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Applied Security Breno de Medeiros Florida State University Fall 2005
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What is this course about? Learning how to 0wn the Internet for fun and profit. No, really: –Learning how to make computer systems more secure in practice. (Labs + lecture) Source: textbook/lab assignments/other –Learning new trends in computer threats and appropriate countermeasures (Lecture + individual reading) Source: Assigned papers/other
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Should I take this course? ZIf you have to. ZIf you find the subject appealing, and think that everything worth it takes work. ZDon’t take this course: ZIf this slide’s background is where you would like to spend a great deal of time this semester.
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Course main references http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~breno/ CIS-5930/applied_security.html Textbook: – Inside Network Perimeter Security, by Stephen Northcutt et al. 2nd edition. Sans Institute Press. Recommended: –Internet Denial of Service, Attack and Defense Mechanisms, by Jelena Mirkovich et al. Prentice Hall. –Building Internet Firewalls, by Elizabeth D. Zwicky et al. 2nd edition. O'Reilly Press.
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Classroom Lectures Every Tuesday Cover theory, (some) from textbook, much from the assigned reading (research papers). Mid-term exam and final will cover this material.
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Lab Meetings Every Thursday Covers some of the material in a practical setting Introduces the lab assignments. Lab assignments will be given regularly. Deliverables in the form of reports and/or code.
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Project You are required to work on a project during this course. It must include: –An element of originality. Implementing an existing application/service (without add- ons) is discouraged. –A practical component (implementation or configuration of software, or system design). Literature review alone will not be sufficient.
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Grading One Midterm: 10%; Final: 10% Lab assignments: 50%; Project: 30% Grade scale: –A: 91 - 100; A-: 89, 90. –B: 77 - 88 –C: 65 - 76 –D: 55 - 64 –F: 0 - 54
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