INFS6760-A Spring 2008

INFS6760-A - Spring 2008 - I/T Security and Assurance

Spring Semester 2008 - Thursdays - 6:00-10:00 pm (2^nd eight Weeks) – Hale Center, Room 105.

Instructor: Valerie J. H. Powell, R.T.(R), Ph.D.

ü Class Reading Assignments: Reading Schedule.

Hand-in assignment for Thursday evening, April 17^th, at 6:00 pm: please hand in the result of the iptables -nvL command which lists the current state of iptables for your virtual machine.

ü Priority Acronyms and Terms

ü Study Guide – Sample Exam Questions <<moved to Study Hints

Current Information and Reminders

ü Group Projects. Project/presentation topics relate to… .

ü VLabNet Laboratory and Practical Activities and Exercises

ü ACL and CAAT Introduction

ü Study Hints

ü Ethics in Information Technology - Links to ACM (Codes of Ethics) and other sources, discussion topics.

ü Please inform yourself regarding information technology issues.

ü Course Links.

ü. Textbooks, Downloads and Print Resources

Please use the RMU Help Desk if you have technical problems (in the lab or with remote access):
call 412-397-2211 or
e-mail help@rmu.edu
web www.rmu.edu/help

Reading assignment schedule is at the back of the syllabus.

F First Night Information

+ E-mail address for all work in this course (unless otherwise advised): powell@rmu.edu Your class roster name must appear in the From: line of all course e-mail.

Please include first in subject:
INFS6760-A - Assignment #n [n = assignment number] or
INFS6760-A - Question [or whatever or what the e-mail is about]

Please send your message as (inline) text for these assignments (not as an attachment). If you wish to prepare your work in word processing, then copy to e-mail.

Each E-mail assignment must be sent as a separate post (please do not combine assignments).
Each assignment post should be a new mailing (not a forward or reply.)

z Standard ISO Dates - the standard date format of ISO Standard 8601 is (CCYY-MM-DD). Thus Apr. 1, 2008 will be formatted as '2008-03-01'. Please use the ISO standard date when indicated.

Updated: April 25, 2008

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