Teaching security labs with web applications, buffer overflows and firewall configurations

  • Authors:
  • Richard Weiss;Jens Mache

  • Affiliations:
  • The Evergreen State College, Evergreen Parkway, NW, Olympia, WA;Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Teaching information security is becoming an important part of the computer science curriculum. Students learn best when they have hands-on experience. This paper presents examples of laboratory exercises which we used in an undergraduate class and were evaluated by the students. We present the results of that survey and the features of those exercises with strengths and weaknesses from the instructor's perspective, and whether they cover the fundamental security principles. Since many schools do not have a security class, we also examine how these exercises could be included in standard core courses such as networks, computer architecture, database systems, or software engineering.