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| + | **June 4, 2023**: Pentru studenții de anul 2 masterat (doar cei de anul 2) care au restanțe, se organizează examene de refacere în perioada 3-16 iunie 2023. | ||
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| + | Pentru SCR, avem două date de examen: | ||
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| + | - miercuri, 7 iunie 2023, ora 18:00, sala PR706 | ||
| + | - miercuri, 14 iunie 2023, ora 18:00, sala PR706 | ||
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| + | Examenul de refacere este identic celui din timpul semestrului: interviu de 15 minute. Detalii în [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|pagina de reguli și notare]]. | ||
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| + | Pentru înscriere la examen (doar pentru anul 2 masterat), dați reply vă rugăm, pe [[https://curs.upb.ro/2022/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=7117|thread-ul din forumul de Discuții generale]]. | ||
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| + | **February 10, 2023**: Găsiți în [[:cns:class-register|catalog]] notele finale pentru SCR 2022-2023. Dacă sunt lipsuri sau inconsecvențe, trimiteți mesaj către [[razvan.deaconescu@upb.ro|Răzvan]] cel târziu duminică, 12 februarie 2023, ora 20:00. | ||
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| + | **January 29, 2023**: Găsiți [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/115a40Ku92u5Z3NfOpZuiatsJNzjMSvM9XgWaRTKrNUM/edit?usp=sharing|aici]] (indicat și în [[https://curs.upb.ro/2022/course/view.php?id=4731|pagina principală de pe Moodle]] și în [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|pagina de reguli]]), planificarea pentru examenul final de SCR ce va avea loc mâine, luni, 30 ianuarie 2023. Examenul va fi oral și va avea loc fizic în sălile PR706 și PR707. | ||
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| + | **October 05, 2022**: Welcome to the wonderful and challenging world of security! Put on your hackers hats, get your assembly skills on, start thinking in binary and let's get cracking! :-) The Computer and Network Security class focuses on offensive security: i.e. reverse engineering, binary analysis, exploiting and runtime application security. We will not tackle crypto or web security as these are going to be better handled at other classes. Enjoy the ride! | ||
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| + | The first Computer and Network Security lecture will take place on Monday, October 10, 2022, 4pm-6pm, room EC002. The first Computer and Network Security lab will take place on Monday, October 10, 2020, 6pm-8pm, room PR706. The last instance of the first lab will take place on Tuesday, October 11, 2020, 8pm-10pm, room PR706. | ||
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| + | All information is on the [[:cns|wiki]]. Please check the [[:cns:need-to-know|CNS Need to Know page]]. | ||
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| + | For starters please join the [[:cns:resources:mailing-list|mailing list]]. The administrative staff will also provide you access to the [[https://curs.upb.ro/my/|curs.upb.ro class]]. | ||
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| + | The lab groups will be created after replying to the lab allocation threads on the [[https://curs.upb.ro/2022/mod/forum/view.php?id=39686|Discussions forum]] starting with Thursday, October 06, 10:15 AM. There will be a thread for each lab slot where you will fill your name and master program until a limit of 16 students per lab slot. You can only fill your own name. | ||
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| + | We will then fill the lab split [[lab-split|here]]. | ||
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| + | **August 4, 2022**: As shown on [[https://acs.pub.ro/noutati/programarea-examenelor-sesiunea-septembrie-2022/|the faculty website]], the CNS / SCR exam in the September 2022 session will take place on: | ||
| + | * Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 6pm, room PR706 | ||
| + | * Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 6pm, room PR706 | ||
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| + | You may take part in any of the two exam dates without preliminary notice. | ||
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| + | See details on [[:cns:rules-and-grading#september_exam|the grading page]] | ||
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| + | **January 17, 2022**: We value your opinions and input on improving the Computer and Network Security class (CNS) and its components. Please take the time and fill the feedback form on curs.upb.ro. You have to be logged in and enrolled in the course. You have to use the per-series instance ([[https://curs.upb.ro/2021/course/view.php?id=5277|SCPD]] or [[https://curs.upb.ro/2021/course/view.php?id=5269|SRIC]]). | ||
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| + | The feedback form is anonymous and active from January 17, 2022 to January 28, 2022. We will only be able to see the results at the end of the exam session. | ||
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| + | We kindly ask you to evaluate the activity of the CNS team and mention the strong and weak points and your suggestions for improvement. Your feedback will help us improve both the CNS class and other classes you will go through in the future. | ||
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| + | We are particularly interested in: | ||
| + | * What didn't you like and what you consider didn't go well? | ||
| + | * Why didn't you like that and why you consider it didn't go well? | ||
| + | * What should we do to make things likable and going well? | ||
