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CS 5700 – Computer Security and Information Assurance (CSIA)

Lab web Page ‑ Fall 2010

Department of Computer Science

Western Michigan University

Course Web Page:

http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~llilien/teaching/2010fall/cs5700--CSIA/index.htm

Instructor:

Dr. Leszek Lilien

Lab Assistant:

Adawia Al-Alawneh

adawia.alalawneh@wmich.edu

 

Note: When you send emails, each message must have a descriptive subject with the indicated prefix:

        CS5950 Lab-F09--<your last name>: < descriptive subject here>

For example, subjects of John Smith’s messages must be as follows:

        CS5950 Lab-F09—Smith: < descriptive subject here>

Office Room;

CEAS C-210

Lab Room:

CEAS C-208

Texts:

Recommended for lab exercises: V.J. Nestler, W.A. Conklin, G.B. White, and M.P. Hirsch, Computer Security Lab Manual, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005, ISBN 0-07-225508-0 (http://www.securitylabmanual.com)

Lab assignments:

 

Announcements

Lab

Due Date

 Lab01_Announcement

Lab01 Assignment 1

Thursday October 28, 2010

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Question

Answer

Installation of ubuntu 6.06 is taking so long time and getting a black screen for so long time, what should I do.

Yes, it will take a while to start the installation. You can make it little bit faster by one of the following:

1)      Copy the .iso image to your local disk and capture the local image instead of the remote image at the server.

2)      Increase the allocated memory to 215MB and then start the installation. After the installation is done change the allocated memory back to 128MB.

You can change the memory allocated as follows:

1) open the Virtual PC console

2) Select the ubunto 6.06 virtual machine (only one click to select)

3) click on settings button from the right side

4) click on memory and change the memory allocated for the selected virtual machine

Can I work on the labs assignments on a machine other than the ones available in the room CEAS C-208

The lab assignments must be run entirely in the secure environment of the Computer Security Lab (CEAS C-208). Running them in any other environment, including your own desktop or laptop is prohibited since it may cause security threats to you or others.

 

What is the gateway that I should use in the lab?

The default gateway that you should use in the security lab is 192.168.0.1. You may use another gateway as described in your assignment.

What IP address should I use?

In order to avoid IP address conflicts, you may use an IP address that follows the following structure: 192.168.0.xx such that if your machine code is D7 you should use one number from the range 170 to 179 (7 is the code of your machine).

Please take into consideration that the IP address that you can use may have to follow other rules specific to the lab that you are working on.

I cannot run Ubuntu and windows 2000 at the same time. What can I do?

You should adjust the memory that VPC allocates to Ubuntu. A working parameters in the lab are:

-          About 200 MB for Ubunto,

-          Let VPC decides on the memory for windows 2000 (should be 128 MB).

 

In lab2a/step 4, I cannot ping win2kserv.security.local.

You should ping the name of your windows 2000 machine that you specified in the host file at step 3. The name should be “2kServ”.

When I run Lab 16c,  step 2, I get the error message “Unable to relay” when I try to send an email.

You should use the same email server that you used in Lab 4. The email server IP address that you should use for all the labs is 192.168.0.103; It is located in the security Lab. The email accounts that you will use in all the labs are the same accounts that are described in Lab 4.

When I run Lab 16c,  I do not get the expected results in step 3 and 4.

You may make sure that you are using in the email a URL of a file that is physically located on your windows 2000 machine. Make sure you file is in the folder c:\inetpub\wwroot. Also, make sure you can access the URL that you use in the email through the browser.

 

When I run Lab17a, step

7-9, I get the error “Error code 1004”.

You may get the error if you run syn flooding from Microsoft XP with SP2. If this is the case, you may run Lab17a step 7-9 from Windows 2000 to Windows XP and not from Windows XP to Windows 2000 as described in the book— syn [windows 2000 IP] [windows XP IP] –p 80

When I want to install ubuntu , I get a Checksum Error

Memory to install ubuntu should be 500 MB

 

 

 

Last updated: October 22, 2010