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Coursework Specification

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Coursework Option 1: Spam Detection and Categorisation

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• Spam

• One of the biggest problems for businesses

• Solutions exist but,

1. Poor performance

2. Need to be regularly maintained

• It is vital to educate the user!

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• What you will get:

• A dataset with a number of email messages

( Available from Monday 20/10)

• What you have to do:

• Analyse

• Categorise

• Classify

• Describe everything you have done in a report!

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• Coursework worth 20% of your final mark

• Marking scheme:

• Correct categorisation 5%

• Correct classification 5%

• Report 10%

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• References:

• Software Security Lecture

• Ross Anderson’s “Security Engineering”

• SpamAssassin

• Google

• Spam.com – not about unsolicited email but similarly annoying!

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Coursework Option 2: Network Protection using a Firewall

• Connectivity is vital for businesses

• Services need to be provided for:

• Customers

• Partners

• Numerous security “solutions” exist

• Firewall –

• One of oldest techniques

• Yet still the most widely used

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• What you will get:

• A set of network components

• A set of requirements and restrictions

• What you have to do:

• Design a network topology

• Don’t violate restrictions

• Satisfy all requirements

• Describe everything you have done in a report!

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• Firewall rules:

• Use the following form:

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Action Protocol Source Dest Src.Port Dest.Port

Accept tcp Net.x Net.y Any 22

Deny udp Host.M Host.N 5500-7700 3128

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• Coursework worth 20% of your final mark

• Marking scheme:

• Correct network topology 5%

• Correct firewall deployment 5%

• Correct firewall rules 5%

• Report 5%

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• Resources:

• Network Security Lecture

• Lot of resources on the net (e.g. Wikipedia)

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