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| + | **November 26, 2021**: As shown in the [[:cns:calendar|planning]], there will be no CNS lecture or labs in the November 29 - December 3, 2021 week. Enjoy the mini-holiday. | ||
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| + | **November 01, 2021**: Assignment 1 is live. More details [[:cns:assignments:assignment-1|here]] | ||
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| + | **October 07, 2021**: One lab slot from Monday, 18:00-20:00, has been moved to Thursday, 18:00-20:00. | ||
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| + | **October 05, 2021**: The lab slot from Monday, 14:00-16:00, has been moved to Tuesday, 16:00-18:00. As it can now take place in the same week as the corresponding lecture, the first such lab will be held next Tuesday, the 12th of October. | ||
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| + | **October 04, 2021**: Welcome to the wonderful and challenging world of security! Put on your hackers hats, get your assembly skills on, start thinking in binary and let's get cracking! :-) The Computer and Network Security class focuses on offensive security: i.e. reverse engineering, binary analysis, exploiting and runtime application security. We will not tackle crypto or web security as these are going to be better handled at other classes. Enjoy the ride! | ||
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| + | The first Computer and Network Security lecture will take place on Monday, October 11, 2021, 4pm-6pm. The first Computer and Network Security lab will take place on Monday, October 11, 2020, 6pm-8pm. The last instance of the first lab will take place on Monday, October 18, 2020, 2pm-4pm. | ||
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| + | Both the lecture and labs will take place on the Microsoft Teams platform, so join [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3as6JMrG3RbA0ukyupKptvifYuePqi27po2WUCzlSmg_U1%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=a99bf704-4996-4e43-a396-6f6f47fecbb3&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|the CNS team]]. There are two additional Teams, for [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3arjej-dDKDH69Ecp_GDD54E0yrM71QHZka_fel2dmJ_81%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=9e895927-f30f-4ac8-8a25-306990db578c&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|SRIC]] and [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3aiyvFqW9vxP0d6Kc8PArpVSJa_pRSneJLZ78BAPrbhp81%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=9750edbf-9d36-496d-bd37-a6e7b72f9308&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|SCPD]] students, who should join these //in addition to// [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3as6JMrG3RbA0ukyupKptvifYuePqi27po2WUCzlSmg_U1%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=a99bf704-4996-4e43-a396-6f6f47fecbb3&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|the main one]]. | ||
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| + | All information is on the [[:cns|wiki]]. Please check the [[:cns:need-to-know|CNS Need to Know page]]. | ||
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| + | For starters please join the [[:cns:resources:mailing-list|mailing list]]. The administrative staff will also provide you access to the [[https://curs.upb.ro/my/|curs.upb.ro class]]. | ||
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| + | The lab groups will be created after replying to the lab allocation threads on the [[https://curs.upb.ro/2021/mod/forum/view.php?id=30010|Discussions forum]] starting with Thursday, October 07, 10:15 AM. There will be a thread for each lab slot where you will fill your name and master program until a limit of 16 students per lab slot. You can only fill your own name. | ||
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| + | We will then fill the lab split [[lab-split|here]]. | ||
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| + | **August 29, 2021**: The CNS exam in the autumn session will take place in two dates: | ||
| + | * Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 3pm-5pm | ||
| + | * Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 3pm-5pm | ||
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| + | The exam will be an oral exam taking place on Microsoft Teams. See instructions on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#september_exam|grading page]]. Please register to one of the two dates by filling on of the two threads on the [[https://curs.upb.ro/mod/forum/view.php?f=11800|discussions forum]]. | ||
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| + | **January 18, 2021**: We value your opinions and input on improving the Computer and Network Security class (CNS) and its components. Please take the time and fill the feedback form on curs.upb.ro. You have to be logged in and enrolled in the course. You have to use the per-series instance ([[https://curs.upb.ro/course/view.php?id=8069|SCPD]] or [[https://curs.upb.ro/course/view.php?id=8061 |SRIC]]). | ||
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| + | The feedback form is anonymous and active from January 18, 2021 to January 29, 2021. We will only be able to see the results at the end of the exam session. | ||
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| + | We kindly ask you to evaluate the activity of the CNS team and mention the strong and weak points and your suggestions for improvement. Your feedback will help us improve both the CNS class and other classes you will go through in the future. | ||
| + | |||
| + | We are particularly interested in: | ||
| + | * What didn't you like and what you consider didn't go well? | ||
| + | * Why didn't you like that and why you consider it didn't go well? | ||
| + | * What should we do to make things likable and going well? | ||
