Hey all
The exam skeleton is now finalised. The binaries are available for download now from exam.6447.lol
Please have a read of the exam instructions on each page in preparation for tomorrow. I recommend also downloading the files before the exam incase of internet issues.
Please be outside the exam room (J17 203) by 1:20pm and Good Luck!!!
Hey all, Hopefully studies are going well. Some updates
Reminder there is a past exam available at https://2024.exam.6447.lol /. I recommend attempting this after you are done studying each section of the course under timed conditions.
The solutions for the p ast exams are at https://files.6447.lol/2024-final/examsols.zip and https://files.6447.lol/2023-final/sols.zip
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.
Hey everyone, a reminder that tomorrow (Friday the 28th) we will be hosting the last help session of the course, it'll be running in Ainsworth 102 at 6pm.
As with the previous ones, they'll run as long as you all have questions. There's no pre-prepared topics/content, this will purely be an open-air question-answer forum , so make sure you come with questions.
This session won't be recorded or live-streamed.
Hey everyone,
Hope your exam revision is going well.
The Security Society is going to be hosting a revision workshop today at 5pm today in SecLab (K17 G11), it will also streamed via discord which you can join via https://secso.cc/discord / https://discord.gg/vEhQ8Trg?event=1440682466011775107 , I'd recommend checking it out as it's run by people who have done the course in recent years.
They've also put together some challenges that you could use as practice available at http://ctf.secso.cc/ (they should become available during the session).
Hey everyone, we'll be hosting some more help sessions, on Friday at 6pm for the next 3 weeks.
They will be running in:
As with the previous ones, they'll run as long as you all have questions. There's no pre-prepared topics/content, this will purely be an open-air question-answer forum , so make sure you come with questions.
This session won't be recorded or live-streamed.
Hey everyone, we've decided to host another help session.
It'll be running on Friday 6-8pm in Ainsworth 102 , and will cover anything that's been discussed in the lectures.
Similar to the last one, it'll run as long as you all have questions. There's no preprepared topics/content, this will purely be an open-air question-answer forum , so make sure you come with questions
This session won't be recorded or live-streamed, and apologies if the time doesn't work for you.
Hi Folks, hope the term is going well.
Next week on Monday at 6pm, I will be walking through the solutions to the midterm.
After that I will be running a generic help sessions to help with any course content we have covered so far.
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!
Zoom: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/84563135287?pwd=6axj9SLTVjp5yDWRezbcUqZbbP8x3Q.1
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Passcode:
512301
Hi All,
Like I announced in the Lecture today, the spec for the Major Fuzzer Assignment is available at https://fuzzer.6447.lol/ .
The detailed spec is available on https://fuzzer.6447.lol/spec
Please read this carefully. There are several due dates for different sections of the assignment.
You must
register your group
by the end of Week 6, or you risk getting zero for the midpoint submission.
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 next week) available at https://2024.midterm.6447.lol/ .
Hey all lecture recording details for last nights lecture are
https://unsw.zoom.us/rec/share/XSNIqAabdObxuLF9ivQXXbQOyMWbB97_43NZoFxCl53K19d3uD_YIYU-2byI3cLu.G_Vy5QiQgTYw5Zuy
Passcode: r==7nq6i
Hey all,
The lecture in week 4 falls on a public holiday. I will still give a lecture (via zoom and recorded), but it is not compulsory to watch live. However, please make sure to watch the lecture before attending tutorials/wargames/midterm.
Updated zoom details - The call is https://unsw.zoom.us/j/83151418637?pwd=adeJr0OOUKXc16UaC8guYxuSH98Yp0.1
The details for lecture today at 6pm are
https://unsw.zoom.us/j/89112023273?pwd=PtS70S8nB7uBMGoaCwxD2Zg8N2NG55.1
Password: 123456
Hey all, hope your week is going well and the first set of wargames went smoothly.
Some students have reached out regarding difficulty setting up the environment on an ARM Mac. We have put together a tutorial at https://guides.6447.lol/mac that you can follow to hopefully setup a local environment on one of these devices, or a guide on how to setup a DigitalOcean droplet.
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 Discourse as the course forum. Please sign up and login using https://discourse02.cse.unsw.edu.au/25T3/COMP6447/ . 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 Discourse 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.