CNIT 40: DNS SecurityFall 2018 Sam Bowne
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Catalog DescriptionDNS is crucial for all Internet transactions, but it is subject to numerous security risks, including phishing, hijacking, packet amplification, spoofing, snooping, poisoning, and more. Learn how to configure secure DNS servers, and to detect malicious activity with DNS monitoring. We will also cover DNSSEC principles and deployment. Students will perform hands-on projects deploying secure DNS servers on both Windows and Linux platforms.Advisory: CNIT 106 or 201E, or Network+-level understanding of networking. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Textbook"DNS Security" by Anestis Karasaridis, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., ASIN: B007ZW50WE Buy from AmazonFree Kindle Apps QuizzesThe quizzes are multiple-choice, online, and open-book. However, you may not ask other people to help you during the quizzes. You will need to study the textbook chapter before the lecture covering it, and take the quiz before that class. Each quiz is due 30 min. before class. Each quiz has 5 questions, you have ten minutes to take it, and you can make two attempts. If you take the quiz twice, the higher score counts. Live StreamingThe course will be livestreamed using Zoom: For class-related questions, please emailcnit.40@gmail.com |
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Date | Due | Topic |
Wed 8-22 | 1: The importance of DNS security
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Wed 9-19 |
Proj 1 due Quizzes: Ch 1 & Ch 2 |
2: DNS protocol and architecture
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Wed 10-3 | Proj 2 & 3 due Quiz: Ch 3 |
3: DNS vulnerabilities
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Wed 10-24 | Proj 4 & 5 due Quiz: Ch 4 |
4: Monitoring and detecting security breaches
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Wed 11-14 | Proj 6 due Quiz: Ch 5 |
5: Prevention, protection, and mitigation of DNS service
disruption
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Wed 12-5 | All extra credit proj due No Quiz due |
Last class: No lecture, open lab |
Thu 12-13 - Thu 12-20 |
Final Exam available online throughout the week. You can only take it once. | |
All quizzes due 30 min. before class |
Virtual Machine Resources | |
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HypervisorsVMware Fusion (for Mac hosts, 30-day trial) VirtualBox (free for all platforms) VMsFor VMware: Win2008Malware.7zSize: 2,073,173,278 bytes SHA-256: c2d59bb80d71cb73350fe436d2658eeb46c869edce66c950ce97268e2a2fa25a |