183.222 Advanced Internet Security (2.0)
(also known as Internet Security 2)

Christian Platzer, Paolo Milani and Clemens Kolbitsch.

For correspondence, send a mail to inetsec@iseclab.org

Bernhard 'Perfect Prime' Miller (InetSec 2 Master Guru)

1. 05.07.2010 The web page has been updated with the necessary organizational information. There is an introductory meeting (Vorbesprechung) on Thursday, 7th of October, 11:15, in Seminarraum Zemanek. At this meeting, the course and the prerequisites will be described. Further, a brief introduction will be given to the organization of the course this year. If you cannot attend this meeting, then please check this site. All information that you need to register and complete the course will be on this page. The assigments will be online on these pages as usual.
2. 04.07.2010 Reacting to suggestions of last year's students, we will try a slightly modified grading scheme in Advanced Internet Security this year. We hope this will allow you more flexibility when solving challenges while offering the same level of insight and fun.
3. 01.07.2010 Woohoo... there will be an Advanced Inetsec course next semester. Stay tuned for updates...

Advanced Internet Security (previously Internet Security 2) serves as a continuation for the class Internet Security. The idea is to present problems in more detail and allow students to apply their knowledge in practical exercises. The lecture deals with common programming mistakes and ways to detect and avoid them. Examples are used to highlight general error classes, such as stack overflow and format string vulnerabilities.

In order to teach the subject in the most authentic way, the lecture uses an "offensive approach": Security-related topics are viewed from an attacker's perspective and possible attack scenarios are shown. In practical challenges the students need to exploit previously discussed security vulnerabilities inside a controlled challenge-environment. This improves the students' understanding of the handled topics and guarantees that they will not make similar mistakes in own projects and allows them to actively take security measures when handling security relevant projects.

As part of the class, students are able to participate in a hacking contest in which they can prove their knowledge of security and system management by competing with their peers or, as a team, against other Universities spread around the globe.