CSC 8710-001 Advanced System Programming FALL 2008
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Week#
Date
Topic
Class Preparation
In-class Activity
Week 10 Nov 06 Ch 8 Clock Algorithm
Ch 11 IPCs
Multimedia OS
Message Queues,
Shared Memory
Semaphores,
BSD Sockets
IPC lab
Final Project Selection
Week 11 Nov 13 Ch 10 I/O Subsystem (sec 10.1 & 10.2)
Improving the Reliability of Commodity Operating Systems (Tony)
ioctl,
termios [tcgetattr(),tcsetattr()]
RAID
Raw I/O lab
Final Project abstract
Week 12 Nov 20 Embedded Systems, Network Appliance
Millicomputing: The Future in Your Pocket and Your Datacenter.
LinkSys Router / ThinClient
iPhone OS Technology Overview (Shawn)
Webcam (Axis Developer web site)
Network Storage (GuardianOS)
Solaris & Posix Threads
OS parameters tuning: /etc/system, /etc/security/limits.conf
Performance Analysis: threads vs. processes
Final Project Outline
Week 13 Dec 04 Security issues
Denial of Service Attacks Against GRC.COM (Rawad)
Political DDoS: Estonia and Beyond

Morris Worm/Buffer overflow
Code Red worm/ Sircam worm
Rootkits / Clickjacking
tftp & nmap lab
FP progress report
Week 14 Dec 11 Computer Forensics
Results of Live Response Inquiry vs. Memory Image Analysis (document)
Current and Next-Generation Digital Forensics (Video presentation)
DTrace (Tarun) DTrace
OpenSolaris & Fedora Live CD
Final Project Presentation