week 6: 10 - 14 jun	Practical Midterm test	Assignment 1
Week 7: 17 - 21 jun	Results of the practical test and late assignments
Study Week: 24 - 28 jun
Week 8: 1 - 5 jul	Understand how DHCP works and set up a working server/client. Understand which types of traffic can be captured where, from the point of view of an attacker. Practice capturing traffic, and browsing it using Wireshark.	Lab5	First half review quiz
Week 9: 8 - 12 jul	Learn some fundamental concepts and terminology used with LDAP. Practice creating users in OpenLDAP. Set up linux machines to authenticate against an OpenLDAP server.	Lab6	Quiz on Lab 5
Week 10: 15 - 19 jul	Understand the basics of public key encryption from a practical point of view. Set up a Certificate Authority. Create certificate+key pairs for servers, signed by your own CA. Set up Apache to serve pages over HTTPS.	Lab7	Quiz on Lab 6
Week 11: 22 - 26 jul	Semi-automated host fingerprint distribution using /etc/skel/ Use assymetric encryption (with SSH keys) for password-less SSH authentication. Ditribute SSH public keys manually. Backup using rsync.	Lab8	Quiz on Lab 7
Week 12: jul 29 - 2 aug	Review and practice for the exam.	Lab8	Assignment 2 Quiz on Lab 8
Week 13: 5 - 9 aug	Practical Final Exam.
Exam Week: 12 - 16 aug