COS 430 SPRING 2009 HW #4  DUE TUESDAY 2/10/09

In general, for the "Activities", be sure to provide enough information 
about what you saw to convince us that you actually did it. For example, 
if an activity says that you look at a title page, you should write down 
the title that you saw there. If the activity says that there is something 
humorous on a page, you should tell us what was humorous about it. 
Alternatively, you can provide images from your sessions if that is easier 
for you. Thus, you can include a screen shot or printout from a webpage, 
etc. Remember, the key idea is that you convince us that you did the 
activity.

STRUCTURED HOMEWORK

1. Do multiple-choice questions 1-20 on pp. 84-86 of EH.

2. Do Activities 4-1 through 4-6 in Chapter 4 of EH.

FREE-FORM HOMEWORK

1. Read Chapters 8 & 9 of PS and write at least 500 words describing what 
you think are the 3 most significant points made in each chapter.

SYSTEM HOMEWORK

Write and submit your weekly report following the guidelines presented in 
class. You should omit any parts of the report dealing with attacks since 
you are still in the process of setting up the server. You should focus on 
explaining what you have accomplished so far, the current state of the 
services that you are running, and any problems of special interest that 
you ran into so far.You should discuss what you saw from your server being 
connected to the Internet. Document attacks that were made against your 
server and discuss whether the attacks were successful or not. When we get 
to the Cyberwars you will lose points if your services stay down -- not 
running services is not an acceptable defensive strategy in this class. Be 
sure to create the HTML document that I discussed in class.

BE SURE TO SUBMIT YOUR SYSTEM HOMEWORK ON 2 CDs. Please put the CDs in 
sleeves to avoid scratching. Submit the rest of the homework on paper as 
usual.