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
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Lab1 |
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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
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Lab2 |
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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.
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Lab3 |
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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.
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Lab4 |
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Week 5: 4 - 8 feb |
- Reverse DNS
- DNS and security
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Lab4 Part 2 |
Assignment 1 |
Week 6: 11 - 15 feb |
- Review and practice for the test
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Review of labs to date |
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Week 7: 18 - 22 feb |
- Review and practice for the test
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Midterm test |
Study Week: 25 feb - 1 mar |
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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.
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Lab5 |
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Week 9: 11 - 15 mar |
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Lab |
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Week 10: 18 - 22 mar |
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Lab |
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Week 11: 25 - 29 mar |
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Lab |
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Week 12: 1 - 5 apr |
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Lab |
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Week 13: 8 - 12 apr |
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Lab |
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Exam Week: 15 - 19 apr |
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