Congratulations on finishing COMP6447. Hopefully you all found the course fun and rewarding.
Special congrats to the top students this year
I've released provisional final grades on give (warning these might change).
Hey all. Congrats on completing COMP6447.
I will try to get results out to you ASAP. In the mean time, I'll be running a quick
help session
exam walkthrough today at 2pm if you are interested/curious. I'll also release the solutions at that time.
https://unsw.zoom.us/j/81509544301
Hey all
The exam skeleton is now finalized. The binaries are available for download now from exam.6447.lol
Please have a read of the exam instructions in preparation for tomorrow. I recommend also downloading the files before the exam incase of internet issues
Hey all, Hopefully studies are going well. Some updates
There will be another help session this Friday at 6pm in Webster Theatre B.
There is a practice final exam available at https://2023.exam.6447.lol /. I recommend attempting this after you are done studying each section of the course under timed conditions.
The skeleton for the final exam is available at exam.6447.lol . Please read the instructions carefully and ask if you have any questions. The exam binaries and questions will be available for download soon (I will send another email).
Please note the exam is in person. You should have been emailed your allocated seating. If you have not, please read carefully all instructions here . You must sit in your assigned seat, and have a form of ID for the invigilators to check.
The exam will be run on your own machines. If you don't have a laptop - Tell me ASAP. There are no excuses on the day.
The exam will start sharply at 9:55 AM. You must be ready outside the exam room by 9:30 AM. If you are late, you may miss key instructions
Hey folks. Hope exams and prep are going well.
I'll be running a help session on Monday at 6pm in Webster Theatre B. Please come with questions.
We will be releasing exam details, location, times and past exams soon so stay tuned
Hi, I just emailed you all with your midpoint fuzzer marks.
I think I may have made some mistakes and missed some emails, if so please reach out
Hey folks. Reminder. Today's lecture will not be recorded. Please try to come in person
Hey y'all, I've booked Ainsworth 102 for a Help Session on Friday at 6pm. I'll stay as late as students have questions. Note: I won't be preparing content, this is purely going to be an open-air question/answer forum. Come with questions please :) Apologies if the time doesn't work for you. This session won't be recorded or live-streamed!
Hey y'all.
Some quick admin updates. We have marked the Wargames and midterm exam for the last few weeks, these should be available on Give.
At this stage in the course, the content is going to start getting harder (Starting with ROP this week, and HEAP next week). I highly recommend you come and watch the lectures live. Ask questions live. ROP is a combination of all previous weeks content, plus some new techniques. We are over the halfway mark for this course, so it is expected you will have the skills to perform research and practice challenges and techniques on your own.
The tutorials will not have time to go over lecture content if you did not attend the lectures this week. I have asked the tutors not to cover lecture content for students who have not watched the lecture content before attending the tutorial.
Also we will be having a guest lecture in Week 10. Someone who works at <redacted> will be talking about awesome new techniques related to <redacted> . Due to the sensitive nature of their work, this won't be recorded . This will be an awesome sneak-peak into the world of vulnerability research, I highly recommend making plans to come and watch Week 10 in person.
Recording avail at https://unsw.zoom.us/rec/share/TOvhxe9H7JpEYE6LOb0f_hJlSdyfi9dsbg1d4CKvJ0bPFNV1KB6Sd6Pgi_wO85vL.W6E-0nq9sQ-8e3is?startTime=1728283474000
Passcode: j+fz7HX=
Hey all,
Instead of giving the lecture in person and releasing a recording, I'll be doing the lecture live on zoom, and releasing the recording after.
The link to the lecture is
https://unsw.zoom.us/j/86539900561
if you'd like to join live.
Hey all, some details about the upcoming midterm wargame.
Details:
Practice Exam
We have made a practice exam (That will look exactly like the midterm wargame this week) available at https://2023.midterm.6447.lol/ .
Week 5 Lecture
The lecture in week 5 falls on a public holiday. I will still give a lecture (live in person, streamed and recorded), but it is not compulsory to watch live. However, please make sure to watch the lecture before attending tutorials/wargames/midterm.
Hey all,
I've booked the Ainsworth 102 for a Help Session on Friday (2024-10-04) at 6pm. I'll stay as late as students have questions.
Note: I won't be preparing content, this is purely going to be an open-air question/answer forum.
Come with questions please :)
Apologies if the time doesn't work for you.
This session won't be recorded or live-streamed!
Hey everyone.
Hope you are all super excited to take COMP6447 this term. Before we start the First Lecture, some quick admin to sort out
Course Forum
This year we will be using EdStem as the course forum. Please sign up and login to https://edstem.org/au/join/frsdUD . This will be the best place to get help from either your peers, tutors or me throughout the course. The best way to reach course staff will be either through Ed or via Email.
Course Outline
The course outline is available on WebCMS. Please review it, it has important information about the course content and examinations.
Classes In Person
The lectures for this term are on Mondays, and will be covering content that is critical to both the weekly tutorials, and weekly wargames. It is super important that you are able to attend lectures and tutorials where possible. There are no online classes this term (Please reach out if this is a problem ASAP). We will try to record all lectures and release them (But make no promises to release them before your tutorials)
Some resources to look at before we begin
To help you prepare for this course, we've come up with a list of helpful prerequisite knowledge that you should revise (or skim over for the first time) before starting the course. These include:
If you aren't familiar with some of these topics, that's fine. I recommend reviewing them before starting the course to make your experience smoother.
I also recommend you have access to a Linux machine, A Linux Virtual Machine (or docker contains), with PwnTools , PwnDBG and BinaryNinja installed. These will be required to do many of the challenges in this Course. If you have issues installing anything, that's fine (Lab 1 is about helping you get ready, so no need to panic if you are unsure about anything).
Also, I've setup 4 polls under Activities to better guage everyone's understanding of different topcis. Please take a look when you get a chance.