CS 510: Advanced Security Seminar

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CS 510 Advanced Security Seminar

• Fall 2005

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The instructor?

• Wu-chang Feng
• Currently at NSF CyberTrust meeting
• Will be back next week
• Wednesday class canceled

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About the course

• Seminar course covering contemporary topics in
  networking security
• Content chosen mostly by students from list of
  papers provided by instructor (see handout)
• Grading
• Presentations in class
• Electronic material provided to instructor
• Attendance and participation

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Homework for this class

• Sign class list (Name and e-mail address)
• Review attached paper list
• Select a paper to cover from
• Host vulnerabilities and counter-measures
• Note I will cover the following two papers to
  kick the course off next Monday
• Aleph One, Smashing the Stack for Fun and
  Profit
• C. Cowan, et. al. StackGuard Automatic.

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Homework for next class

• By Wednesday (9/28)
• Join class e-mail list
• pdx-cs510_at_yahoogroups.com
• http//groups.yahoo.com/group/pdx-cs510
• E-mail your paper selection to course list
• By Thursday (9/29)
• Check your e-mail to see when you will be
  presenting
• Someone (besides the instructor) will also be
  presenting next Monday (10/3)