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Face to Face Session

These is an overview of the sessions held on Campus.

These sessions will be support for each of the modules you have during this semester. They will cover material related to the modules, and linked to the Online sessions.

Topics to Cover this week.

  1. Overview of how this semester will work.
  2. Housekeeping, Can everyone access Aula, and the rest of the materials.
  3. Lab Tasks

Overview of how this semester will work.

First we have a Welcome from the Course Team

John's Presentation

And in Video Form

Welcome to Course Video

Tasks

Face to Face Week 1 Video:

Task 1: Housekeeping Checking you have the Relevant Access.

You will also need access to three things this week. Try connecting to them,

Joining Teams

You will also need to join Teams for the Online lectures.

To do this you need to use the code. lsb9pn5

Joining Teams

If you have problems then:

  • Let whoever is leading the Face to Face session know.
  • Send me an email (aa986@coventry.ac.uk) with the details.

Task 2: Getting going with Linux.

This week in the Live session we will be taking it Easy and getting back into the swing of things.

We will be using a lot of Linux in the module, so the first task is to work through the Linux trainer.
This is a simple CTF style box that covers some of the core Linux commands you may need to use.

Here is a link to the Linux Trainer Lab Sheet

Important

Since I wrote the sheet, it looks like there have been some DHCP changes. If we cannot connect using zaphod.coventry.ac.uk then you can connect directly to the IP 192.168.72.108

Connecting to things outside of the university

You can connect to the services outside of the univeristy. However you need to be on the VPN.

Instructions For Connecting

Depending on your setup, you may need a different host part of the SSH connection. Try

  • zaphod (ssh levelN@zaphod)
  • zaphod.coventry.ac.uk (ssh levelN@zaphod.coventry.ac.uk)
  • 192.168.72.108 (ssh levelN@192.168.72.108)

Task 3: BFF

For 6005 (Security) Module, we also have the BFF task starting.

For this task you need to build a simple program that:

  • Authenticates (i.e. using a Password) a user.
  • Displays a secret message to authenticated users.
  • Tells unauthenticated users to go forth.

You can find more details at Build It, Break It, Fix It (BFF)

Anything Else

If you don't fancy either of those (or get them done)

  • Take a Look at Bandit
  • Ask me for Ideas.

Finally.

Feel free to ask any questions, If I am in the Lab session, we can do it face to face. Otherwise, we will be having a "Live" teams feed for each of these sessions.

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