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Decks in this class (23)

Lesson 1: The Security Mindset
Security mindset,
Computer security,
Think like a defender
8  cards
Process Review (week 2)
Process,
How does os provide the illusion ...,
What is the counterpart to time s...
13  cards
address spaces (week 2)
Multiprogramming,
Time sharing,
What is a key problem that arises...
8  cards
anatomy of a program (week 2)
Each process in a multi tasking o...,
What are some differences between...,
Why did address space randomizati...
5  cards
buffer overflows (week 2)
What are some reasons you would g...,
Summarize the basic premise of co...,
Memory
15  cards
memory-safety (week 2)
What does memory safety refer to,
Why is c vulnerable to buffer ove...,
Provide an example as to why code...
23  cards
smashing the stack for fun and profit (week 2)
Buffer,
Static vs dynamic,
True or falsememory can only be a...
4  cards
buffer-overflows-attacks-and-defenses (week 3)
Why are buffer overflow attacks s...,
To get a root shell running in a ...,
What are two ways the attacker ca...
12  cards
return to libc & intro to ROP (week 3)
What is the returning to libc met...,
What is rop,
What is rop
3  cards
Stack Canaries, Bounds Checking, NX, DEP, ROP, ASLR(week 3)
Canaries,
Idea of canary,
What if an attacker knows the canary
20  cards
principles & design patters for building secure systems (week 4)
How do unix and windows do in ter...,
What does it mean to use fail saf...,
What is separation of responsibility
14  cards
privilege separation in unix (week 4)
What are some separation schemes,
Unix,
Thread model for unix
24  cards
Authentication and passwords and stuff (week 4)
What are the problems with hashin...,
What is the technique for slowing...,
How do attacker s get around the ...
9  cards
intro-to-cryptography (week 5)
Vignere cipher,
Enigma cipher,
Encryption scheme
20  cards
module 6
Entropy,
How does the one time pad work,
What is shannon s information the...
21  cards
module 7
Alternative definition of securit...,
Indistinguishability,
Statistical test
14  cards
module 8
What is a multiplicative cyclic g...,
The discrete log assumption is th...,
Explain the concrete generator fr...
12  cards
module 9
What is the 2 step strategy for b...,
What is merkle damgard construction,
Explain some corner cases in the ...
16  cards
Module 10
What is authenticated encryption,
Describe the integrity security game,
What are the options for combinin...
33  cards
Module 11
What is the goal of https,
How do we achieve an encrypted se...,
What is a man in the middle attack
12  cards
Module 12
Www internet,
Www,
The web is composed of __________...
40  cards
Module 13
Frame,
What do we specify in frame isola...,
Same origin policy sop
25  cards
Module 14
Autonomous systems,
Internet protocol,
Cidr notation
6  cards

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