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| + | **November 25, 2020**: As shown in the [[:cns:calendar|Calendar]] there will be no activities (lectures or labs) in the November 30 - December 4, 2020 week. | ||
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| + | **October 18, 2020**: We have updated the CNS kali VM; it can be found [[https://repository.grid.pub.ro/cs/cns/vm/|here]]. Basic information about it can be found [[cns:resources:vm|here]]. | ||
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| + | **October 12, 2020**: Per your request, we have moved one of the lab slots from Monday, 18:00-20:00 to Thursday 18:00-20:00. **This change will only take effect from next week (19 Oct - 23 Oct) on.** | ||
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| + | If you want to attend this slot, please fill your name in the new thread [[https://curs.upb.ro/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3776|here]]. The 3rd Monday lab slot thread is now locked. If you already wrote your name in another lab slot thread, please edit your comment to strike through your name. | ||
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| + | **October 06, 2020**: The lab groups will be created after replying to the lab allocation threads on the [[https://curs.upb.ro/mod/forum/view.php?id=44175|Discussions forum]] starting with Wednesday, October 07, 10:15 AM. There will be a thread for each lab slot where you will fill your name and master program until a limit of 16 students per lab slot. You can only fill your own name. | ||
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| + | We will then fill the lab split [[lab-split|here]]. | ||
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| + | **October 06, 2020**: Welcome to the wonderful and challenging world of security. Put on your hackers hats, get your assembly skills on, start thinking in binary and let's get cracking! :-) The Computer and Network Security class focuses on offensive security: i.e. reverse engineering, binary analysis, exploiting and runtime application security. We will not tackle crypto or web security as these are going to be better handled at other classes. Enjoy the ride! | ||
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| + | The first Computer and Network Security lecture will take place on Monday, October 12, 2020. The first Computer and Network Security lab will take place on Monday, October 12, 2020, 6pm-8pm. The last instance of the first lab will take place on Monday, October 19, 2020, 2pm-4pm. | ||
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| + | Both the lecture and labs will take place on the Microsoft Teams platform, so join [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a88e1d3c2785a4763bdf0595f53aaa90d%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=92330882-1e4f-45bd-99af-efb27a33688e&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|the CNS Team]]. There are two additional Teams, for [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a88e1d3c2785a4763bdf0595f53aaa90d%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=92330882-1e4f-45bd-99af-efb27a33688e&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|SRIC]] and [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a88e1d3c2785a4763bdf0595f53aaa90d%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=92330882-1e4f-45bd-99af-efb27a33688e&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|SCPD]] students, who should join these //in addition to// [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a88e1d3c2785a4763bdf0595f53aaa90d%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=92330882-1e4f-45bd-99af-efb27a33688e&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|the main one]]. | ||
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| + | All information is on the [[:cns|wiki]]. Please check the [[:cns:need-to-know|CNS Need to Know page]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | For starters please join the [[:cns:resources:mailing-list|mailing list]]. The administrative staff will also provide you access to the [[https://curs.upb.ro/my/|curs.upb.ro class]]. | ||
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| + | **August 22, 2020**: The CNS exam for the autumn 2020 exam session will take place on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 5pm, and on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 5pm, on [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a1ca8f7d59f744648b956beb19b07f76d%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=f256d379-98cc-428b-b1f9-b9e552469a86&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|Microsoft Teams]]. Please have a device (laptop or mobile phone with a camera on Microsoft Teams). | ||
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| + | The exam will follow the same structure we used during the semester. Please find information about the exam on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading##september_exam|grading page]]. The quiz duration will be 15 minutes. Only one question will be shown at a time. You will not be able to get back to the previous question. | ||
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| + | **May 25, 2020**: The CNS exam for 2nd year master students for the summer 2020 exam session will take place on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 2pm, on [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a1ca8f7d59f744648b956beb19b07f76d%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=f256d379-98cc-428b-b1f9-b9e552469a86&tenantId=2d8cc8ba-8dda-4334-9e5c-fac2092e9bac|Microsoft Teams]]. Please have a device (laptop or mobile phone with a camera on Microsoft Teams). | ||
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| + | The exam will follow the same structure we used during the semester. Please find information about the exam on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|grading page]]. | ||
