we’ll get started at 18:05
course intro
6841 week1
> whoami
- Lachlan
- TODO: more stuff here
how to contact me
- [email protected]
- @melon on the SecEdu Slack
- @melon on the SecSoc Discord
places for course discussion
- ~/security/ > comp6441-6841
- #cs6441
> whoru
- what’s your name/degree?
- why did you decide to do this course?
- what’s your favourite course you’ve done, and why?
OpenLearning
- walkthrough (wow!)
- join the H18B-6841 Tutorial Group (if you haven’t already)
- change your profile picture to a picture of yourself (or don’t)
Good faith policy
we expect a high standard of professionalism from you at all times while you are taking any of our courses. We expect all students to act in good faith at all times
tldr: don’t be a dick jerk
admin stuff
assessments
I have no idea about the weightings
- logbook: 30%?
- something awesome: 30%?
- final: 40%?
weekly challenges/log book
- set up your logbook (Celeste’s is a template)
- each week, put a link to your challenge answers in your logbook
- mark the challenge that you’re most proud of with an X or something
- your answers and marks are posted publicly
marking criteria
| grade | marks | description |
|---|---|---|
| excellent | 85-100 | work with impressive elements significantly exceeding what would be regarded as satisfactory |
| good | 60-75% | acceptable work demonstrating solid and satisfactory level of achievement for the criteria |
| partial | 30-45% | borderline work. demonstrates some relevant skills and work but below the level expected |
| absent | 0 | no serious attempt made |
something awesome
- worth 30% of your grade
- there’s a document outlining a bunch of ideas, you can select from it, or propose something new if you’d like.
- make a blog post describing your idea, and send it to me by Sunday
something awesome options
- learning: e.g. coding or lockpicking
- teaching: pick something from the first 4/5 weeks of term, spend week 6 teaching that to someone (or a group of people)
- auditing: pick something real (e.g. lecture halls at UNSW, not your house), and write up a document explaining any vulnerabilities in it’s security.
hall of fame
- present something for about 3-5 minutes during a tutorial.
- it can’t just be something from the lectures.
- bonus marks!?
- one, maybe two if you hack NASA or something.
simplified grading
huh
- apparently you can opt for a pass/fail system of grading
- but a pass is a 70, and fail is ?? idk
- you can change this anytime up until monday week 7
case study
