CS4558 Network Traffic Analysis (Spring AY2014)

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Last updated: Wed Jun 11 18:06:11 2014
Class#DateTopicHandouts,
Assignments		Notes
1 Mon 03/31 Class overview: logistics, goals, the "why", course outline - L0
L1 Tue 04/01 No Lab - -
2 Wed 04/02 Project/Lab review
Sound network measurement, data pitfalls, stats review 		Project Logistics,
[P04] 		L2
3 Mon 04/07 Distributed systems: CDNs [SCHKB06] L3
L2 Tue 04/08 Intro/tutorial. Begin libpcap analysis Lab 1 Tutorial Code
4 Wed 04/09 Distributed systems: malicious CDNs, fast-flux DNS [HKS11]
Project proposals due 		L4
5 Mon 04/14 Hardware: Netflow [SRZ10] L5
L3 Tue 04/15 Libpcap analysis (cont) - -
6 Wed 04/16 Hardware: Fine-grained latencies [KLSV09] L6
7 Mon 04/21 Broadband: View from the gateway [SDFTCP11] L7
L4 Tue 04/22 Project Meetings Sign-Up -
8 Wed 04/23 Outages: Pingin in the Rain [SS11] L8
9 Mon 04/28 Reverse-Engineering the NSA
IPv6: Intro 		- L9a
L9b
L5 Tue 04/29 NetFlow analysis Lab 2
Lab 1 Due 		Lab 1 Soln
10 Wed 04/30 IPv6: Measuring adoption [DLHCEA12] L10
11 Mon 05/05 IPv6: Security and attacks [BCK06] L11
L6 Tue 05/06 NetFlow analysis (cont) - -
12 Wed 05/07 Topology: Intro, traceroute pitfalls, load-balancing [ACOVFLMT06] L12
13 Mon 05/12 Topology: alias resolution [K10] L13
L7 Tue 05/13 Project Meetings Sign-Up -
14 Wed 05/14 Transport: Data center traffic (DCTCP) [AGMPPPSS10] L14
15 Mon 05/19 Transport: Darknets, Censorship [DSACCRP11] L15
L8 Tue 05/20 Topology inference Lab 3
Lab 2 Due 		-
16 Wed 05/21 Transport: Tunnels, Mixnets, Onion Routing [MBGKS08] -
- Mon 05/26 Memorial Day - -
L9 Tue 05/27 Topology inference (cont) - -
17 Wed 05/28 Transport: TCP-HICCUPS [CBA14] L17
18 Mon 06/02 Transport: Watermarks, timing attacks [LH12] L18
L10 Tue 06/03 No Lab - -
19 Wed 06/04 Geo: Fine-grained Geolocation [WBFKH11] L19
20 Mon 06/09 Fingerprinting: Website Fingerprinting [GBKS12] -
L11 Tue 06/10 No Lab Lab 3 Due -
21 Wed 06/11 New: Prefix Hijack Detection [SXWYW12] L20

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