Weekly Note 12 - Week 48

22 November 2019

Lecture - Tuesday, November 26th.

16-19 in U55

First, we will cover different types of firewalls and intrusion detection systems, this also includes mitigation/defence against DDoS.

Then we will cover the Owasp top 10 report, of the most serious problems in web-applications.

Finally, we will discus how the exam is handled, and how to prepare for this type of exam.

Tutorial session

Thursday November 28th. 8-10 in U24 or 10-12 in U146

Preparation:

Prepare a list of 10-15 keywords for the exam question: Security: Firewalls, intrusion detection.

Select one (or more) of the topics from this list, and prepare to give a 10 min. presentation to the class on the topic:

  1. Functionality and interfaces for the application layer of the TCP/IP model and the functionality of DNS

  2. Functionality and interfaces for the transport layer of the TCP/IP model and the difference between UDP and TCP

  3. Functionality and interfaces for the network layer of the TCP/IP model with focus on the data plane.

  4. Functionality and interfaces for the network layer of the TCP/IP model with focus on the control plane.

  5. Functionality and interfaces for the link layer of the TCP/IP model, including error detection and correction

  6. Symmetric and public key crypography, Key distribution and User authentication

  7. Security: Transport- and Network-layer security

In class:

Use the first part of class to work on this exercise and discuss the content of your keyword lists, and consider possible alternatives.

  • P25 - Configuring ACL for a Firewall

from Chapter 8 in the textbook.

Use the second part of the class to give and see a few presentations that you have prepared at home.

This is You that should make the presentations, the TA will not step in and do them for You!

Material (Slides, etc.)