[Year 12 IT Apps] U4O2 Security Resources

[Kent Beveridge]

Want security..Hire a Hacker ...If he can get IN, surely he knows how to plug the holes! 
Isn't it better if he's on YOUR side of the firewall with a slight reign on?
 
No, not rent-a-hacker!
 
Commonly asked question in an IT class - usually at least once a year is "Hey Sir, can you teach me how to hack?" I keep trying to be creative with my responses but always raise a smile with this one...its one of those curve balls the kids give occasionally.
 
Kent Beveridge,
I.T. co-ordinator
St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
Horsham
email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
 
Wishes and Eggs, one you make and one you break!  A bit like promises.....
 
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of henma at gopc.net
Sent: Thu 7/12/2007 12:25 PM
To: itapps at edulists.com.au
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] U4O2 Security Resources



Some great stuff being discussed regarding security!

I watched the clip from CBC "Can you hack it?". The tools used are 
mostly opensource. I ran a demo using the Nessus scanner, nmap and 
dsniff for a network practical (on an isolated network of course!) for 
the VCE ITA unit on networks. I used a linux laptop as the students 
were pretty keen to "have a go" themselves, so I did my best just to 
show them the output and packet dumps, rather than the software 
packages themselves. Also, they would have to install linux to get the 
same the results! The same tools are available for Windows, but I 
didn't want to make it too easy for them!

So far no one has mentioned SANS. They have some great resources 
online for researching security. Their Reading Room can be quite 
depressing at times!

http://www.sans.org/reading_room/

I can recommend SANS as a "real world" site. When I had a real world 
job, we used their guides and resources for securing our networks.

Cheers

Henry Johnson
Moodle Administrator
Yavneh College
http://moodle.yavneh.vic.edu.au <http://moodle.yavneh.vic.edu.au/> 

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