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| + | **January 27, 2020**: Please find the January 27, 2020 exam and final grades in the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|class register]]. If there are issues, please report them on the General Discussions forum on curs.pub.ro by Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 11am. | ||
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| + | **January 25, 2020**: Please find the January 24, 2020 exam and final grades in the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|class register]]. If there are issues, please report them on the General Discussions forum on curs.pub.ro. | ||
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| + | **January 23, 2020**: We remind you that the first instance of the CNS exam will take place tomorrow, Friday, January 24, 2020, 9am, room PR706. | ||
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| + | There are going to be a lot of students so we're likely going to use a near room. We require about 25 students to have laptops as we don't have enough PCs in the rooms. Please bring them to the exam. | ||
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| + | Please find information about the exam on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|grading page]]. | ||
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| + | **January 15, 2020**: We're getting close to completing the semester. The grades from the semester are in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. | ||
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| + | Please check your grades and, if anything missing, please do the following: | ||
| + | * if any missing/wrong grades for lecture tests, post a message on the respective thread on the discussions forum | ||
| + | * if any missing/wrong grades on lab activities, send a private e-mail to the lab teaching assistant | ||
| + | * if any missing grades for the assignments, post a message on the discussions forum | ||
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| + | Please do these by Thursday, January 16, 2020, 11pm. | ||
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| + | **January 10, 2020**: We remind you that the last CNS (Computer and Network Security, 1st year master) lecture (lecture 13) on Monday, January 13, 2020, 6pm, room PR002, will features two talks on applied security (industry and government): | ||
| + | * Anton Rog, head of National Cyberint Center | ||
| + | * Radu Caragea, senior security researcher at Bitdefender: Browser Engine Exploitation vs. Classical Binary Exploitation | ||
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| + | These are going to be two very interesting talks, we invite you all to take part in them. | ||
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| + | **January 6, 2020**: We value your opinions and input on improving the Computer and Network Security class (CNS) and its components. Please take the time and fill the feedback form on curs.pub.ro. You have to be logged in and enrolled to the course. | ||
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| + | The feedback form is anonymous and active from January 6, 2020 to January 17, 2020. We will only be able to see the results at the end of the exam session. The feedback form has become available from January 6, 2020. You will find the link to the feedback form on the main page of the curs.pub.ro instance for your master's program CNS class (either PDCS or SRIC). It's **not** in the meta-course for all students. | ||
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| + | We kindly ask you to evaluate the activity of the CNS team and mention the strong and weak points and your suggestions for improvement. Your feedback will help us improve both the CNS class and other classes you will go through in the future. | ||
| + | |||
| + | We will provide our analysis of your feedback at the beginning of the next semester. | ||
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| + | We are particularly interested in: | ||
| + | * What didn't you like and what you consider didn't go well? | ||
| + | * Why didn't you like that and why you consider it didn't go well? | ||
| + | * What should we do to make things likable and going well? | ||
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| + | **January 6, 2020**: In today's lecture (Monday, January 6, 2020, 6pm, room PR002) we will present an exploit for a kernel vulnerability that does privilege escalation, allowing a non-privileged user to get root access: [[https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-5123|CVE-2017-5123]] | ||
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| + | The slides and support slides are available on the [[:cns:lectures:lecture-12|lecture page]]. The lecture will be delivered / demoed by Adrian Șendroiu in Romanian. | ||
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| + | **January 4, 2020**: We've added the grades for CNS lecture test #5 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **January 1, 2020**: We are approaching the end of the semester for CNS. As shown in [[:cns:calendar|the planning]], the last instance of CNS lab #11 will take place on Monday, January 6, 2020, 4pm, room PR706. CNS lab #12 will take place on Monday, January 6, 2020, 8pm-10pm, rooms PR706, EG106, EG306 and on Monday, January 13, 2020, 4pm-6pm, room PR706. | ||
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| + | Lecture #12 wil take place on Monday, January 6, 2020, 6pm, room PR002. | ||
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| + | On Monday, January 13, 2020, starting with 6pm, room PR002, we will have two guest talks: | ||
