CS 325 Course Materials
Spring 2010

General

• Syllabus: PDF, HTML.
• Fall 2006 course materials.
• Perl and CGI Resources
  • hello.pl, a simple Perl program. Read the comments for important notes. addshells, a program demonstrating file I/O and recording parsing in Perl.
  • Perl Language Reference. Of particular interest would be the Reference sections (Language, Functions, etc.) in the left column.
  • Check CPAN for info on non-core Perl modules.
  • Perl Quick Reference Guide (parts may be a bit out of date).
  • Tutorials. There are many, many tutorials available on Perl and CGI.pm, the Perl module for CGI programming. Here are three to get you started. Use Google to find more tutorials. A Perl tutorial (PDF version). A CGI.pm tutorial. Another CGI.pm tutorial.
  • Books. Learning Perl is my recommendation for someone just starting out. Programming Perl is a thorough, complete reference to Perl. CGI Programming with Perl provides background on CGI.pm.
  • You can get electronic access to these books through O'Reilly's Safari program for $22.99 a month. O'Reilly offers a free 10 day trial of this service. Check here for details.
  • Man pages. Get to a shell on phoenix and run "man perl". This will provide you with an index of many, many other man pages on Perl that are available to you.
  • Even more resources are available here.
• Software Requirements Specification Resources
  • IEEE Standard 830-1998. (Password required --- see instructor.)
  • Example IEEE 830-1998 Software Requirements Specification. (Password required --- see instructor.)

Reading Assignments

• Week 2: Feb. 1: Chapter 1.
• Week 3: Feb. 8: Class canceled. Feb. 10: 2.1--2.4. Feb. 12: Class canceled.
• Week 4: Feb. 15: 2.5--2.8. Feb. 17: No reading assigned. Feb. 19: No reading assigned.
• Week 5: Feb. 22: 3.1--3.3. Feb. 24: 3.4--3.7. Feb. 26: No reading.
• Week 6: Mar. 1: 4.1--4.3. Mar. 3: No reading. Mar. 5: No reading.
• Week 7: Mar. 8: No reading. Mar. 10: No reading. Mar. 12: No reading.
• Week 8: Mar. 22: 4.3--4.4. Mar. 24: Read semester project handout. Mar. 26: 4.5.
• Week 9: Mar. 29: No reading. Mar. 31: 5.1--5.2. Apr. 2: 5.3.
• Week 10: Apr. 5: 5.4. Apr. 7: 5.5. Apr. 9: 6.1--6.3.
• Week 11: Apr. 12: 6.4--6.5. Apr. 16: 7.1.
• Week 12: No readings.
• Week 13: Apr. 28: No reading. Apr. 30: No reading.
• Week 14: May 3: 7.1--7.4.

Assignments and Projects

• Assignment 1, 100 points, due Feb. 26 and Mar. 12. PDF, HTML. rsaDemo.pl, a small example of how to use Crypt::RSA.
• Semester project, 300 points. Parts due Apr. 12, May 3, and at the "final." PDF, HTML.
• Assignment 2, 100 points, due Apr. 14. PDF, HTML.

Presentations

• Mar. 5: Jake, PGP; Tony, buffer overflows.
• Mar. 10: A.J., system intrusion detection; Russ, redirect script injection.
• Mar. 26: Russ, shatter attacks; Zach, network security scanners.
• Apr. 2: Zach, password crackers; Tony, traditional authentication and authorization mechanisms in Linux.
• Apr. 9: Jake, PAM; A.J., SE Linux.
• Apr. 23: Jon, database comparison; Jon, network intrusion detection.

Meeting Outlines

• Week 1: Jan. 29 PDF, HTML.
• Week 2: Feb. 1: PDF, HTML. Feb. 3: PDF, HTML. CGI lab PDF, HTML. Working version of the lab. Feb. 5: Perl/CGI Lab.
• Week 3: Feb. 8: Class canceled. Feb. 10: PDF, HTML. Feb. 12: Class canceled.
• Week 4: Feb. 15: PDF, HTML. Feb. 17: Course work discussion. Feb. 19: Project discussion, initial work.
• Week 5: Feb. 22: PDF, HTML. Feb. 24: PDF, HTML. Feb. 26: Project presentations.
• Week 6: Mar. 1: PDF, HTML. Mar. 3: Project lab. Mar. 5: Individual presentations, questions about the exam.
• Week 7: Mar. 8: Exam I. Mar. 10: Individual presentations. Mar. 12: Project presentations.
• Week 8: Mar. 22: PDF, HTML. Mar. 24: Discussion of semester project. Mar. 26: Individual presentations, PDF, HTML.
• Week 9: Mar. 29: Finish user authorization. Mar. 31: PDF, HTML. Apr. 2: PDF, HTML.
• Week 10: Apr. 5: PDF, HTML. Apr. 7: PDF, HTML. Apr. 9: PDF, HTML.
• Week 11: Apr. 14: PDF, HTML. Apr. 16: PDF, HTML.
• Week 12: Project week. Apr. 23: Presentations by Jon Simon.
• Week 13: Apr. 26: PDF, HTML. Apr. 28: Exam II. Apr. 30: Class canceled.
• Week 14: May 3: Project presentations.