SRT210 Weekly Schedule

Winter 2019

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Labs	Other Assessments
Week 1: 7 - 11 jan	Course overview Set up host machine for course work (c7host) Offline file access security passwd and shadow files	Lab1
Week 2: 14 - 18 jan	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
Week 3: 21-25 jan	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
Week 4: 28 jan - 1 feb	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
Week 5: 4 - 8 feb	Reverse DNS DNS and security	Lab4 Part 2	Assignment 1
Week 6: 11 - 15 feb	Review and practice for the test	Review of labs to date
Week 7: 18 - 22 feb	Review and practice for the test		Midterm test
Study Week: 25 feb - 1 mar
Week 8: 4 - 8 mar	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
Week 9: 11 - 15 mar	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
Week 10: 18 - 22 mar		Lab6
Week 11: 25 - 29 mar	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
Week 12: 1 - 5 apr	Objective: Task	Lab
Week 13: 8 - 12 apr	Objective: Task	Lab
Exam Week: 15 - 19 apr