| + | * Anton Rog, head of CyberInt | ||
| + | * Radu Caragea, from Bitdefender: Browser Engine Exploitation vs. Classical Binary Exploitation | ||
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| + | The CNS exams**November 30, 2019**: We've added the grades for CNS lecture test #4 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. will take place: | ||
| + | * on Friday, January 24, 2020, 9am, room PR706 | ||
| + | * on Monday, January 27, 2020, 9am, room PR706 | ||
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| + | You may choose any of the two dates (but only one) irrespective of your master program. Please announce on the respective threads on Discussion forum by Monday, January 20, 2020 which exam you will take part in. | ||
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| + | **December 08, 2019**: The CNS 2019-2020 exams will take place: | ||
| + | * on Friday, January 24, 2020, 9am, room PR706 | ||
| + | * on Monday, January 27, 2020, 9am, room PR706 | ||
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| + | You may choose any of the two dates (but only one) irrespective of your master program. Please announce on the respective threads on Discussion forum by Monday, January 20, 2020 which exam you will take part in. | ||
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| + | Please find information about the exam on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|grading page]]. | ||
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| + | **December 08, 2019**: CNS lecture test #5 will take place on Monday, December 9, 2019, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 11, in room PR002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | Lecture test #5 will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-09|lecture 09: Code Reuse (part 2)]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-10|lecture 10: Heap Exploitation]]. | ||
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| + | **December 05, 2019**: [[:cns:assignments:assignment-3|Assignment 3]] is live. It follows a CTF format. The CTF platform is [[https://ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/|here]]. Please follow the instructions and create an account on the platform. | ||
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| + | **November 30, 2019**: We've added the grades for CNS lecture test #4 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **November 23, 2019**: CNS lecture test #4 will take place on Monday, November 25, 2019, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 9, in room PR002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | Lecture test #4 will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-07|lecture 07: Strings. Information Leaks]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-08|lecture 08: Code Reuse (part 1)]]. | ||
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| + | **November 16, 2019**: We've added the grades for CNS lecture test #3 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **November 14, 2019**: [[:cns:assignments:assignment-2|Assignment 2]] is live. It follows a CTF format. The CTF platform is [[https://ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/|here]]. Please follow the instructions and create an account on the platform. | ||
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| + | **November 9, 2019**: We've added the grades for CNS lecture test #2 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **November 6, 2019**: CNS lecture test #3 will take place on Monday, November 11, 2019, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 7, in room PR002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | The first lecture test will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-05|lecture 05: Exploiting. Shellcodes (part 2)]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-06|lecture 06: Defense Protection Mechanisms]]. | ||
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| + | **October 26, 2019**: CNS lecture test #2 will take place on Monday, October 28, 2019, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 5, in room PR002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | The first lecture test will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-03|lecture 03: The Stack. Buffer Management]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-04|lecture 04: Exploiting. Shellcodes]]. | ||
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| + | **October 23, 2019**: [[:cns:assignments:assignment-1|Assignment 1]] is live. It follows a CTF format. The CTF platform is [[https://ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/|here]]. Please follow the instructions and create an account on the platform. | ||
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| + | **October 19, 2019**: We've added the grades for CNS lecture test #1 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **October 14, 2019**: It seems that, up until now, [[https://repository.grid.pub.ro/cs/cns/vm/|the link to the CNS VMs]] hosted an older version of the Kali VM. We've updated it now and added some [[cns:resources:vm|extra info]]. Please download the new version. Don't forget to check its [[https://repository.grid.pub.ro/cs/cns/vm/hashex.txt|hash]]. | ||
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| + | **October 9, 2019**: CNS lecture test #1 will take place today, Monday, October 14, 2019, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 3, in room PR002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | The first lecture test will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-01|lecture 01: Introduction. Basic Exploration Tools]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-02|lecture 02: Program Analysis]]. | ||
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| + | **October 9, 2019**: If you choose to, you can keep the lab grade (**all labs**) or the assignments grade (**all assignments**) from previous academic years or both. You cannot keep grades for lecture tests or for the exam. In case you want to keep grades, reply on the respective thread on [[https://acs.curs.pub.ro|acs.curs.pub.ro]]. | ||
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| + | **September 30, 2019**: We would like to remind you that [[https://ocw.cs.pub.ro/courses/cns/lectures/lecture-01|the first Computer Network Security lecture]] will take place today, September 30, at 18:00 in room PRECIS 002. [[https://ocw.cs.pub.ro/courses/cns/labs/lab-01|The first Computer Network Security labs]] will immediately follow from 20:00 in rooms PRECIS 706, EG106 and EG306. The last instance of the first lab will take place next Monday, October 7 from 16:00 in room PRECIS 706. | ||
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| + | **September 29, 2019**: The lab groups will be created after replying to the lab allocation threads on the [[https://acs.curs.pub.ro/2019/mod/forum/view.php?id=4838|General Discussions forum]] starting with Monday, September 30, 2019, 10:15 AM. There will be a thread for each lab slot where you will fill your name and master program until a limit of 16 students per lab slot. You can only fill your own name. | ||
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| + | We will then fill the lab split [[lab-split|here]]. | ||
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| + | **September 23, 2019**: Welcome to the wonderful and challenging world of security. Put on your hackers hats, get your assembly skills on, start thinking in binary and let's get cracking! :-) The Computer and Network Security class focuses on offensive security: i.e. reverse engineering, binary analysis, exploiting and runtime application security. We will not tackle crypto or web security as these are going to be better handled at other classes. Enjoy the ride! | ||
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| + | The first Computer and Network Security lecture will take place on Monday, September 30, 2019, room PRECIS 002. The first Computer and Network Security lab will take place on Monday, September 30, 2019, 8pm-10pm, in rooms PRECIS 706, EG106 and EG306. The last instance of the first lab will take place on Monday, October 7, 2019, 4pm-6pm in room PRECIS 706. | ||
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| + | All information is on the [[:cns|wiki]]. Please check the [[:cns:need-to-know|CNS Need to Know page]]. | ||
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| + | For starters please join the [[:cns:resources:mailing-list|mailing list]]. The administrative staff will also provide you access to the [[https://acs.curs.pub.ro/|cs.curs.pub.ro class]]. | ||
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| + | **September 1, 2019**: The second CNS exam in the September 2019 session will take place on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 11am, room PR706. | ||
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| + | Please check the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|rules and grading page]]. Please bring the student ID at the exam. | ||
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| + | **August 26, 2019**: The first CNS exam in the September 2019 session will take place tomorrow, on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 8am, room PR706. | ||
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| + | Please check the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|rules and grading page]]. Please bring the student ID at the exam. | ||
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| + | **August 17, 2019**: The CNS exams in the September 2019 session will take place: | ||
| + | * Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 8am, room PR706 | ||
| + | * Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 11am, room PR706 | ||
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| + | The dates are part of the [[:cns:calendar|calendar]]. You can only take part in one exam session. Please check the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|rules and grading page]]. Please bring the student ID at the exam. | ||
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| + | **May 27, 2019**: The CNS exam for 2nd year master students in the June 2019 session will take place: | ||
| + | * Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 5pm, room PR001 | ||
| + | * Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 2pm, room PR001 | ||
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| + | The dates are part of the [[:cns:calendar|calendar]]. You can only take part in one exam session. Please check the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|rules and grading page]]. Please bring the student ID at the exam. | ||
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| + | **April 21, 2019**: We thank you for the CNS feedback you filled at the end of the 1st semester. Please find [[:cns:need-to-know#feedback|here]] the feedback analysis. We will take it into account to improve the CNS class in the next years. We will come back with improvement decisions that will consider your feedback. | ||
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| + | **January 29, 2019**: The final CNS grades are in the [[:cns:class-register|gradebook]]. Please send an e-mail to [[razvan.deaconescu@cs.pub.ro|Răzvan]] if there are any issues. | ||
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| + | **January 23, 2019**: The CNS final exam will take place in two dates: | ||
| + | * Thursday, January 24, 2019, 5pm, room PR706 | ||
| + | * Sunday, January 27, 2019, 5pm, room PR706 | ||
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| + | You may take part in any exam date irrespective of your master program. To have an estimate of your participation, please fill your name on the corresponding thread on the Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | Please check the wiki for information about the CNS [[:cns:rules-and-grading#final_exam|final exam]]. | ||
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| + | **January 23, 2019**: We will not truncate assignment grades. Those of you who already have enough points are graded 10 in the [[:cns:class-register]] and aren't required to take part in the final exam. Congratulations! | ||
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| + | **January 13, 2019**: There will be no CNS lecture on Monday, January 14, 2019, 6pm-8pm. The last CNS lab will take place on Monday, January 14, 2019, 4pm-6pm, room PR706. There will be no CNS lab on Monday, January 14, 2019 during the 8pm-10pm timeslot. | ||
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| + | The deadline for Assignment 3 is Tuesday, January 16, 2019, 11pm. | ||
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| + | Good luck in the exam session! | ||
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| + | **January 12, 2019**: We've published the grades for lecture test #5 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **January 6, 2019**: We value your opinions and input on improving the Computer and Network Security class (CNS) and its components. Please take the time and fill the feedback form on curs.pub.ro. You have to be logged in and enrolled to the course. | ||
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| + | The feedback form is anonymous and active from January 7, 2019 to January 18, 2019. We will only be able to see the results at the end of the exam session. The feedback form will become available from January 7, 2019. You will find the link to the feedback form on the main page of the curs.pub.ro instance for your master's program CNS class (either PDCS or SRIC). It's **not** in the meta-course for all students. | ||
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| + | We kindly ask you to evaluate the activity of the CNS team and mention the strong and weak points and your suggestions for improvement. Your feedback will help us improve both the CNS class and other classes you will go through in the future. | ||
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| + | We will provide our analysis of your feedback at the beginning of the next semester. | ||
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| + | We are particularly interested in: | ||
| + | * What didn't you like and what you consider didn't go well? | ||
| + | * Why didn't you like that and why you consider it didn't go well? | ||
| + | * What should we do to make things likable and going well? | ||
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| + | **December 10, 2018**: [[:cns:assignments:assignment-3|Assignment 3]] is live. It follows a CTF format. The CTF platform is [[https://ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/|here]]. Please follow the instructions and create an account on the platform. | ||
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| + | **December 9, 2018**: Lecture test #5 will take place on Monday, December 11, 2018, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 11, in room PRECIS 002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | The test will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-09|lecture 09: Strings]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-10|lecture 10: Return Oriented Programming]]. | ||
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| + | Please find information on lecture tests on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#lecture_tests|corresponding wiki section]]. | ||
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| + | **December 9, 2018**: We've published the grades for lecture test #4 in the [[:cns:class-register|class register]]. If you consider the grade is wrong, follow the instructions in the respective thread on the curs.pub.ro Discussions forum. | ||
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| + | **November 24, 2018**: Lecture test #4 will take place on Monday, November 26, 2018, at 6:05pm, at the beginning of lecture 9, in room PRECIS 002. Please be there on time. | ||
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| + | The test will cover topics from [[:cns:lectures:lecture-07|lecture 07: Exploiting. Shellcodes (Part 2)]] and [[:cns:lectures:lecture-08|lecture 08: Exploit Protection Mechanisms]]. | ||
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| + | Please find information on lecture tests on the [[:cns:rules-and-grading#lecture_tests|corresponding wiki section]]. | ||
| **November 19, 2018**: [[:cns:assignments:assignment-2|Assignment 2]] is live. It follows a CTF format. The CTF platform is [[https://ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/|here]]. Please follow the instructions and create an account on the platform. | **November 19, 2018**: [[:cns:assignments:assignment-2|Assignment 2]] is live. It follows a CTF format. The CTF platform is [[https://ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/|here]]. Please follow the instructions and create an account on the platform. | ||
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| For starters please join the [[:cns:resources:mailing-list|mailing list]]. The administrative staff will also provide you access to the [[https://acs.curs.pub.ro/|cs.curs.pub.ro class]]. | For starters please join the [[:cns:resources:mailing-list|mailing list]]. The administrative staff will also provide you access to the [[https://acs.curs.pub.ro/|cs.curs.pub.ro class]]. | ||
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